logistics: next move, packages, CA

My 14d would be up here in American Girl Mine on Sat the 6th, but the Traveling Vet referral came through, so I have an appointment in Yuma on the 4th. It’s a fasting appointment (annual exam blood labs) at 0-dark-thirty Thursday morning and I’ll stealth nearby Wednesday night to ease the pain of fasting

daily cardio: mining timbers in the distance

I was out walking Muffin yesterday after lunch, heading vaguely toward the hills to the NE where the American Girl Mine was reported to be. I could barely make out a dark spot on one hillside that looked too regular to be natural. Spoiler alert: it wasn’t the AGM but a small surface-mining operation I

American Girl Mine BLM

Stealthed in an industrial area last night, then got up and headed toward the nearest city park. Made coffee and took Muffin out for a morning walk. litter collection As usual when walking in green areas we took a bucket and grabber to make litter-picking easy. It’s how I “pay” the locals for my use

Sacrament, CA to Tonapah, NV

My objections to CA are a bit of a dead horse, so I won’t repeat them here.  The arctic blast has passed and it’s bearable in NV again.  Google Maps said the fastest route to Tonapah was through Reno, but I went south to see Yosimite.   I recently learned from the highest authority that it’s

extended absorption followup / random pics

I last watered the batteries on Sept 18th and noticed no appreciable increase in water consumption.  I watered the batts again yesterday, and after six weeks water consumption was normal once again.  And this is after being in full sun in the interim. I am ready to recommend the eternal absorption approach a success for

downtown Roseville, CA

Roseville is one town over from Rocklin, and is indistinguishable to this outsider except for the civic branding.  I’m at the Monk’s Celler on the downtown having some duckfat-fried french fries (epic for $4), a farmhouse ale / saison (ok for a $4 snifter (happy hour) , but short on

escaping an arctic blast

I’d been out of it for a couple days and didn’t see an approaching weather event. Temps tonight in northern Nevada are forecast into the teens and single-digits:

3 strikes and SoCal is out

all in the space of two weeks, mind you strike one Joshua Tree North BLM area – obnoxious off-roaders cut through camps in day time at high speed, and one night began idiotic donut riding, jumping, and slinging roost at 10pm.  Began. Also in 29 Palm (the nearest town) there were junkies wandering in the streets

dry lake in California, checkup

This is the Joshua Tree north BLM area outside 29 Palms.  It’s a dry lake bed.  Pic taken from a hill dog and I I climbed