Stealthing in Yuma

Got word from Amazon that my package is coming in today, so I packed up and left Kool Corner. On the way out I detoured through Mittry Lake to see how that’s set up and to find the dumpster[s]. The allure of camping near water is largely lost on me, but I see why others

the limits of one’s vision / relo plans

{wrote this yesterday and forgot to press PUBLISH} Finally found some bandwidth to upload an old vid from 2020. On a small highway traversing BLM land in the Blue Mountain area of OR. This could have ended badly: The calf at 1:28 could have gone either way; they are especially squirrelly so don’t trust them

the big chill / knee update / osprey

As much as I’d like to credit good planning for being in mild weather, it’s more of a fluke based on average weather patterns. I’m in extreme SW Arizona in one of the few places in the western US with mild weather because it tends to be warmer here in winter, not because I foresaw

logistics: package forwarding

I generally prefer to receive packages by Amazon locker or General Delivery since there is no extra cost associated with those. Sometimes, as happened recently, there is something that is was or must be delivered to my mailing address and sent on to me — drivers license and registration sticker for example. To minimize cost

backchannel: isolator and dc-dc

from a comment on this YT video: What if your RV already has an isolator? Should I install DC to DC after the isolator? I think this is worth talking about. in parallel Most people wouldn’t need both an isolator and DC-DC charger. I can’t think of many good use cases for this setup. Maybe

game camera / knee status

My knee (injured in a fall yesterday) started hurting more as the day went on, and it made it uncomfortable to sleep. No obvious swelling today, which I take as a good sign. I noticed on this morning’s dog walk that if I keep the swing of my left leg straight down passing quite near

hilltop park bench

Yesterday I saw a UTV stop 5 hilltops to the north. He stayed for a few minutes so I got out the binos. The driver was out of the vehicle and inspecting what appeared to be a park bench (!) and small water tank (!) on the crest. Color me curious. I didn’t see any

on the turning away (pic heavy)

I mentioned before that I went beyond the main Kool Corner camping area and turned back because one of the tracks was washed out. Muffin and I walked up there to get a second opinion. It turned out to have been a good call. This low spot going around the right hander turned into deep

confirmed stimulus, [r]efiled

The mail forwarder got around to scanning the mail and, yes, it’s the $600 2nd stimulus check. This must be happening a lot because taxslayer sent a notice about it: So I did that, and the expected return was decremented by $600 as one would expect. But I kept getting a “direct deposit does not

daily cardio: Laguna Cemetery geocache

I loaded up C:Geo (android) with nearby caches and headed to the nearest one, located in the Laguna Cemetery. Cemeteries are some of my favorite cache locations because of the history and the interesting markers. This particular cemetery was for the La Laguna mining community presently located under Mittry Lake a mile or so north