I have always wanted to experience Quartsite in January. Years ago I saw a program on TV about the thousands of RV’s and tents and anything people make congregating in the desert outside Quartsite for camping, music, flea market and the naked man bookstore.
We decided to meet our friends Tom and Judy outside of Quartsite. They were with a group of friends that all have Alpine RV’s and had been there for a week. There is no charge for dry camping out in the desert and they were having a great time. The desert area is enormous so it was hard to guess the number of people camping there.
Just before reaching Quartsite we decided to find a Jeep trail out in the desert. We found a trail and it was quite interesting because at times we were on a rock road, it would then turn into a red dirt road, and then it would become a deep sand road. At one point we sunk into the sand but Duf was able to rock the Jeep and get us going again. There were hills to climb that felt like we were going straight up and then straight down! At one point Natalie drove and she turned a donut in the sand. She found it more nerve wracking than she thought driving would be so her stint of driving lasted until we hit deep sand again. She said it was like learning to drive all over again because of the rocks and lack of marked roads!
Along the way we found a abandoned mine that was deep pits right next to the driving area. We saw many cacti but no animals. When we were about 5 miles out into the desert we saw two Jeeps and a tent, people were brave to camp alone in a tent in the middle of the desert!
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