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. |
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