Winter Trip - 2010 #4

Friday evening we found a great Mexican Food Restaurant in Las Cruces, NM called Si Senor. Dinner was fantastic. We had a leisurely departure from Las Cruces and headed west on I10 and spent the next night (Sat) in Pheonix, AZ at a Flying J. From there we headed to our first destination, Quartzsite. AZ. We arrived in Quartzsite, AZ on Sunday afternoon. What an amazing place this is. Everywhere you look you see RVs parked throughout the desert. Some people park in clusters and some park out to themselves. We are parked with the Winnebago Itasca Travelers (WIT). Jim got the latitude/longitude coordinates from our Winnebago travel magazine. That would be the only way to find a group because the campers are spread everywhere. Where we are, it is surrounded by the mountains and makes for a nice view. After we got our RV set up, we unhooked the truck and took a ride through town. It was jam packed with people and thousands of tents. We wanted to get the lay of the land so when we do hit the swap meets we'll know where to go. I don't know anything about buying gem stones so had to do a little research on the internet before we venture back to the swap meets. After our ride through town, we came back to the campsite and the WIT leader, Gene, built a camp fire and all the WIT group gathered around the fire with our chairs, drinks, and stories to share. There is about 12 RVs parked with this WIT group. Some are full timers and come here on a regular basis. So we got to hear a lot of stories about their Quartzsite experiences. It was really fun. We met a real nice couple from Canada who are camped right next to us. This is their first trip to Quartzsite too so we are both learning together. We are going to venture to the swap meets Monday afternoon. I'm really looking forward to it.