Arizona Snowbird Lifestyle

Friday 1/21 Quartzsite (B-10 RV park) to Harcuvar AZ (Desert Gem RV Park)

I've added some new links to the right hand side of this blog.  Rick and Aaron started blogging and adding pictures to their sites.  Check in periodically with their pages as they plan to continually post new pics and post comment that you won't see here such as complaints about my excessive eating requirements etc.

After a hard day yesterday we decided to sleep in and take a shorter ride today (36 miles).  At the Quartzsite B-10 RV Park we had a large group of well wishers who sent us off with a well spoken prayer.

In a little under 3 hours we road through the Ranegras Plains and up a 1000ft gradual climb up to the Desert Gem RV Park that really matched it's name.  It is much smaller than the RV parks in Quartzsite.  The long term winter resident there gave it a warm small town community feel.  We joined their community fireside discussions and they were very welcoming to our nomadic group.

(The picture is of Rick and Benny the pouch from the Desert Gem on their dune buggie.) 

I learned a bit about RV's and the Arizona desert snow bird lifestyle.  Having traveled to Florida multiple times I couldn't see myself snowbirding there but this part of the country is much different.  The terrain, weather, off road trail system and wide road shoulders for biking make this an ideal region to winter if you are into an active lifestyle.