Sunday, January 20, 2013

Our road to Quartzsite

In Friday the 18th we got an early start on the way to quartzsite. Though our main mission on this vacation is to see Quartzsite Arizona and the USS Iowa and shuttle endeavor in long beach, we also had a couple other things we wanted to see along the way. One of which was that we knew there was a scenic drive coming into Quartzsite from the lake havesue are. This also had a side benefit of not having to drive through the LA basin. So we took state route 58 from  Bakersfield through to Needles, which happens to be named after Needle mountain.

We covered 558 miles on our first days drive, in twelve hours, even though both of us are fighting a cold. :-( We spent our first night at a parking lot that doubles as a truck stop behind a Shell station. We Had dinner at a great little diner here in Needles which is right next to where we spent the night. It was called Juicy's famous river diner! Its a great place to eat if you ever find yourself in needles.




The scenic drive from Needles to quartzsite was absolutely worth the extra drive! As part of the drive, we also go to see 'London Bridge' in the city of Lake Havesue.




We got into Quartzsite early on saturday afternoon and set up camp. We are staying with a group of escapees called the boomers. They are a very friendly nice group of people. They have activities everyday for all to participate in!



It is amazing how many RV'ers there are here. Easily, there are over 10,000 of them.

More postings coming soon!

Happy camping!

Eric and Carol

1 comment:

Jim and Sandie said...

Welcome to Q. We planned the perfect weather for your arrival.