Quartzsite
Quartzsite is about ten miles into Arizona at the junction of I 10 and US 95. It is surrounded by BLM land. The significance of that is that one can camp there for free for a short while and cheap for much longer. Also the weather is generally decent (except this week) in the winter. As a result thousands of RV’s camp in the desert around (also in, there are lots of RV campgrounds with utilities in the town itself) Quartzsite for some period of time during the winter.
Carbus parked on BLM land north of Quartzsite.
At some point somebody thought “All these people need something to do”. So they put up a HUGE tent and started having shows and fairs of various types. The tent is over 150 yards long and can hold several hundred vendors.
The tent is in the middle of the photo. In the foreground are some of the permanent rock vendors.
Small portion of one rock warehouse.
It doesn’t stop there. Adjacent to the tent area is a lot that has rows of vendors. The lot is probably a quarter mile deep and there are about 15 rows stretching the length of the lot with vendors on each side. If you want it or, more likely, don’t want it, it is probably here. Rocks and rock crafting have a permanent presence here and other things come and go depending on the theme of the current show.
These wind chimes were made from obsidian that came from Oregon.
This week the tent was filled with all things RV. Next week will be crafts of all types. And there will be a Pow Wow thrown in somewhere. The town of Quartzsite has probably fewer than ten residences that are built on foundations. Everything is mobile homes or permanent parked RV’s. Interesting place to see and visit – once. Do not need to make a point of coming back here – unless there is something we just can’t find anywhere else. :)
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