On Sunday, January 12, 2020, we left our RV park in Quartzsite, Arizona and drove out into the Arizona desert where we meet up with members of our RV Club - the Escapee Boomers. The agreed upon meeting place is known as Boomerville. During the 14 days we spent there, over 220 rigs came and went. Here is a drone photo of Boomerville 2020 (Credit:Daniel Knowles):
Gretchen leads a team of volunteers. The photo below is from Pancake and Bacon Day!
Every day at 4:00 p.m., folks bring their chairs to the big fire ring to recap the days events and outline the events planned for the next day. There is no set agenda before Boomerville starts. Once everyone arrives, a blank event binder is put in the Headquarters Tent. Boomers then start putting items on the agenda. Here is a photo from one of the typical Happy Hour gatherings.
Activities ranged from discussions on Alaska, Maritimes, CBD Oil, InstaPot, and Valley Fever to more physical activities like morning hikes, Geocache outings, Jeep drives and shopping trips to the RV Tent Show. One of the big events scheduled every year is the CARE Action. Here is an arial view of the auction, also courtesy Daniel Knowles. While we only had one item to donate this year, we came away with some really nice Boomerville 2020 hats, a giant bottle of bubbly, and a tray of cinnamon buns! We shared the last two items with our Boomer friends before leaving Quartzsite.
When we weren't attending discussion groups, hiking, Jeeping or shopping, we were hangin' out with our little group within a group we call the Unusual Suspects at a place we call Whiskeytown.
We didn't spend all our time in Boomerville; there were road trips to the Swansea Ghost Town, the Desert Bar and the RV Big Tent Show. No trip to the Tent Show would be complete without a stop at Beerbelly's Adult Day Care Center.
Every morning, except pancake days, we would awake before the sun and take our coffee for a walk.
Remember that tray of cinnamon buns we won at the Auction? Well, we decided to share them with the Unusual Suspects.
During our stay, we watched several football playoff games on Tony's outside TV. With no horse in the race, it was fun to sit back and enjoy all the hoopla and tailgate munchies.
The morning sunrise walks provided some amazing shadow selfies.
On Saturday, January 18, 2020, some folks went to the Desert Bar in Parker, while we drove over to Blythe for the Bluegrass Festival.
The Care Auction was held on Thursday, January 23, 2018. Here, Connie shows off the latest in sun protection. Shiny!
From his perch in the last row, Dave could keep track of the other bidders to make sure he was the highest bidder. Kathy got volunteered to be a runner to make sure the cashier and the winning bidder both got their copies of the auction item receipt.
One of the highlights for women of the group is getting a chance to shop for new Snap Jewelry. Here the "Snappettes" show off their latest acquisitions.
This year, a couple different musical groups came to entertain our gathering. We had a chance to listen and sing along with Papa Greybeard. He was so good, they asked him to come back again the following week for a second show.
It is hard to believe that two weeks went by so fast. During our stay, we had so many great adventures. We also ate and drank very well. Let's see, there was Bloody Mary Sunday, Whiskey Wednesday and the First Annual Gin Tasting. Not to mention those Potlucks - Football Tailgate, Asian Night, Baja Mexican, BBQ Night and Italian Pasta Night. The diet will officially begin as soon as we eat all the leftovers!
Goodbye Boomerville. It will be a couple years before we come back. Try not to have too much fun without us.
So long, farewell, auf Wiedersehen, goobye!
I hate to go and leave this pretty sight
So long, farewell, auf Wiedersehen, adieu
Adieu, adieu, to you and you and you!
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