Quartzsite, AZ
Our first night after leaving San Diego was spent near here on BLM land.  This is part of the Yuma Proving Grounds.
Here is a picture of the Ol' War Horse.  She is in good shape considering her age. ;-)
Like the Ol' War Horse the "Honest John" rocket could be seen at the Wahner E. Brooks Historical display.
Our campsite in Quartzsite.
Neighbors to the west of us.
Safari Dude was located to the north of us.  We named him this because his wireless network was called Safari.
A balloon drifted by shortly after we arrived.  We thought it was a nice of them to do that for us.
The official Quartzsite Show sign.
The "Big Show" opened on Jan. 21st.  As you can see parking was tough and driving worse!
Due to the lack of parking, we chose to ride our bikes.  It was much easier to navigate the events this way.
More vendors, tents, traffic and people.  Gotta see it all!!
Only the most valuable, esoteric, useless stuff was for sale.
Did you know that bears love turquoise jewery?  Neither did we.  Notice his odd sidekicks.
Cactus plants of almost any variety were available here.
Ok. This is inside the "Big Tent".  There were three side-by-side rows of vendors sellin' stuff.
When one tires of looking at stuff in the big tent new and used RVs are available to be seen too.
 
As we understand these friendly looking water tanks were a new addition to Q'site this year.
This is a view of Q'site mountain.  We decided to hike up the mtn. to get a better view of the area.
This is a panorama of the area.  Be forewarned it is a large file (655 KB)
You can see our campsite from Q'site mountain.  Look where the red arrow is pointing to see our rig.
Here we are atop the mountain.  Careful, don't step back...
We came across this abandoned mine operation during our hike up the mountain.
These are the impressive Kofa Mtns. The name derives from the inactive King of Arizona mine.
Our hike into Palm Canyon started here.  Shadows come up in the early afternoon.
Just love these views of the mountains.
Looking back during our hike into Palm Canyon offered this spectacular view of the desert floor.
Palm Canyon is home to probably the only native grove of palm trees in Arizona.
What follows is a series of sunset pictures from our campsite.  This awesome view includes a nearly full moon.
Mmmm...
More mmmm...
Ahhhh...
The moon presented an interesting view over our satellite dish.  Thanks Q'site!