Today, Tuesday, Jan 17, we made our way from Buckskin Mountain State Park, AZ to Yuma, AZ...via Parker, AZ and Quartzsite, AZ...on HWY 95.  A distance of about 132 miles.  Mostly sunny, but breezy and chilly, about 55.

Quartzsite is an interesting little town on the crossroads of HWY 95 and I-10.  The population is about 4,000 except in January when it grows to about 250,000 during the big Rock and Mineral Show and the giant Quartzsite Sports, Vacation and RV Show.  There are hundreds of RVs for sale and anything one could want for RV accessories.  There are hundreds of vendors selling just about everything.

The huge tent at the Quartzsite RV Show.  <<< Click link for video.

We have been there three times!  It's a MADHOUSE!  We will be out of the area when those shows are going on so we wont be visiting this year.

While traveling South on HWY 95 we passed the BLM Long Term Parking areas that are both north and south of Quartzsite.  Some areas are free camping...others are 14 per week.

These areas cover thousands of acres and there are many hundreds of RVs of all types for miles on each side of HWY 95 as far as you can see...

After driving through those areas we made our way on to Yuma, AZ.  Yuma if on the Colorado River, and the river water has made the desert a huge agricultural area.  We saw lots of winter lettuce, cabbage and citrus trees.  Mile after mile of lemon trees as we drove on to our destination, the Kofa Ko-op Escapees RV Park.

In the photo above you can see the Kofa RV park in the lower right...look at all of the orchards and crops!  The Kofa Ko-op Escapees RV Park is a very nice, clean place.  The residents are super friendly and welcoming...like in all Escapees Parks we have stayed in.

The MCAS Yuma Marine Base is about 5 miles away so we get to see a lot of Marine Aircraft fly overhead.  We have seen the many of the V-22 Osprey, the F-35 Lightning, the very cool Harrier Jump Jet  and Apache Helicopters.  

The RV Park residents welcomed us with open arms, they had a parade through the Park with their Razrs and Golf carts covered with Christmas lights and then a meet in the Clubhouse for cookies and coffee.  Love those cookies!!

A great day (but chilly) with a beautiful Arizona Sunset!  Ted thought so too!  Expecting temps in the 30s overnight!