For over 35 years now, there has been a group of people traveling to a once barren area known as Quartzsite, Arizona. These seekers come by the thousands and are often referred to as “gypsies of the modern world”. Entering the grounds of Quartzsite is like entering another world… Back to the good old days in many ways.
But now, this town of 3800, in January of each year, grows to nearly 100,000. People in their RV’s come from far and wide to hang out for the winter and enjoy each other’s company while visiting some of the attractions including; rock and gem shows, the worlds largest RV show, ham radio convention, and countless other venues.
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Although there are some RV parks at Quartzsite, most folks stay in “campgrounds” of sorts at BLM (Bureau of Land Management) lands. There are 
nearly 12,000 acres of open desert where one can “Boondock” for up to seven months (for a low fee of $170) or other desert sites where you can set up camp for free.
Although there are pit toilets, black water dump stations, and fresh water stations at the entrances to the BLM campgrounds, it’s easiest if the RV is self-contained to make your stay self-sufficient for a few days or more.so
We have a 70 gallon fresh water tank, 52 gallon gray and black water tanks, a pretty hefty battery bank (to power the 12 volt lights and water pump) along with both solar panels on 
the roof and a 8000 watt diesel generator to recharge the batteries. We also have a 2000 watt power inverter that will take the 12 volt dc battery and convert it to 110 volt ac power so that we can watch our TV at night and make coffee in the morning.
Our refrigerator and water heater both run on propane when we’re boondocking and 110 v shore power when we are connected in an RV park.
So Kathy and I are excited as we plan on heading to Quartzsite on Jan 22nd. We’ll be there for three or four days and hopefully we’ll have enough food in the fridge and propane in the tank to keep us self-sufficient for that time.
We’re looking forward to being at Quartzite, we’re counting on seeing a lot of cool stuff, meeting a lot of great people, and hopefully NOT spending a lot of money at “The Big Tent” RV show. We’ll update you with pictures as we get them. Stay tuned.
Fantastic!!
We hope to be there at the of 2017 and stay till about March of 2018. 🙂
Nancy and Calvin, who knows .. we might do the same. We really have enjoyed our stay here in AZ the last four months and, although our plans are to keep moving and see as much of the US as possible, we just might enjoy Quartzsite this year so much, that we’ll plan to come back for a more extended stay next year. Who knows, only time will tell. Thanks for your comment