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RVers, Come Back! Quartzsite Needs Your Smiles!

Anyone who’s spent any time at all with the “winter visitor” population in Quartzsite knows that by-and-large, this is a group with a ready smile, a quick joke, and generally, a sense of happiness. Ever wonder what happens when the snowbirds leave town?
Well–maybe it’s the lonliness. Maybe it’s the heat. Maybe it’s just the streets [...]

Quartzsite Politics Will Affect Returning RVers

In Quartzsite, politics is a full-contact sport.
It could be that one of the next expenditures of town funds will be for the installation of a bell and the hiring of a ring-side referee. This month the local news sphere simply illustrates the matter: The town clerk has certified a recall election for two members of [...]

Non-RVer Asks: “Could Someone Explain Quartzsite?”

Quartzsite is indeed a unique phenomenon. One “passerby” told us from his seat in the car along I-10 that the town just looked like a large RV sales lot. A motorcycle rider who spent one “memorable” night in a local motel said he felt that the town simply existed to make you so glad that [...]