Every year I seem to take several pictures of things that catch my eye as we drive in and out of Quartzsite and LaPosa South LTVA. Even though we do not always stay there we do buy the 2 week pass, a couple of times during the season, to be able to use the dump station with our blue boy, get rid of our garbage, and fill up our fresh water bladder. Most years I keep putting them in a album then we leave and I have not done anything with them and they eventually get deleted. This year I have decided to share a few of them in this post.
Heading west on Main Street. |
The "Big Tent" |
Just a few of the many RV's for sale during the show. |
This little guy stands at the main entrance road into the show. |
Yes, they even have a Yacht Club. |
There were camel rides for a short time. |
Where we live there are some big fish in front of businesses. We have seen cities with moose and buffalo. Here in Quartzsite they have camels. |
Top left I thought I had gotten a picture of all the traffic on Kuehn Street but I also got some shoppers. Top Right I was actually behind this guy. We were both turning right on to Main Street. |
I believe this is the Hagely General Store Ruins. The last rammed-earth building built in Quartzsite. It was built by Anthony Hagely in 1893 |
Hagely General Store Ruins. These remnants, dating back to the 1890s, stand as a testament to the town’s history. The Hagely store was once a bustling hub for trading goods and sharing news, and its weathered walls now evoke a sense of nostalgia and survival.
For the ten years we have been coming here we often questioned what kept this place from totally collapsing there were some boards holding it up but it was totally open to the weather. When we came back in January this year and went by this structure had been built over it. They are trying to preserve it. It is an important part of the history of this town and how wonderful to see this.
Ocotillo |
I take a lot of pictures of the Saguaros all beautiful. This one looked like it was waving at me. |
This one looked like a little munchkin to me. |
Driving into LaPosa South LTVA |
One of the first things I noticed back in 2015, the first time we landed out here, was how many different kinds of rigs, not brands though there are an overwhelming number of those, but all the different types of "homes" people live this lifestyle in. I guess would be a better way to put it. When we are in Quartzsite we see people living in cars and million dollar rigs and everything in-between. Tents, cars, vans, travel trailers small and large, truck campers, cargo trailers, homemade campers, pop-ups, 5th wheels, Class C's, Class B's, and Class A's. We see rigs specifically for off roading and we have seen people living in boats. A couple of years ago we saw a fire engine someone had converted into and RV and we saw one guy living in what looked like a large wooden box. There are a lot of school buses big and small, plus city buses, and buses that would have traveled across the country converted into homes on wheels. Panel trucks, ambulances and the list goes on. Sometimes you see a rig and you wonder how it is making it down the road in one piece and then you see one you know just came off the "showroom floor". We see young people with families and older adults, even older then us, and every age in between. The list could go on and on but I will stop here. Well maybe one more observation. What we have found is there is a friendliness that hardly ever existed when we lived in sticks and bricks along with a willingness to help and get to know your neighbor even if it is just a short conversation while we are waiting for the fresh water tank to fill. Now I do know that is not always true and we had some nice neighbors in our last sticks and bricks and I am sure some of you did also. There are, of course, times to be cautious about who you come in contact with, always trusting your instincts, but for the most part it is a good life living among good people.
Below are some of the pictures I have taken of the different ways people live this lifestyle.
Well if you made it this far I hope its because you enjoyed the pictures.
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