[Leica] Quartzite AZ

[photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman)]

A camper with solar panels--I'm impressed!!!

But photographically, you saved the best for last. I love the desert night 
pictures, and the cactus reminds of the Freak Brothers story where 
Freewheeling Franklin takes mescaline and hallucinates about being chased by 
one of these.

Cheers,
Nathan

Nathan Wajsman
Alicante, Spain
http://www.frozenlight.eu
http://www.greatpix.eu
PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws
Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/

YNWA









On Jan 28, 2013, at 7:54 PM, Aram Langhans wrote:

> For those who don't know, Quartzite AZ is normally a sleepy little town of 
> just over 3000 on I-10, but once a year it turns into a giant rock show, 
> swap meet, RV show and who know what else.  My father-in-law has been 
> going there for probably 30 years or more.  The last 10 have seen it 
> dwindle down to maybe from maybe close to a million visitors in January to 
> 3/4 million, according to the Arizona HW Dept, 
> http://www.quartzsitervshow.com/, but I think that at any one day there 
> may be 250,000 wandering around town.  Amazing.  I wish I had a photo of 
> all the RV's scattered all over many square miles of BLM land as you crest 
> the hill coming into town from the west.
> 
> This year we tagged along with him and my sister-in-law and spend three 
> days there.  Here are a few shots I got.
> 
> One HUGE tent for the RV show.  So many people on Saturday it was hard to 
> even see anything.  The center isle is not so bad, but the sides are 
> shoulder to shoulder.
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/c2/q/Quartzite-0474.jpg.html
> 
> Lots of shopping outside. We wandered for 5 hours or so, three days, and 
> did not see it all.  Bought a few things and some nice rocks.
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/c2/q/Quartzite-0494.jpg.html
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/c2/q/Quartzite-0439.jpg.html
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/c2/q/Quartzite-0499.jpg.html
> 
> Then famous fish dinner at Sweet Darlene's with the unavoidable self 
> portrait waiting to get in.
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/c2/q/Quartzite-0441.jpg.html
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/c2/q/Quartzite-0445.jpg.html
> 
> Dry camping, so my father-in-law is putting up his solar panels.  He is 
> still  there and will stay a few weeks.
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/c2/q/Quartzite-0436.jpg.html
> 
> He likes to camp away from everyone so he does not here their generators
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/c2/q/Quartzite-0540.jpg.html
> 
> Even though there was a half moon, the stars put on a pretty good show at 
> night.
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/c2/q/Quartzite-0521.jpg.html
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/c2/q/Quartzite-0533-Edit.jpg.html
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/c2/q/Quartzite-0535.jpg.html
> 
> 
> Comments welcome.  At least one her is with Leica 35-70/4.
> 
> Aram
> 
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> Aram Langhans
> (Semi) Retired (retarded?) Science Teacher
> & Unemployed photographer
> 
> "The Human Genome Project has proved Darwin more right than Darwin himself 
> would ever have dared dream."   James D. Watson 
> 
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