I go for the gem & mineral show in late January/early February.  The
geezers, not so much.  OTOH, I live in Phoenix, so it's only a couple hours
away.

Karl Wolz

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Thomas Buese
Sent: Sunday, September 27, 2009 1:00 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: What's that? Welcome mat

On Sep 26, 2009, at 8:53 PM, Loren Busch wrote:

> On Sat, Sep 26, 2009 at 3:47 PM, Thomas Buese <tombuese@comcast.net>
> wrote:
>  Shoot moi if I ever try to visit Quartzite again.
>
> Now now Tom, you must have missed the sights!  Where else can you
> roll by $1
> million is sitting-rolling stock every 30 seconds by glancing right
> and left
> coming south on 95 into Quartzite in January?  Where else can you
> walk into
> a tent, under a sign that says "Discount RV Parts and Supplies" and
> pay 10%
> more than you would pay for the same product at (gasp) Camping World
> or West
> Marine?  And what other flea market will sell you a corn dog for
> breakfast,
> right next to the meteorites, across from the chain carvers art work?
> Everyone has to see Quartzite in January al least one.
>
> And then there's The Slabs....

I rest my case!

Tom-spent 24 hours there & still didn't know why folks went there when
we left.