HamRad-MOC
Senior Member
Well we finally made it over to Quartzite. We made it just in time to see all the big shows. What a fun time. We met some friends who had been at Q the week before and they said that there were so many people at the shows that you could hardly move! They opted to go back when we arrived and marveled at how nice it was.... all the BIG crowds had moved on.
Traffic was heavy right on business 10 (Main Street) but other than that no real problem. And even on the busy street we never had a problem. Folks would always stop and let you in or out of wherever you were going. It wasn't like L.A. traffic where they are all full of "road rage". It was very laid back and very friendly. It just took a few minutes to get anywhere. Of course it didn't help that half of the street was under construction. By this time next year at least half of the main street will be a full 4 lanes wide. There should be very few traffic delays when they're finished with the road work.
Weather was cool but nice. A bit windy in the mid morning to early afternoon. But the sun would warm you up nicely.
Our friends did get some significant rain the week before we arrived but at our campsite there were no flooding or even mud problems. We camp north of town on Plomosa Rd and the entire area is covered with a thin layer of rock. Just enough to act almost like paving. And of course it's BLM land in the 14 day catagory.... so it is free.
The Montana was perfect for boondocking. We have a Honda 2000 and ran it as needed. Watched as much satellite TV as we wanted. Had as much hot water as we needed. All in all a very enjoyable experience. Our friends had a 30 gallon water barrel and replenished their supply as well as ours. And we had to get one tank of propane and a couple of gallons of gas for the Honda but all was easily obtained and rather reasonable price wise.
We saw many Montanas but I only got to talk to one fellow. Interestingly he had built a platform for carrying an ATV on the back of his 3295. But he had to abandon it because it was too heavy. He said the tires actually almost flattened out when he loaded it up. So he installed a receiver and built a small trailer to haul his ATV. That worked fine..... only problem he related was that with the ATV trailer behind the Montana you could only go forward! He said a couple of times he'd gotten into a place where he had to unload the ATV and unhook its trailer so they could get back on the road! Other than that he'd had no problems. He said they'd traded a motor home for the Montana. It just had so much more space. He was not aware of the website but is now.
If Roy from WY shows up say "HI".
We're moving on toward the south. Going around the Tucson area to visit the Kratchner Caves and maybe make it down to Tombstone. Then back west and if things work out we're going down to Puerto Penasco, MX. It's only about 60 miles south of the US. It is right at the top of the Gulf of California.
We'll see you on down the road.
HamRad
Traffic was heavy right on business 10 (Main Street) but other than that no real problem. And even on the busy street we never had a problem. Folks would always stop and let you in or out of wherever you were going. It wasn't like L.A. traffic where they are all full of "road rage". It was very laid back and very friendly. It just took a few minutes to get anywhere. Of course it didn't help that half of the street was under construction. By this time next year at least half of the main street will be a full 4 lanes wide. There should be very few traffic delays when they're finished with the road work.
Weather was cool but nice. A bit windy in the mid morning to early afternoon. But the sun would warm you up nicely.
Our friends did get some significant rain the week before we arrived but at our campsite there were no flooding or even mud problems. We camp north of town on Plomosa Rd and the entire area is covered with a thin layer of rock. Just enough to act almost like paving. And of course it's BLM land in the 14 day catagory.... so it is free.
The Montana was perfect for boondocking. We have a Honda 2000 and ran it as needed. Watched as much satellite TV as we wanted. Had as much hot water as we needed. All in all a very enjoyable experience. Our friends had a 30 gallon water barrel and replenished their supply as well as ours. And we had to get one tank of propane and a couple of gallons of gas for the Honda but all was easily obtained and rather reasonable price wise.
We saw many Montanas but I only got to talk to one fellow. Interestingly he had built a platform for carrying an ATV on the back of his 3295. But he had to abandon it because it was too heavy. He said the tires actually almost flattened out when he loaded it up. So he installed a receiver and built a small trailer to haul his ATV. That worked fine..... only problem he related was that with the ATV trailer behind the Montana you could only go forward! He said a couple of times he'd gotten into a place where he had to unload the ATV and unhook its trailer so they could get back on the road! Other than that he'd had no problems. He said they'd traded a motor home for the Montana. It just had so much more space. He was not aware of the website but is now.
If Roy from WY shows up say "HI".
We're moving on toward the south. Going around the Tucson area to visit the Kratchner Caves and maybe make it down to Tombstone. Then back west and if things work out we're going down to Puerto Penasco, MX. It's only about 60 miles south of the US. It is right at the top of the Gulf of California.
We'll see you on down the road.
HamRad
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