Monday 12/4 Tuesday 12/5 I stayed last night at Salt Lick, a BLM site. No official camping site but a pit toilet and nothing saying no camping. Another truck camper ( triple-slide ) from Montana settled in while I was hiking to the mine site. A couple from New Zealand, Bert&Ann. Bought it 5-6 weeks…

Sunday 12/3 Spent yesterday with John&Jana hanging out and bullshiting. John & I have decided the valve on the toilet is leaking at the housing. A mirror and a flashlight made things a lot clearer. New valve $27…. new HIGHER toilet $107….about the same amount of work to do. HIGHER toilet is what I’m thinkin’…

Friday, 12/1 Gosh, I worked JTNP pretty good! I’m coming back ‘cause I didn’t get to a couple of places. It’s only 150 miles to John&Jana so I’m just going to mosey down Hwy 62. I think I’ll start taking a picture of the Hwy number signs. This road is the same road I used…

Thursday 11/30 Ho hum, leisurely start to the morning. Did general cleanup and investigated the toilet situation a little more deeply. I don’t have a mirror, so I’m going by a sense of plumber’s touch, but now I think, it is the valve that operates the toilet. If John has a mirror I’ll know more…..I…

Tuesday 11/21 thru Saturday 11/25 and misc ramblings It’s Wednesday (11/29) at sunset. I just read what I’ve wrote previous. When I don’t write every night…..I forget till I remember. Not much about how pretty the coast is. I stopped numerous times and from Legget past Bodega Bay, as nice as it gets. Really rugged…

Wednesday, 11/29 You would think that after a couple of weeks of the date being wrong on my watch I would of changed it already. No, no I play the guessing game. The date is more important then the time. First thing the little envelope wants is date. So when befuddled I write the date…

Tuesday, 11/28 I little side note. I changed a couple of things before I left in the schooner. I got a 120AH AGM battery. Part of the schooner’s failing is not enough battery to go a couple of days without moving. I writing this Wednesday morning and I have been sitting since Monday about noon.…

Monday, 11/27 Up bright and early and got ready to drive back to Indio. I have a Albertson’s located, so we will see. Nope, no pharmacy. But there is a CVS pharmacy. I dealt with Tala. Seems like cake except I can’t get them till tomorrow. Sounds like Bob G’s hip is bothering him. We’ll…

Sunday. 11/26 Hopefully the holiday campers have vacated and a spot at JTNP shouldn’t be a problem. Back up plan dispersal camp off Box Canyon Road. It’s only 50-60 miles from Allan&Bev’s. Plenty of time to cruise Palm Springs and vicinity. Followed HWY 111 thru Palm Springs and all of the desert cities in the…

Monday 11/20 Where have I been? Holy crap. I have had my fill of old California. I’m preaching revolution everywhere I go. These dumb bastards voted these yehoos in. $4.00 gas is out of line if everywhere else is $2.75. And DON’T buy it on the main road. Camping $40.00, just a place to park,…