Showing posts with label quartzsite. Show all posts
Showing posts with label quartzsite. Show all posts

22 October 2021

Weekend Roundup

 Welcome to The Weekend Roundup...hosted by Tom The Back Roads Traveler



1. Starts with "Q"
2. A Favorite
3.QUEENchosen by Tom

Starts with "Q"

Quartzsite AZ is a popular recreational vehicle camping area for winter visitors with tourism being the major contributor to Quartzsite's economy. The Rubber Tramp Rendezvous, an annual gathering of vandwellers, takes place in January.Nine major gem and mineral shows, and 15 general swap meet shows are very popular tourist attractions, attracting about 1.5 million people annually, mostly during January and February.

Quartzsite is the burial place of Hi Jolly (Hadji Ali), an Ottoman citizen of Greek-Syrian parentage, who took part in the experimental US Camel Corps as a camel driver.

Quartzsite was featured in the book and movie Nomadland.


FAVOURITE
Beijing China park


QUEEN
Random street art during the pandemic last summer Toronto ON


Déjà Brew
A catchall for leftover beer, coffee, food, motels and whatever catches my fancy!




Signs

    Joining Tom at Signs2 April 2026 - Toronto ON Nonsense stuff found in the bookstore.