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Category: Quartzsite

23 January 2012

Shopping in Quartzsite, Arizona

01 SR60 W to Quartzsite AZ (1024x434)
The drive to Quartzsite takes me into the Sonoran desert where it feels like the middle of nowhere.  Just where I like to be.
02 vendors in Quartzsite AZ (1024x576)
And then there’s Quartzsite, which during this time of year offers a little bit of everything to shop for.
03 rocks from around the world (1024x743)
Rocks from around the world.  I refrained as I already have too many rocks in my head, plus all over my house and yard.  But someday, I want an amethyst geode big enough to sit in.
04 Rock & wood carvings Quartzsite AZ (1024x576)
Carvings in rock and wood.
05 Bromilades in fower Quartzsite AZ (1024x768)
Berta bought one of these unusual air plants called bromeliads.  Although it doesn’t need to be planted, just watered once in a while, my black thumb would surely kill it.  I can’t stand to watch plants die.
06 Berta looking at beads Quartzsite AZ (1024x768)
I went to Quartzsite to shop for beads.
07 Bead buys from Quartzsite AZ (1024x576)
And came home with some some great finds.
 

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17 January 2012

Going to Quartzsite, Arizona

01 Hwy 60 W AZ (796x522)
Quartzsite is a normally sleepy little town along Interstate 10 between Phoenix and the California border.  Except during the winters.  Any time between November and March the snowbirds descend and spread out into RV parks and Bureau of Land Management desert around Quartzsite.
02 Main Event Quartzsite AZ (800x600)
December through February vendors set up to offer most anything you can think of that you probably don’t really need.  It’s a gigantic rock show and fleamarket, with other crap thrown in.  In another life I sold stuff and things at a fleamarket in Quartzsite and almost starved to death.
03 Karen shopping for beads Quartzsite AZ (800x600)
FabGrandma was happy with the bead selection in 2009
As many of you may know I have a thing for rocks, and beads, and jewelry, and cool old stuff which Quartzsite is full of.  Haven’t been there in a few years and that’s saved me a whole lot of money.  But now I’m feeling the need to return and check it out.  Plus I have a small want list.  So Berta and I are going to Quartzsite, just under two hours each way the way I drive.
04 Sunset Brenda AZ (793x556)
And I should have some goodies to share when we return.  Have a great day!

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12 January 2009

Return from road trip to Quartzsite

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Harcuvar Mts, Arizona

Thursday I drove to Brenda to visit Karen, Jim, Linda and Charlie.

Sunset at 3 Dreamers RV Park Brenda, Arizona

Linda and Charlie have a motorhome that tows a cargo trailer that holds their little car. But when parked, the trailer becomes an awesome work shop. The girls have been busy making jewelry. (Click on FabGrandma to see) Yet they were ready to shop for more beads in Quartzsite.

Karen shopping for beads

So Friday we (minus Jim suffering with a cold) left early and walked and shopped for about six hours at Tyson Wells and Prospectors. We had so much fun and found many treasures.

My purchases

I restrained myself well as I have so much bead stock already. However the excitement was contagious. Jim’s cold might have also been contagious, or maybe it was the 35mph plus winds in the afternoon blowing dust up my nose. Either way by the end of the day I could barely breathe through my sore runny nose.

One of many rows of stalls at the Main Event, Quartzsite

Yet Saturday I found the energy to walk the Main Event’s rows of sellers with Ron, a friend living in Quartzsite. During January and February this town plays host to nonstop rock and craft shows and flea markets. There’s so much to see, and buy: rocks, salsa, gems, jewelry, junk, rocks, animal hides, jelly, collectibles of every kind, beads, gourds, rocks and…

My new and long looked for slippers, hand-made lambskin

Vicksburg flea market

Sunday after taking Ron out to breakfast for his birthday I went to Vicksburg flea market to visit Ed and Loretta. I’d also planned to return to Brenda before going home, but was feeling so lousy I called and cancelled. I’ll see them next week.

Sunset over the Harquahala Mts

Nice to be home in my own bed. And I believe staying in all day has improved my health. Only tomorrow can tell.

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