The Tent is up!

If you look carefully just beyond the RVs in the background you can see what looks like a number of flagpoles with pennants. These are the main poles that will hold the tent up.

After getting things organized on the ground for several days the actual tent went up in a matter of hours. It covers 69,000 square feet! There is double that amount of outside display area!!

The tent is up! This means that the RV show is now just a week away!! And our departure date from Quartzsite is approaching quickly....


But back to the show which opens on January 21. It's billed as the largest show of it's kind. Here's a link to the official website:


http://www.quartzsitervshow.com/rv/rv-general-info/

There is anything and everything for sale. Most have some direct relation to RVing but there's lots of stuff that has only the most tangential relation!!  


We continue to enjoy the amazing sunny, warm days but we're wishing the nights were a bit warmer...hopefully there will be more warmth on the Baja. We've found the Baja Winters page on FaceBook and have been enjoying the photos they are posting from the trip now in progress. However, some of the people in the photos look sorta bundled up! Oh no!!


Speaking of Cabo....we have now found out where we will be staying when we reach the Cape...here's a link:


http://www.gaviotasportfishing.com/

Looks wonderful....I think I'd like to stay there longer than four days!!


Ross wants me to talk about some of the other Quartzsite experiences that we've enjoyed particularly the amazing food we've had....

We've gone a couple of times for free pancake breakfast at one of the larger RV dealers here. Believe it or not they take over what appears to have been a restaurant adjacent to their lot and every morning they serve hundreds of happy campers coffee, juice, pancakes and syrup! Free! There is also a free lunch but we've yet to try that one on for size....


There is no shortage of eateries in Quartzsite. One of our faves is The Grubstake which isn't the fanciest or the quietest but has great food at reasonable prices.  Then of course there's the Crossroads in Parker (about a 45 minute drive) that has the best chicken fried steak in the world!


A new favorite this year is John's Texas Barbecue.http://www.bigjohnstexasbbq.com/   John is native to Dallas...but he's OK  ;-} he's now based in Flagstaff and Page AZ.  He serves up amazing brisket, pulled pork, ribs and all the fixin's from a huge trailer equipped with everything he needs including a ginormous smoker at the back.  He's in a parking lot right on Main Street and it's really hard to not stop in when we're up that way.....

We stopped in yesterday and in addition to John we met his wife and four year old daughter who was busy 'taking orders'....everything was 'Five Dollars' but the best part was when the couple in line behind us asked for a chocolate chip cookie she said 'You don't need those!'  Mother later explained that that was what she was told when she asked for  cookie at an inappropriate time!


There of course are all kinds of RV parts stores, RV dealers and between them you could buy anything you need to assemble or fix your own RV of just about any size!


We only have a few more days here but plan to make the most of it wandering the stalls (some 'junque' some treasure--in many cases we have better stuff at home that we should be getting rid of!) ogling the many colorful rocks, fossils and other amazing stuff!


Bye for now!