Quartzsite Days

As I mentioned before, while in Quartzsite we "dry camp" in the desert, without any service connections..... only what we are able to store/produce with the coach. Last year we stayed only 10 days and felt we did well. This year, we spent 21 days parked in the desert. Because we exchanged coaches we were able to get refilled/dumped (tanks filled with water and other tanks emptied of waste water)  halfway through our stay. But all things considered, we did very well again.
Because we are not in a campground, people pull in and park wherever. Here is an example..

We get together every couple of days for communal meals..... everyone brings something. When the evening is cool, or we eat late, we gather in one of the RV's. Our last night in the Q we had a birthday party for John, since his was the closest to our disbanding. We surprised him with a cake.

Preston, Mike and Sherri's son, was the first to leave. He was traveling to California to visit his grandfather before he enters the service in March. Mike and Sherri pulled out an hour later heading to Corpus Christi Texas. They are going to an orientation for a job with an oil company guarding a gate. They have been work camping for many years. If and when John and I ever decide to do this, we know who to ask for advise and/or information. Millie and Ray pulled out next headed to Parker, the same place we were going. When I did the outside check to make sure things were as they should be, I discovered a flat tire on the jeep. John changed it and we left to travel 30 some miles north to Parker AZ.