We Made It! La Posa.. ah!!!

We rolled into Quartzsite, AZ and headed for the La Posa LTVA (Long Term Visitor Area) -- our ultimate destination on our trip to warmth -- about 2 p.m. this afternoon.  

But before I tell you the rest of the story about today, I should try to clear something up about the last blog I wrote about Guadalupe Pass..  what made it so horrendous was climbing from 4,000 feet to 5,600 feet using a 5.3 litre truck towing a trailer that, well, is really heavy.  I'm so glad that we got the brakes on the trailer working correctly while we were in Florida.

Okay, back to La Posa.  We found helpful volunteer campsite hosts who answered all our questions about camping in the desert on Bureau of Land Management property south of Quartzsite.   We elected to pay $40 for 14 nights and that included access to a dump site, fresh water, and garbage pickup.   You can come in September and pay $180 and stay until April.

There are actually four sections to La Posa and we are truly camping in the desert.

We are camping on very hard gravel and dirt.  When you pay your fee, you drive out on one of the many "roads" in the area to a spot you "like" and park.   You must be at least 15 feet away from anyone else and you can run a generator from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m.  We're 600 feet from our nearest neighbor.  We have mountains to the east and west of us.  We will be going into the town of Quartzsite on Monday to pick up a package that will enable us to get our solar panel going again.

We quickly unloaded the motorcycle..

We promptly got on our little Suzuki and did some exploring.  It is now a VERY DUSTY bike.  If you ever watch a western movie and you see the scene where the cowboy gets off the horse after riding into town and he beats the dust off his clothes and hat, BELIEVE IT!   It's really dusty... like a fine powder.   I'll have to figure out the best way to clean it as water is at a premium.  It's going to be fun running around on the bike here at La Posa.

Sheryl is doing dishes outside.  She said she has been looking forward to being able to "live outside."  Notice the cactus "guarding" our site.  

We are in the middle of nowhere and we still get 15 digital TV channels.  And Quartzsite is only about 2 miles away.   Yet we are in the desert.   It's a neat place with enough space to have lots and lots of campers yet not be crowded...  at least not this time of the year.   If we would have come in January, we would have found a lot more people, as Quartzsite hosts the largest RV, car, and craft shows in America.  But I'm glad we're here "off season."

More later..   reporting from "warmth."