Wow, what a gathering! Who knew the Quartzsite Gathering would almost double in size this year?

• Official final count of verified trailers was 186
• The circumference of the final area of the campsite was almost 2 miles around
• Casitas were the most prevalent at the gathering, followed by Escapes, Scamps were a close third with Bigfoots in fourth. Then the remaining various brands. For the first time at Quartzsite we even had two new Happier Campers join us from the factory.
• Top 10 States attending (left to right) AZ,CA,TX,WA,MN,MO,CO,NM,SD,NV
• Other States attending NC,FL,OR,PA,KS,MS,WY,ME,UT,MT,AL,TN,NE,OK,KY,UT,MT,NY,AR
• Canada had 8 trailers attending from BC, ON and MB

No gathering happens without the help of the volunteers and we want to send a big THANKS to all who pitched in and helped make this gathering such a wonderful experience! We appreciate each and every one of you and your assistance. 

All of the pics I have will be available at:

https://1drv.ms/f/s!AtCN_9Yn_Ddq1ke3_Dk2dxFKdxlA

All of Jon's wonderful pics are available at his blog:

http://lakeshoreimages.com/15-16trip/quartzite16.html

Now sit back and we'll give you a pictorial overview:

Host Trailers and Registration  Your Hosts Greg A and Co-Host Earl A

Trailers start arriving: 90 in by Monday Night

Arriving up on the Heights

Konrad and AZ Little House Customs had a busy week

Ukulele Mark ran workshops on Wed and Friday

The Saturday Soup Event

Let the Ladderball tournament begin. (Laddermaster: Earl A) 35 Teams this year another record!

And the Winners: 1st Place - Jona and Teri   2nd Place - Rick and Sandy  3rd Place - Sydney and Steve

At Sunset Ukulele Mark, his students from the workshops, plus many additional musicians joined together to put on a wonderful concert at the campfire. It was a fantastic finish to an awesome week. Thanks, Mark and all who played at the concert and campfire. Over 100 people were in attendance for the concert evening. Our thanks to Pete and Jackie plus numerous musicians who joined them to play at the campfire at the host trailer all week.

Music enhanced another beautiful desert sunset at Quartzsite

As the sun sets on another great Quartzsite Gathering, we want to thank everyone who attended and all the wonderful old friends and new friends we connected with. I didn't end up with pics of the Sopapillas or Swap Meet on Sat morning, but those both ran and were lots of fun.

Next year is our 10 year Quartzsite anniversary and it will be one you don't want to miss.  Stay tuned, next years dates will be posted soon so you can make your plans to attend.