Most of you all know how much I love the local news in the Keys. It is full of drama and interesting and unusual twists and turns of the finger of fate! I periodically check the Key West Citizen just for the entertainment value. If you don’t believe me try it at Key West Citizen newspaper However, I have found an even better and more entertaining news source.
We spent much of January with a group of fellow RVers in Quartzite a small town in west-central AZ. The area is a major destination of RV snowbirds and January is the height of the season which runs approximately from T-Day to Easter. There is some RV Parks around for those that prefer that venue, but many of the RVers chose to stay on Bureau of Land Management land which is abundant. And that is what we did. There are no hook-ups but some of the BLM “parks” have a dump station and water fill station (not to confuse the two) but parking is on a where ever you want basis. Our group of 25 or so RV's chose an area and then we each parked in whatever way desired.
In January there were and estimated 15,000 RVs in the BLM land around Quartzsite. I suspect that was a conservative count. Well, with all the RV associated activity we really did not note much of what was going on in the small town. Did pick up a local news paper every now and then but never really looked at much except all the RV activity listings.
Well, today I ran across this article in the AZ Republic, a major Phoenix newspaper, about a long running problem in Quartzsite. I suspect they all call a truce during the RV rush for the economic benefits to all in town. It makes for some fun reading, assuming you don’t take sides! Enjoy it at this link AZ Republic newspaper.
Always at home, no matter where we are.
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