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Castle Dome Mine Road

Avion C11 truck camper navigating a rocky dirt Castle Dome Mine Road in Kofa Wilderness Refuge.

Kofa Wilderness Refuge is a special destination to us. It's the first place we ever boondocked and we fell in love with the remote and dramatic rock formations. That said, as much as we have explored the area, we stuck to relatively major roads in the past. Yes, all of Kofa's roads are dirt, and, yes, they can have some mean washboard or washouts. But the main arteries in the park that connect to the highway are recognizable on maps, wide enough for two vehicles to easily pass, and easily distinguished from the rest of the landscape. But when we turn down Castle Dome Mine Road, we don't encounter another soul. And we're grateful for that because this trail gets incredibly narrow and rough with tight turns and high brush. But when we reach a clear vista point, that view is all ours.

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Quick-Gravel Parking Lots, Truck Campers, And Adult Day Care in Quatzsite, Arizona

We pull into a deeply graveled parking lot and park next to a fellow truck camper. Only a vehicle with 4-wheel-drive could possibly navigate this lake of gravel. We watch several sedans and small trucks get dragged out while chatting with our fellow truck campers about campgrounds, storage, and cabover sleeping.

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Quartzsite, Arizona

Quartzsite is the snowbird's nest. Every year, the tiny Arizona town swells as RVs and campers flood the trailer parks and BLM land and a two month long gem show commences. While the main street does offer some restaurants and a few hotels, the action is in these popup towns where venders sell quartz, antiques, pizza, and beer. If we hadn't already made plans in Phoenix, we would have spent a few days enjoying the warm weather and Beer Belly's Adult Day Care.

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