Category: Fall 2019

  • Monday 11/4

    Monday 11/4

    A quiet uneventful day. The usual, walk, read, nap. Oh, swept the floors. Good night [photogrid ids=”3007,3008,3010,3011,3012,3013,3014,3015,3016″ captions=”yes” columns=”two” fullwidth=”yes” ]

  • Sunday 11/3

    Sunday 11/3

    [photogrid ids=”2998,2999,3000,3001,3002,3003,3004,3005″ captions=”yes” columns=”two” fullwidth=”yes” ]Truckin’ about 8:30ish. About a 100 miles or so to Lake Roosevelt.  I’m situated now right on the edge the plateau and today I’m going  down off it. A quiet drive without much traffic. Payson, Az is the big town in the area.  The weather should be warmer….   Lots…

  • Saturday 11/2

    Saturday 11/2

    There is one group site in this campground and it is being camped in by Pack 648, Scottsdale Az. A steady procession of cars after dark last night. This morning, thirty Boy Scouts plus families. I have the one site by the water and a walking bridge that goes from my site to the main…

  • Friday 11/1

    Friday 11/1

    Goodness, Starting my eighth week on the road. I’ll look tomorrow but I think I’m a bit over 2500 miles. I’ve done a lot of zig zagging on this trip. Right at $700.00 worth of fuel. Most likely a couple of hundred for campsites. Nothing on motels, $18 on fast food, and no idea on…

  • Thursday 10/31

    Thursday 10/31

    Happy Halloween! I dressed up as a old curmudgeon all day!  Got going about 8:30am. Daylight savings time and Arizona don’t mix. I am now a hour behind Missoula. Cottonwood is the town I’m going thru first. Need to fuel(11.98) and do a grocery run. Then a short drive past Camp Verde to Clear Creek…

  • Wednesday 10/30

    Wednesday 10/30

    It’s cold. Ten above this morning. Woke up about 2:30am and ran the heater for a hour. It was 36F when I started it and 41F when I shut it down and went back to sleep. I dumped my black and gray water yesterday afternoon. Nothing was froze this morning other than me. Walked down…

  • Tuesday 10/29

    Tuesday 10/29

    Nice sunrise this morning. Take my word for it. Picture perfect out the schooner’s bedroom window. Nice and snug. It was nice but not jump out of bed, get the camera nice. But it did wake me up earlier then normal so on the road by 8am. Wasn’t very far till I hit the highway.…

  • Monday 10/28

    Monday 10/28

    There is snow on the ground this morning! It’s a beautiful place but there is snow on the ground! My first inclination is to head out and go south. But it is the end of October and these cold snaps are part of life. Ya,ya, I stayed and it was chilly all day. Low-mid forties…

  • Sunday 10/27

    Sunday 10/27

    Got going right at daybreak. Packed the carpet and doormat by flashlight….no, I don’t think so. Got rollin’ about 9am. Campground pretty cleared out by the time I get out, use the bathroom, pack up the outdoor carpet and floormat and start to roll. There are a couple of things I would like to do…

  • Saturday 10/26

    Saturday 10/26

    Finally rolled out of bed at 9:10am. Not going anywhere, felt good to doze in. Knee is a bit better. Still stiff but doesn’t ache as much. Not being able to take NSAID for pain relief is a pain in what ever part is aching. I know a couple of ibuprofen and I would be…