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A quick wrap-up of our first 12 days in the desert. One of our reasons for doing this was to save some money on camping costs, so we wanted to see how much this "free camping" would actually cost us. I am doing "rough numbers", but they are pretty close.We stayed in the BLM Dispersed Camping Area called La Posa North LTVA (Long Term Visitor Area).
We filled water, propane, and diesel just before going out to the place we would park for 12 days.
We ended with just under a quarter tank of... Read More

We are closing out our fifth day here in Quartzsite, and we are starting to feel like boondocking pros. We are feeling like pros because: we are still out here in the desert after 5 days; we have only used ~1/4 tank of water (25 gallons or so); and we are having a great time!Ang and I have been living pretty normally - I get up and work all day, we walk the dog together a couple times throughout the day, we make dinner and have a cocktail and watch the sun go down. We watch a little TV together,... Read More

I thought I would make some notes about Quartzsite since it is a popular place with the RVers. This is the first time we have "stayed in Quartzsite" - as most people think of it. We have stayed in Brenda, which is about 15 miles up the road from here, in a full-hookup campground. We have been into town to have a look around, but it was during off season. We are now really in Quartzsite. In the desert. BLM land. Boondocking. With a few thousand friends. We blew in here on Friday - New Years... Read More