STUFF KEEPS BLOWING AWAY.
I went out and rescued my poor little chives pot, one more time, lifting it off the ground where the unrelenting wind blew it off the table, along with all of its buddies.
The rest are all dried out – the chives are the only thing left I’m trying to save. I’ve [...]
Read the rest of this entry »THE OLD PROSPECTOR cast his eyes about his encampment, a rough shack ensconced in a wall of desert rock with bright blue sky overhead. A hawk cried it’s presence in that blue sky, adding clarity and cleanliness to the scene. Standing in his red long-johns, the prospector stroked his long, frazzled beard.
“Well, Bucky” he [...]
After a two week hiatus to the Caribbean, I tentatively return to the RV sitting on the hard in the Yuma LTVA with no support and a somewhat full reefer. The state? Not too bad, actually. I’d really like solar and/or wind power, though.
Read the rest of this entry »The rains let up, and I got a chance to break the cabin fever and go out for a walk.
There are a lot more people out here on the Yuma LTVA than when I got here. More RVs in circles and small bunches. Lots of different kinds, too – everything from little “burro” [...]
Read the rest of this entry »… AND GREAT WERE the rains, and great was the wind…
Well, if not of biblical proportions, it was certainly a comer.
We caught the tail end of the storms that have been pounding California. Actually, if you looked at a radar map of the western US, you would see the precipitation pattern forming a big, [...]
Read the rest of this entry »The Senator Wash LTVA is close to the Yuma Proving Grounds. This morning, I awoke to a few muffled “BMMMmmm’s” – they’re out proving some ordnance.
Read the rest of this entry »OK, THIS IS WHY we’re here!!
The temps are getting back in the seventies, after a long-ish interlude of them being down in the 50’s and 60’s. Some of the evenings have been particularly chilly, dropping down to 38F/3C. Last night didn’t get below 50F/10C, I don’t think, and the high is expected around [...]
Woke up this morning – empty freshwater tank.
I had water last night, I left the pump on as normal – empty tank, this morning.
Folded everything up, hauled the trailer over to the fill station and put in about a third tank of water and turned on the pump – sure enough, water is gushing out [...]
