I gotta go.
I think I'm going to move to a different boondocking area, maybe today, maybe tomorrow morning, because it's getting a little crowded where I'm at now. Unlike normal times in Quartzsite, when you can easily find a quiet place to boondock near town, where your nearest neighbor might be a couple of hundred yards away, during the Big Show, that possibility becomes rare, and you have to move farther and farther away from the main roads to get any privacy.
Most folks who are familiar with Quartzsite know that there are two main roads you have to deal with in Quartzsite: I-10, which goes east and west, and Highway 95, which goes north and south. So what most folks look for is to stay relatively close to one of those roads for easy access to town, but far enough away from those roads that you don't get a lot of traffic noise, which usually means 100 yards or so. But during the Big Show, the situation changes, and you have to get considerably past 100 yards from the main roads to get a little privacy. But that's just the price one pays for being in "Q" during the Big Show.
Last year, I stayed in Q during the Big Show to take pictures of all the boondockers in Quartzsite, to prove I'm not the only one who lives this way. But here I am again in Quartzsite during the Big Show, and I'm not sure why, because it goes against everything I normally enjoy. The town is packed with people, restaurants are full, gas stations have lines, the two laundromats are full, the post office has a waiting line, and RVs surround me in every direction.
Is there a reason I'm having to deal with this? Am I starting to enjoy being around a bunch of people? Am I going to stop boondocking and start staying at overpriced commercial RV parks? Am I becoming less of an old curmudgeon? These and many other questions will be left for you to ponder.
Theboondork
Quartzsite Sunset.
Sunset Mountains.
It’s too crowded here….. I gotta go!