2020 travels, according to Google

In 2020 you traveled a total distance of 7,032 miles  It’s interesting that a nomad drives less (7k miles /year) than the average American (12k miles/yr). The difference, of course, is that I stay in place most of the time.

logistics: Shea Rd BLM to Dome Rock BLM

I would have gotten up earlier this morning to start the relo, but coyotes were having a party last night.  Which meant that Muffin didn’t sleep.  Which meant that I didn’t sleep. Earlier in the evening I heard a honk and saw a Suburban behind me;  I recognized him from a nearby campsite.  The gentleman

challenges: bandwidth, water, party people

A few days left here in Shea Rd.  My 28d cooling-off period for Quartzsite is up on the 5th.  The Q dump transfer station is open next week until the 6th, and I’d like to drop off trash before getting set up in Q.   So I relocate on the 5th or 6th. challenges My internet

Craggy Wash BLM to Shea Rd BLM

  Shea Rd BLM, ostensibly in Parker AZ but GPS suggests it’s just inside California.  freecampsites entry.  The road leading directly off 95 is cobbly and rough, but not a beating.  After entering the BLM area (or probably just CA) the road becomes maintained.  The camping area is just past the cattle guard.     1.5

logistics: planning next camping spot

Starting to think about the next move from Craggy Wash BLM outside Lake Havasu City to the next spot. I can’t return to Quartzsite until Jan 4th so I’ll need to make at least one more chess move between now and then. The new site must be 25mi away. Possibilities: Parker, the town between LHC

logistics: Quartzsite to Lake Havasu City

I didn’t have to leave until the 8th, but I had two packages in the Amazon Locker in Havasu and I knew the lockers were full.    I gathered up the campsite (60 seconds) and headed south.  Havasu is north on 95 but I had some stuff to do.  trash I had two plastic grocery

November, according to Google

hard freeze flushes me out to Q-town

For the second time in a few days I woke up to temps in the teens. It was 25F inside the van and the water system froze (no damage). From past experience the van is about 9F warmer in the morning after a cold night, so I’m guessing it was 16F. I vowed to start

thank god it’s Monday…

…and the rowdy weekenders went back to their normal lives. The valley I am in with this dry lake bed is, I’m guessing, 6 miles by 4 miles. Bounded on three sides by hills and by the highway to the north. It’s a big enough space I had to use binos to figure out the