The 10th Annual Quartzsite Gathering, 2017 - February 6th - 12th
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While this is the 10th Annual Quartzsite Gathering, it is my 3rd. I've been spending the winter at the La Posa West Long Term Visitor's Area, a BLM camping area in the desert around Quartzsite that provides fresh water, a dump station & dumpsters for $180.00 for the entire (7 months) winter.
The rally is held at Dome Rock, a 14 day free camping area about 4 miles west of Quartzsite. I moved over here on February 1st, although the rally doesn't officially start until the 6th. I have a few photos from earlier in the rally, including a few hummingbird images at a feeder next to my trailer, and will add more as the week continues.
February 1 - 5th:
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| Hummingbirds | Anne's Escape 19 (Website) | Glenda's Casita & John's Class A | |
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| Another Casita | Jean & Friends (Her Website) | I'm Surrounded! | A Casita With a Front Window |
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| Moon Light, Stars & Tree | LED Light Stick Lighting, Airplane, & Tree | More Light Stick Lighting | The Stars & Moonlight |
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| Glenda & Claire | Getting to Know You! | Clare's Campsite | Sharing Some Wine |
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| New Arrivals | John's Scamp 19 (Website) | A Bigfoot | |
February 6th:
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| It is Starting to Fill In (Large 7.3MB version) |
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| The Super Bowl | The Super Bowl | Registration | Attending in Spirit - a Broken Bone Kept Them at Home |
February 7th:
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| Lots of Wind | More Trailers | Hanging Out | Hanging Out |
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| Hanging Out | A Bigfoot 5th Wheel | Looking West | Heading For the Happy Hour |
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| 4:00 Happy Hour | The Entertainment |
February 8th:
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| A Panorama of the Lower Area (Full Size 14 MB Version) |
February 9th:
I walked around the three general areas where people have set up, and counted 129 trailers as of 2:30 today, although some have already left, and more came in while I was counting.
The 4:00 Happy Hour was not as crowded as the first night, probably because sitting in the sun is tough. I know those home on the east coast are in the middle of a blizzard today; here we have clear skies & temperatures in the 80's. Sorry!
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| The 4:00 Happy Hour | The Musicians | Finding Shade | Our 1st Lil Snoozy |
February 10th:
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| Moon Rise Over the Mountains | Almost Full | Hanging Out | Mark's Ukulele Class & Performance |
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| Registration Table & Soup |
February 11th:
I walked back to the top of one of the mountains overlooking the Dome Rock camping area & took a photo this morning to show the difference between the beginning of the rally & today.
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| The Dome Rock Camping area, Mostly Empty, 2/1/17 (Full Sized JPG (7.1MB)) |
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| Today (Saturday) (Large 5.3MB image) |
While it started out cloudy, during the ladderball game a light rain began to fall. The game finished under umbrellas, as did the start of the soup meal.
For those who haven't been, each person brings a can of soup & they are combined to make large pots. Today there was a chicken base, a beef base & any soup left over went into the "mystery" pot. I had the mystery soup and it was delicious!
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| A Casita & Cactus | 2017 Escapes | Greg Showing the Prizes | Earl Explains Ladderball |
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| Explaining the Rules | Let the Games Begin! | Turning in the Scores | Starting the Soup |
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| Nice Toss | Smile! | Keeping Score | The Prizes |
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| Another Good Toss | Making Soup | Making Soup | Starting to Rain |
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| 1st, 2nd, and 3rd | Adding 4th & Earl | Serving the Soup | Serving the Soup |
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| Serving the Soup | Enjoying the Soup | Enjoying the Soup | Reading the Statistics |
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| The Dessert Pot Luck Line | The Dessert Pot Luck Line | The Dessert Pot Luck Line | Hanging Out at the Fire |
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| Hanging Out at the Fire | Leroy is Lying Down on the Job | Hanging Out at the Fire |
Before the Dessert Pot Luck Greg read the statistics for the rally - 17 Scamps, 79 Casitas, 27 Escapes, 5 Big Foots, 3 Olivers, 1 Lil Snoozy, 5 others, and 6 SOBs (Some Other Brand non fiberglass eggs). With those arriving late & leaving early, these should be close, although if anyone was here and didn't register, they won't have been counted.
February 12th:
Packing up day. Most of the trailers left, although there are some that will stay until tomorrow or later.
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| Sunset Over the Pit Toilet | Around the Campfire | Around the Campfire | Packing Up Ladderball |
A couple of additions from Greg's (the organizer) web page at Scamp International:
The Official count - 80 - Casita's; 27 - Escape's; 17 - Scamps; 5 - Bigfoot's; 3 - Oliver's; 6 - Other incl Lil Snoozy, Trillium; and 6 - SOB's (Some Other Brand) from 28 US states and 4 Canadian Provinces: TX, SD, AK, AZ, UT, CA, WA, MO, MI, CO, GA, NV, AL, VA, TN, ID, NM, MN, KS, KY, WY, PA, NC, OR, NY, MS, FL, AR, Alberta, Ontario, Manitoba and British Colombia.
We also have a drone flyby of the rally at YouTube.
Until next year!
