The third Annual ENTEGRA@QUARTZSITE GATHERING
will be held again on Bureau of Land Management land south
of Quartzsite, AZ during the 2018 Quartzsite Sports, Vacation,
and RV Show. The earliest day of arrival for the Gathering is
January 19th and the Gathering will last throughout the show
until it ends January 28th. Of course, Entegra coaches are
welcome to arrive anytime after the 19th and depart at their
convenience.
Although we promised (and delivered) “catered” meals last yea
r in addition to the “traditional” bonfire fee, we found that
although successful, this is a very difficult proposition to pull
off in the middle of the Arizona desert, so we will have only an
unknown number of “Pot Luck” meals this year. This leaves
only the $20.00 fee for firewood which will be payable to the
Wagonmaster on arrival. There is also a fee of $40.00, good
for 14 days, that is payable to the Bureau of Land Management as
you enter our Gathering site, payable in cash or check only to the
BLM.
Very Important: Please send an email to Gary
Jones (Wagonmaster) to let us know you
intend to gather with the group. Just click on
the link below to email Gary.
Click Here to email Gary
If you are not familiar with the ENTEGRA@QUARTZSITE
GATHERING, the gathering is a 5-8 day dry camping
experience on Bureau of Land Management desert a few miles
south of Quartzsite. This is dry camping, although for the BLM
fee that you will pay upon entering, you have access to fresh
running water to fill fresh water tanks, and a sewage dump
facility for the obvious purpose, and 10-14 dumpsters for
general refuse. Last year we had right around 60 coaches
register to attend and with medical cancellations and other
issues, we ended up with right at 50 coaches parked in a circle
in the middle of the desert. It was quite a sight!! Lots of
information about the Quartzsite RV show can be found with a
simple Google search. Frankly, the show used to be much
larger, and as an RV show, it is not the best. However, it is a
great excuse for the more “bohemian” luxury Entegra coach
owners to gather in a setting where talking, asking questions of
other owners, others showing you where something is on your
coach or how to optimally set parameters for your inverters, or
how other things are simply done by other owners….. this is
an owner camaraderie event…. Little more and little less. If
you want, you will leave Quartzsite with lots of new owner
friends and lots of information about your coach.
Unlike most rallies, note that this is called a Gathering. It does
not follow typical rally format. Also note that we will have no
reserved area of the desert that is “ours”, so we may be in a
different location than we have been for the past 2 years which
leads to a lot of uncertainty until we really know where we will
be….. therefore, communication between the Wagonmaster
and Gatherers is very important. This is the third time we have
done this and I will begin to send out a series of “white papers”
largely to those who have never attended and may need to make
some plans or think through how to boondock for a week in the
desert. You will get more information than you need in all
likelihood. However, what is important is to know that you
intend to attend.
Last year we had 50 coaches actually attend, We can
accommodate about 60 coaches if we manage to capture the
same “turf” we have had previously. We might be able to get to
65-70 with putting some coaches a little further away from the
main gathering, but we definitely cannot accommodate 100
coaches, so if you seriously intend to attend, PLEASE tell me
that by sending me an email. At some point, I may start a
“waiting list” as people will drop out and spaces will open up if
we begin to fill beyond capacity.
This is a unique experience. You will have great fun and great
friends when you leave.
Also, we are dry camping, so arrive with a full tank of fresh
water and empty holding tanks.
Two years ago, the weather in January in SouthWestern Arizona
was perfect….. neutral to slightly cool days and clearly cool
nights. Last year, the weather was relatively terrible…. Cold
and very windy days, and cool to cold nights (the AquaHots
got lots of work last January). I am hoping for the weather of 2
years ago, but you never know. The weather should NOT be
terrible (freezing, steaming hot), so base-rate prediction should
be for nice, dry, cool weather.
