If the world thinks you're dead, beat on the coffin lid

We've turned the Airstream eastward at last and are headed back home from California. By sheer accident, we happened to be passing through the curious little wide spot in the Arizona highway called Quartzite just in time for what is billed as the largest recreational vehicle event in the world. For fifty weeks out of the year, Quartzite is an outpost in the desert with a handful of gas stations and fast food eateries, a grocery store, three or four trailer service companies, several trailer...