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

North Bend, OR & dying phone

I’m going to be in North Bend a few days.  I have a package coming in from Amazon and the forecast says the weather will be mild here for the near future.  It will peak at 78F today then stay in the mid-to-high 60s for the next week. There is a self-described boardwalk area east

a step closer to booting Chase Bank

I’ve been edging away from Chase and toward Ally over the last year for many reasons.  The main one is that they have a non-negotiable $12/mo checking fee if you don’t have $500 of direct deposit every month (interbank transfers don’t count, apparently). The things that were holding me back:

hot shower, hot laptop

hot shower Because  I have copious amounts of water here, and the weekenders left I decided to take a hot shower.   I put a couple gallons in the solar shower bag and left in the sun for a few hours.  The water was actually a little too hot for comfort, but there was a brisk