Days #448-451 of Our Epic Trip

1-22-2025
H: 67ºF L: 33ºF
Boondocking, Quartzsite, Arizona

We had a beautiful sunrise at the Rolling Vegan Rendezvous (RVR) camp. I’m grateful I got up early to enjoy it and take a short video.

Daniel and I took a morning walk through the Quartzsite desert with a couple other people and their dogs. The dirt here is like powdered sugar so every step you take causes the dirt to puff up around your shoes and pants. It’s impossible to stay clean here!

We hurried back from our walk to listen to a riveting talk by Forrest, an NPS forest ranger, on the importance of a plant-based diet for the future health of our planet. This is a talk he gives to visitors of the national park he works for. Here is a video of him talking to park visitors:

We had a great dinner with the RVR group. We watched the sunset and then sat around the campfire while a person from our group, Gale, shared a Celtic tale.

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1-23-2025
H: 67°F L: 42°F
Boondocking, Quartzsite, Arizona

Today’s Rolling Vegan Rendezvous (RVR) morning presentation was on animal activism. We learned a lot. We feel proud to be amongst some courageous people standing up for animals.

We then did show-and-tell with our rigs. We loved seeing inside the camper vans as we find them so intriguing. They are stealth and compact. We love how every nook and cranny is used.

Tonight’s potluck theme was soup. Our whole wheat bread was requested and we also made gluten free naan. We were blessed with another beautiful sunset.

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1-24-2025
H: 64ºF L: 34ºF
Boondocking, Quartzsite, Arizona

Another great day at Rolling Vegan Rendezvous (RVR)! There was a beautiful sunrise and one of our new friends, Alex, took a picture of our camp setup with the sunrise in the background (see below). Our morning discussion was about vegan pets and vegan, biodegradable personal and household products. I learned about a small business, Zero Waste Outlet, which has great products. I’m interested in trying the Tangie Laundry Soap Bar.

Our final potluck theme was Whole Food, Plant-Based. Great food as always. Also another great sunset as Arizona seems to be known for.

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1-25-2025
H: 67ºF L: 40ºF
Boondocking, Quartzsite, Arizona

Today was the last day of Rolling Vegan Rendezvous (RVR) so we said goodbye to some new friends. This is the sixth year for RVR. We are so glad we came to Quartzsite for this wonderful event. We learned a lot and it felt great to be around like-minded people. We hope to keep in touch with everyone. We also learned that boondocking is actually pretty easy and doable for us.

We learned of a great spot for crystal digging from fellow vegan, Victoria, who found some really big crystals recently at this spot. So we headed out to the desert with a shovel, bucket and other tools. We didn’t find any really big crystals but we found some smaller ones and it was fun to be out in the desert digging around in the rocks.

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Stats

Expenses:

• Tesla Cybertruck fuel: $33.26
• Tesla Model X fuel: $0
• Campsite: $0
• Camping memberships: $21.86
• Food: $15.96

Tesla Cybertruck miles driven: 27 (12 kWh)

Tesla Model X miles driven: 50.8 (18.1 kWh)

Number of people asking about the Tesla pulling the camper: 2

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