The BIG Tent Show

That's the big tent in the distance as seen from the freeway. The other tents are for mostly rock and gem shows that are also going on --

And here it is stretching away from where we had to park --

After this morning's Alpine Coach Association membership meeting, we went in to the opening day of the BIG TENT RV show in Quartzsite. Us and several thousand other people! The tent itself is huge -- it's over an eighth of a mile long. There are three aisles down the long way of the tent with vendors on each side of the aisle. So that means there are six rows of vendors -- something like a mile and a quarter of stalls! While a good share of the merchandise is stuff for use in RVs, there are the usual "fair" vendors of pots and pans, salad shredders and cosmetics.

We didn't buy much. I got a couple more microplush towels for the kitchen (from a vendor I had purchased them from before) and some replacement glass nail files. (I love the fact that these glass files don't have to just file in one direction, but I do seem to have a knack for breaking them...). We looked at several booths that sold LED lights, but didn't find any that were priced as low as you can get them on the internet. It's only the first day of the show, so maybe the prices will come down.

After we had walked through the tent three times, we had had it. Besides which it had really gotten hot today! We took a quick run over into California, to the Albertson's in Blyth, so that Forry could pick up some more coffee for his Koenig, then back to Auntie Violet for a nap!