Blogger Fest 2017 was held on Saturday January 28th
2017 at the Ramada “Pavilion” in South La Posa LTVA south of Quartzsite Arizona. The day was a little on
the cool side but was much warmer than the weather we had been
experiencing. Sue and I were pleased to host the event along with some help from some fellow bloggers.
Shadow Moss brought the Blog Fest signs all the way from near Phoenix, but she assured me she would have attended anyway. Thanks Paula and George and Suzie for your support with this event. John Pickard managed to get us all together for a group picture. Thanks John. A few of you posted our advertisement on your blogs which helped out a lot. And I borrowed a few pictures from a few of your blogs so thank you. I apologize if I have anything wrong or have missed information and if you know the correct information please comment and I will change it in the original blog.
Shadow Moss brought the Blog Fest signs all the way from near Phoenix, but she assured me she would have attended anyway. Thanks Paula and George and Suzie for your support with this event. John Pickard managed to get us all together for a group picture. Thanks John. A few of you posted our advertisement on your blogs which helped out a lot. And I borrowed a few pictures from a few of your blogs so thank you. I apologize if I have anything wrong or have missed information and if you know the correct information please comment and I will change it in the original blog.
After everyone had assembled we proceeded with
introductions. I challenged everyone to
tell us a bit more about themselves and why they blogged. I think everyone does it for a journal of
their travels, as well as a way to share their experiences with either friends
or family. I also asked everyone to tell
us whether they find doing a blog, fun or work? Everyone agreed that for the most part it
is fun, but when lives get busy and the weather is nice and friends are
gathering it becomes work. Some just
lengthen the time between blogs while others just put their heads down and get
it done. Most of the people gathered do
not earn an income from blogging so if they miss a few it is not the end of the
world. Everyone was quite willing to
share their blogging experiences and we all enjoyed hearing the stories. Pictures are in random order and some are not great quality. I-Phones are made for texting more than taking pictures I think.
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| Anne Henderson - Right Brain Right Lane |
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| Areane - The Frugal Humanist |
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| Barb Dewell - Me and my Dog & My RV |
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| Bill Richards - On Our Way |
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| Bob & Stacie Osborne - Maxx Trails |
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| Bud Burke - Follow the Daze |
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| Croft Randle - Crofts Mexico |
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| Dee White - Gone RVing |
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| Diana Tolerico - Life on the open Road |
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| Doug Laning & Yuma - Miss Adventure Travels |
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| Frank & Chris Amon - Blurkers |
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| Gaelyne - Geogypsy -Travel |
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| George & Suzie - Our Awesome Travels |
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| Glenda Lane - Casita Escapes |
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| Kimberly Raines-The Travels of Kimbo Polo |
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| Kent & Dianne - Blurkers |
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| John & Aileen Pickard - John and Aileen on the Road |
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| John Daigle - RVing with a Disability |
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| Jim & Barb Nelson - Jim and Barbs RV Adventure |
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| Kyra Miller -Blurker |
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| Larry Deeds - Blurker |
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| Pat & Harold Dyck - Blurkers |
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| Pat Richards - Chillin with Patsy |
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| Paula Porter (Shadowmoss) - In the Shadows |
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| Pleinguy - Plein Air Journey |
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| Rhonda Fleming - Me the Toad and the Road |
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| Rick & Kathy Rousseau - Its About Time |
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| Shawn & Kim Hall - Shifting Gears |
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| Sue & Lorne - A Place Called Away |
After a few questions and answers we all enjoyed some snacks
while mingling. It was really great to
meet a lot of new people and meet some of the bloggers we follow, in
person. This year we even had some
people who do not blog, but who read others blogs. We agreed that we will call them “Blurkers”
which translates to “Blog lurkers”.
Without them, blogging would be in vain.
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| Round table introductions |
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| Blogger reunion |
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| Pick a sunny spot to stand |
Everyone agreed that receiving comments on blogs was very
important. Comments let us know that
someone is out there reading our blog.
The comments do not need to be detailed but rather just a mention of the
fact you were there.
I think the consensus was that we should have a 4th annual Blogger Fest, so mark it on your calendar tentatively for the last Saturday of the RV show in Quartzsite Arizona in January 2018. We would love to have all the RV blogging world turn out for the event.
If anyone wishes to obtain a copy of the sign in sheet names and blogs let me know and I will forward it to them. My contact information is aplacecalledaway@outlook.com
Until then, everyone be safe and keep on blogging.
Nice. We enjoyed the first Bloggerfest, but we're unlikely to ever be in Quartzsite again...maybe you can change the venue to Mexico where the weather is always warmer! :-)
ReplyDeleteNow that would be a novel idea. Or we could have two of them.
DeleteIt was a fun venue glad that y"all hosted it this year.
ReplyDeleteThank you, this is a wonderful summary of the day.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the write up and great pictures. Will mark the calendar for next year.
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed the blogger fest. I have a new resolve to get my blog (gonerving.blogspot.com) back up and running. Thanks for hosting.
ReplyDeleteIm glad to hear that. I just realized I didn't get a picture of you. You were there weren't you. If so, sorry I missed you.
DeleteThanks for the great group picture and everything you two did to host this year's Bloggerfest. Very enjoyable.
ReplyDeleteI was happy to see Kyra -- I met her in my hometown of Mountain City Tennessee -- since she does not blog i find it hard to keep up with her so this was a nice surprise---glad you had a lot of fun and I look forward to being with you next year.
ReplyDeleteI'm looking forward to attending this year since we are in Q for the first time. I found the flyer by accident, so was very excited to be able to participate. Thank you for this informative blog about a past Blogger Fest!
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