A different view

I have read many articles about Quartzsite and other places of interest to Motorhomers. Looking back on them most are the type of stuff you would see in a travel brochure that entice one to want to go to certain places. At Quartzsite I see a different view.

Here, as in Gillette, WY there is the issue of the sand. It is a find dust that permeates through everything. In Gillette it stuck on the screens and came through every crack it could find. In Quartzsite it is a finer type of dust that seems to be part of the air itself. Allergies seem to be worsened. Many people complain about that. There seems to be a thin coating of dust on everything and it is a dust that if not constantly removed becomes stuck to the surface. There are clean keys on this laptop. The ones that are used the most. The others, at the top of the keyboard, are loaded with grey matter.

If you smack the bed sheets you can see the fine dust floating in the air. there is that constant need for changing of vacuuming then. This is what you breath in at night and hack up in the morning.

Quartzsite also has more than is share of drop outs. The recluse. The drifter. The homeless. the prospector looking for the mother load. They are all over the BLM land. Some are in older motorhomes and look like they stay here all year. Some have staked a claim on digs they have. And there are those that carry the living quarters on their backs. There are some who are from the left over hippie generation and some that are the new hippies. Through the beards and dirt and grim that covers their weather beaten faces are their hidden age. Out here I think they are called Rainbow People. I'll have to find out more about that term.

And then there is the land. Sparse vegetation. Mostly cactus and I would guess sagebrush's. In time I'll find out more about it. There is a bush out here that looks like a dying stump with some frilly stuff on top. When you see areas that have a lot it looks as if the desert is about to bloom. Sorry I don't have any pictures of this yet and your imagination will not work if you have not seen it.

I remember on our journey to this place seeing all the houses and developments with walls around them. I figured it was Spanish building in nature. Yes but no. It's protection from the wind driven sand and flash floods. Sorry no pictures, yet. It didn't matter your financial status, you still had the wall. The towns near here are small. They remind me of dying western ghost town. Boarded up buildings. Businesses that cater to the motorhome trade with out much trade to cater to. These are not the pictures you see in the RV/Motorhome mags. They would more likely be in National Geographic.

All that said I still like what I see. It is different and has its own sense of beauty. The mountains, the sky, the sunsets, The desert itself. So when you pick up a mag on these types of places just don't believe the hype. go see it for yourself