Boomerville 2019

Hi all!

It's been a while since my last blog.  I was staying in Coarsegold, California reorganizing and cleaning and preparing for the road.  This trip I started on January 8th will take me across Canada, down the East coast and a zigzag pattern across the central USA on my way back to Coarsegold.  If all stays on plan, I will get to Coarsegold December 2021.

I have made my first reservation for 2020 - the Florida Keys for 5 days in February.

The trip will cross several "bucket list" items off the list .... the Keys, Marti Gras, Paducah, the Alburquque Balloon Festival, the "slabs" and the Death Valley Encampment.  I'll give more details as they happen.

What is "Boomerville"?  In short, I belong to a full-time RV organization called Escapees.  I won't bore you with all the "founding" details, but there are a couple dozen or more BOFs (bird of a feather) subgroups, a couple of which are the SOLOs and another is Boomers, both of which I have joined.  In the 3+ years (times flies, right?!) I have been full time, I have joined events of several RV groups and find the Escapees my best fit. All of the groups I have joined since 2015 are here in Quartzsite, but I am camped with the Boomers this time.  I have buzzed around and checked in with friends from the other groups.  It is nice to catch up.

I arrived in Quartzsite on Sunday the 13th, with the time change, about 4pm.  Quartzsite, AZ is about 25 miles inside the California/Arizona border. There is a small town surrounded by BLM (Bureau of Land Management) land as far as you can see.  Every year in January about 10,000 RVers descend on this land for 2 or 3 weeks (or longer) to catch up with old friends and meet new ones.  It started out as a great place to get work done or pick up parts and accessories at a great price.  Now it is basically a huge swap meet and people having a great time on free land.

Every day all of the organizations have different activities you can join or go do your own thing.  It's a great time had by all!


First, I parked "out" where there was room between the rigs.  There was a "call" for volunteers with Class A coaches to form a circle around the welcome tent to serve as a windbreak, should it be needed.  I wasn't sure about parking "in the middle of things," as I spend so much of my time on my own, but I moved to the circle.  Having people standing, talking and walking constantly right outside my windows took a little getting used to, but, surprisingly it has become "normal."  I'm not minding at all.  The second day I was parked at the Hospitality tent was the first pancake breakfast.  You can see my rig at the "head" of the line.

Day 2

As of happy hour last night, there are 152 rigs signed in at Boomerville.

One of us is a former member of the group the Kingsmen.  He put on a show last night of all the old music videos and commercials of the era, complete with speakers, two screens, and a dance floor and film of him singing Louie! Louie!   Lots from other groups joined us and it was loads of fun.

It rained one day, but the weather is perfect and the sun shines down on us and the flowers and grass are popping up.

I am here until the 26th, but will out and about in Arizona until the end of February.