Bloggerfest 2016!

Saturday was the day for Bloggerfest 2016 out in the desert near Quartzsite, Arizona. It is about 150 miles away from our digs here in Mesa so first we tried to find a hotel for the night with no luck because of the huge RV and rock show in Quartzsite. Next I tried AirBnB with no luck there either. Last chance was an appeal for a room for one night on the Quartzsite Rentals Facebook Page. Nothing.

I was not looking forward to a four or five hours drive but then our friend and neighbor Shadowmoss said she was driving over in her brand new Mazda to give it a run and we were more than welcome to join her.

Norma decided to stay home to watch curling and figure skating so Shadowmoss and I set off a little after 7:30 AM. We stopped at one of the big RV sales places to look at Class B's and small C's for Shadowmoss and then walked through The Big Tent in Quartzsite. It would be easy to spend a whole day here but after an hour or so it was time to find the site for Bloggerfest.

We had the GPS coordinates and drove right there where we were among the first to arrive. The organizers had done a great job and there were signs, a signup table with name tags and a long table ready for the snacks everyone brought. George and Suzi made the final tally and counted 54 people, a great turnout. After a round of standing up and introducing ourselves, everyone mingled and tried to meet as many of each other as we could. I knew so many of them by reading their Blogs but had never met in person so it was really a fun time in perfect weather!

Soon it was around 4:30 and people started to pack up their chairs so we headed out as well. We gassed up the car on the way back and Shadowmoss was delighted that she had got 40.02 MPG! She has a long commute to work every day so the gas savings will help pay for the car!

A few photos: