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Since arriving in Quartzsite in early Jan. for the RTR I've had such a great time just goin' with the flow...figured I'd give a recap of my last two months of travel and how much fun it's been.
Spent the first week of Jan. in Ehrenberg before the RTR boondocking for the first time on BLM land. *For the last 2 yrs. I stealth camped in a city.
I moved around a few times at the RTR and ended up hanging out with several people my age 40's n 50's, and have been traveling off and on with one or two or five like minded people since.
It's been a loose knit deal, breaking away and meeting up again with one or a few of them.
*In Jan. n Feb. I went back to Ehrenberg right after the RTR then a day trip to Algodones, Mexico...followed by a few days in Yuma( Walmart )then Mittry Lake ( BLM ) for a couple of days then Slab City for 2 weeks then Anza Borrego
State Park, CA ( BLM )for 3 days, great hike and back to Slab City. Went to The Salton Sea, smelly and a waste of time I thought.
Played music @several campfires and "The Range" three times. Lots of fun. *The Range is an outside theatre of the absurd with amateur n pro musicians and a anything can happen atmosphere.
Last week been in Joshua Tree Nat'l Park hiking and exploring.
One night on BLM outside the park and two nights in the city of Joshua Tree camped with permission in parking lots. Then 29 Palms on BLM for a few days. Hiking in Joshua Tree was great on par with Zion in Utah. If you haven't been go to both you won't be disappointed.
Presently I'm on BLM two miles from Lake Havasu...Just by chance I parked right near 5 other RTR'ers that I briefly met before. I planned on two days, been here four. In a few days I'm heading to Laughlin,Lake Mead, Vegas, Valley of Fire.
March/April were wide open until the music festivals I mention below. Until today I met an old dude who's been coming to Lake Havasu for 20 yrs and knows every nook an cranny of the southwest like the back of his hand...He opened his tattered map book and spilled the beans as fast as I could write...so I'm building a loose itinerary from Vegas/The Grand Canyon, Sedona, AZ,
Santa Fe, NM, maybe Durango, CO then downto TX a little west of Austin.
*I met a dude when I was playing in a drum circle at the Slabs and he hooked me up to volunteer at a few music festivals in Texas in April & May doin' security...3>4 hrs a day in exchange for a campsite n food, with the bonus of seeing live music all day. I confirmed both a few days ago.
That's it so far. It's dead quiet tonite, no generators, crickets barely audible, a cooler full of beer, no moon yet and the stars are shining like diamonds.
CORNY but true.
Thanks Bob! For get me started.
Spent the first week of Jan. in Ehrenberg before the RTR boondocking for the first time on BLM land. *For the last 2 yrs. I stealth camped in a city.
I moved around a few times at the RTR and ended up hanging out with several people my age 40's n 50's, and have been traveling off and on with one or two or five like minded people since.
It's been a loose knit deal, breaking away and meeting up again with one or a few of them.
*In Jan. n Feb. I went back to Ehrenberg right after the RTR then a day trip to Algodones, Mexico...followed by a few days in Yuma( Walmart )then Mittry Lake ( BLM ) for a couple of days then Slab City for 2 weeks then Anza Borrego
State Park, CA ( BLM )for 3 days, great hike and back to Slab City. Went to The Salton Sea, smelly and a waste of time I thought.
Played music @several campfires and "The Range" three times. Lots of fun. *The Range is an outside theatre of the absurd with amateur n pro musicians and a anything can happen atmosphere.
Last week been in Joshua Tree Nat'l Park hiking and exploring.
One night on BLM outside the park and two nights in the city of Joshua Tree camped with permission in parking lots. Then 29 Palms on BLM for a few days. Hiking in Joshua Tree was great on par with Zion in Utah. If you haven't been go to both you won't be disappointed.
Presently I'm on BLM two miles from Lake Havasu...Just by chance I parked right near 5 other RTR'ers that I briefly met before. I planned on two days, been here four. In a few days I'm heading to Laughlin,Lake Mead, Vegas, Valley of Fire.
March/April were wide open until the music festivals I mention below. Until today I met an old dude who's been coming to Lake Havasu for 20 yrs and knows every nook an cranny of the southwest like the back of his hand...He opened his tattered map book and spilled the beans as fast as I could write...so I'm building a loose itinerary from Vegas/The Grand Canyon, Sedona, AZ,
Santa Fe, NM, maybe Durango, CO then downto TX a little west of Austin.
*I met a dude when I was playing in a drum circle at the Slabs and he hooked me up to volunteer at a few music festivals in Texas in April & May doin' security...3>4 hrs a day in exchange for a campsite n food, with the bonus of seeing live music all day. I confirmed both a few days ago.
That's it so far. It's dead quiet tonite, no generators, crickets barely audible, a cooler full of beer, no moon yet and the stars are shining like diamonds.
CORNY but true.
Thanks Bob! For get me started.
