The annual Hi Jolly Daze Parade is coming up next week on Jan 7th, 2014 starting at town park. For anyone new to Quartzsite, the parade celebrates the U.S. Camel Corps experiment which took place in the Quartzsite area long ago when the U.S. Cavalry tested the use of camels for desert mounts/pack mules and one camel driver named Hi Jolly liked the area so much that he stayed behind to live the rest of his life in Quartzsite. He is buried in the Hi Jolly cemetery in town. Now you know why this blog has a camel!
