http://rbrv.scribi.com Waking Up in Different Places... Fri, 05 Mar 2010 01:01:17 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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 ... http://rbrv.scribi.com/2010/03/04/im-getting-tired-of-this-wind/ 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 ... http://rbrv.scribi.com/2010/02/28/strollin-into-town/ WELL, I'VE BEEN LAX at posting. A couple of weeks in the Caribbean hasn't helped much, since I had to leave the RV on the hard. What to do with the unit while I was gone? That was the question. I had a reefer full of food I ... http://rbrv.scribi.com/2010/02/23/gone-for-a-couple-of-weeks/ 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 ... http://rbrv.scribi.com/2010/01/24/cleared-up-more-people/ ... 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 ... http://rbrv.scribi.com/2010/01/22/and-the-rains-came-and-the-winds-blew/ The LTVA where I am camped is Senator Wash, which is just west of the Yuma Proving Grounds (it's actually on the California side, just past the Imperial County line.) In fact, you have to go past the YPG hq and supply complex to get here. The rest of the ... http://rbrv.scribi.com/2010/01/12/boom-at-the-proving-grounds/ One nice thing about being out in the open in the LTVA is you can stumble into some wildlife. It's a neat thing to be seated at breakfast and have a hummingbird hover just outside your window for a few moments, checking you out before flitting away. Last night when ... http://rbrv.scribi.com/2010/01/09/critters-around-camp/ 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 ... http://rbrv.scribi.com/2010/01/04/warming-up-in-yuma-ltva/ 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 ... http://rbrv.scribi.com/2010/01/01/ack-bad-check-valve/ OUT HERE on the LTVA, you're essentially boondocking. Well, dry camping anyway. No hookups, but the LTVA's do have water fill and dump station - that's part of what the fees cover. I can get by about a week dry camping, being careful with water usage (shower every other ... http://rbrv.scribi.com/2009/12/30/dry-camping-essentials-water-and-dump/