{"id":1612,"date":"2016-01-08T21:59:22","date_gmt":"2016-01-09T02:59:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dalelafferty.com\/?p=1612"},"modified":"2016-01-08T21:59:22","modified_gmt":"2016-01-09T02:59:22","slug":"rtr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dalelafferty.com\/?p=1612","title":{"rendered":"RTR"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Quartzsite has been pretty dull for a week now. The weather for the last four days has been rainy and cold and the desert empty of boondocking RV’S. Yesterday, many more rigs started filling the area where I was camped. I found myself trapped between a group advertising themselves as Solo SKP’s and another with a sign that said Christian Fellowship. I’m sure both groups were nice and they would willingly take me in, but I didn’t feel like I belonged to either one. <\/p>\n

I was ready for a change of scenery anyway so I packed up and headed south of town to a gathering known by the name RTR or Rubber Tramp Rendezvous. If you have a $500,000 motorhome, this is probably not the place you want to be. 90% of the people here live in a van and enjoy a simple life of off grid existance.<\/p>\n

I was surprised at how many young people there are here. The majority are retired but quite a few working age couples and singles have found that not having a house and the lifestyle that goes along with it has given them the freedom to travel and be happy on a lot less income. Some have Internet business, some work part time at places like Amazon, and some camp host or work for the Forest Service.<\/p>\n

I didn’t write this to debate their lifestyle or even judge what they do, and I suppose why I drove in here was more curiosity than anything else. So far most of the people I have met are very nice, not at all what you would think of when you hear the word “Tramp” in their title. <\/p>\n

The one bad note I have to report is a dead refrigerator. I’m not sure what I will do to remedy that problem. The best report is sunshine all day today and forecast to stay that way for several days to come. I will try to get a picture of the sea of camper vans in this area to post later.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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