Quartzite is a town with a population of about 3500 during the summer and 250,000 during the winter. They get about 2 million snow birds that visit every year. It is located in the middle of vast stretches of BLM land that offers free 14 day camping or 6 months for $180.00. Almost free. They host a huge rock and gem show where people come from all over the world to buy finished or unfinished stones to take back home to make jewelry etc. They also host the RTR gathering that lasts about 10 days ( Rubber Tramp Rendezvous), a week long RV show and then a flea market. Some vendors stay for all the shows so it is a fun way to spend a few days.
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| The RV show had lots of rigs on display as well as every type of accessory and gadget that you could imagine. This Dometic beer cooler fits in the under carriage of the big Class A and some of the 5 wheels. |
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| It comes complete with two beer taps . We hadn't seen this toy before. |
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| The Flea market was pretty much what you would expect |
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It took us a whole day to just walk it once. The one thing that was very different was that when we were here two years ago there were a lot of booths selling Trump T shirts etc. This year there was only one that had a couple of items but they had quite a few items with "Lets Go Brandon" We did not see one person wearing either product. Not far from where we are camped we saw a van with Ontario plates on it so we dropped by for a visit. We discovered it was a lady about our age travelling alone for the winter in the sunny south, but the most interesting part was that her home is in Watsons Corner , about 1/2 an hour from our home in Almonte. |
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I had to look at a map to see where Watsons Corners is! We may have gone through it when we would go to McDonalds Corner, but I didn't remember it.
Happy Shopping at the big Flee Market!
It's a good day again to be in a warm place.
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