We are planning to attend the Car Show at Quartzite, Ar on "Feb 4th. it is for abt 4 days or so.
Will probably stay there a week or so,then head to the Big Bend Park in Texas for a couple of weeks.
Anyone been to Quartzite at any time?
CCC
igotjam said
08:48 PM Dec 18, 2011
Its a busy time then. You will enjoy it. On your route is Karchner Caverns in Benson, AZ and White Sands in Alamogordo, NM and Carlsbad Caverns. Tombstone and Bisbee in SE AZ are worth a look if you haven't been. Chiricawa (spelling?) is really cool too in SE AZ.
Bill Adams said
11:49 PM Dec 18, 2011
By the time the car show starts the RV Show will have come and gone so the town will not be as crazy busy as it gets during those 2 weeks. There's not much else to do there in town but there are hiking, geocaching, 4-wheeling, rock hunting and similar activities in the area.
charles said
06:43 AM Dec 19, 2011
Correction: It is QUARTZSITE, AZ. Mea, culpa. Thanks for the info. CCC
The Bear II said
10:34 AM Dec 19, 2011
We used to go to "Q" every year for a couple of weeks in January. We even sold products for two years at one of the flea markets during the month of January.
The draw for "Q" during the 80's and into 2000s were the rock shows, flea markets, and RV shows. You could find anything from junk to luxury. Lots of craft items and new or unique products. It was a shoppers dream. You had to spend at least 4 days just to visit all of the shopping areas. We went every year.
When the economy began to die, so did "Q". We haven't been there for about 5 years, the last time was so disappointing that we just haven't been able to convince ourselves to go again. Here's how I would describe it.... let's say that in 1995 a visit to "Q" was a 9 on a scale from 1 to 10. Our last visit was about a 4. It would be like going to Disneyland and discovering half of the rides were closed for repairs. Now to someone going to "Q" for the first time it might be a 9 just because it's so unique of an adventure.
The area is a small desert town in a valley surrounded by hills. There are many places to camp and the usual eating establishments you find at an offramp from a freeway. Truckstops, fast food, convenience stores and repair shops. Not much too see except when the rock shows, flea markets & RV show are up and running during January into February.
blijil said
12:59 PM Dec 23, 2011
Everyone seems to have a different Q experience. We love to dry camp and meet new people while we follow favorable weather conditions most of the time. So our BLM camping experience was very nice and we enjoyed walking 1/2 mile to the fleamarket areas for a couple of hours and seeing what is out there in RV stuff, games, exquipment, etc. But the RV show bulge is often a little much when the population in the camping areas triples or quadruples overnight with too many vacationers who don't seem to have decent RV manners. Mix in a couple of rain storms, floods and high winds and it could be a little too exciting for some and boring to others. Larry and Jacki
We are planning to attend the Car Show at Quartzite, Ar on "Feb 4th. it is for abt 4 days or so.
Will probably stay there a week or so,then head to the Big Bend Park in Texas for a couple of weeks.
Anyone been to Quartzite at any time?
CCC
Mea, culpa.
Thanks for the info.
CCC
The draw for "Q" during the 80's and into 2000s were the rock shows, flea markets, and RV shows. You could find anything from junk to luxury. Lots of craft items and new or unique products. It was a shoppers dream. You had to spend at least 4 days just to visit all of the shopping areas. We went every year.
When the economy began to die, so did "Q". We haven't been there for about 5 years, the last time was so disappointing that we just haven't been able to convince ourselves to go again. Here's how I would describe it.... let's say that in 1995 a visit to "Q" was a 9 on a scale from 1 to 10. Our last visit was about a 4. It would be like going to Disneyland and discovering half of the rides were closed for repairs. Now to someone going to "Q" for the first time it might be a 9 just because it's so unique of an adventure.
The area is a small desert town in a valley surrounded by hills. There are many places to camp and the usual eating establishments you find at an offramp from a freeway. Truckstops, fast food, convenience stores and repair shops. Not much too see except when the rock shows, flea markets & RV show are up and running during January into February.
Larry and Jacki