One of my favorite places. The temperatures are 75/53, a big improvement over Casa Grande. It's lightly populated at the VFW/BLM spot, and I'm signed in for 14 days. Algadones is on the list for glasses and teeth cleaning, as well as a new door window.
Jim and Bobbie came down from Mesa today, bringing Mike and Sandy with them. So we had quite a group at lunch. I think everyone will meet up again in Tucson in March, I'll see Mike and Sandy at Q in January, Dave and Kathy I'll see in Yuma, Tucson, and then the Peninsula. Trisha will be in Tucson in March, I think. But I figured that a lot of friends were going to be found in the desert this year. I'm heading out tomorrow towards Yuma. I say...
Some cold air came in during the night, catching me off-guard. I woke up to the house at about 45 degrees. Now this is just a few-day thing, and the sun does warm things during the day into the 70's, but it's a good reminder that even in the desert it can get cold. Later this week I'll go to Yuma, a thousand feet down in elevation, and reduce the problem a bit.
I arrived at the Escapee park in Casa Grande yesterday, and Trisha spotted me coming in. She's a leaseholder here, and Dave and Kathy had just arrived to occupy their new lot. I'm parked across from them in dry camping. I'll be here for five days at least, Yuma being the next destination.
I took my house in to have the axles aligned today, and I'm glad I did. The two were fighting each other going down the road, one bearing left, the other right, which likely goes a long ways to explain the weird tire wear I've had. The tech found a connector had separated on one side of my brakes, so I've got all wheels braking now. That's good. So now I'm at Snider Hill, or what I usually call San Joaquin Road. A few minutes after I arrived the...
I had to say so long to Jim and Bobbie, but I was glad to leave Mesa. I'm now in Amado, between Tubac and Green Valley, both to change up the scenery and to visit a friend. And, to take my house in for an axle alignment to lessen the tire wear issues I've been having. I'll do that on Wednesday, then drive out to Snider Hill/San Joaquin Road for a few days.
Oregon has a year to write the detailed regulations, but the basic structure is outlined in their proposition. And it's pretty dramatic. First, there's a flat tax on marijuana amounting to about 7-8%; contrast that with Colorado's 20-something and Washington's 30-something. Residency is not required for a license, nor are there limits on how many licenses an individual may have for growing or selling. In other words, anyone from anywhere can...
I'm parked next to the Chapmans in a monstrous RV Resort that seems to be typical of many of it's type here. The resort thing isn't really my style, but this one honors Passport America so I get 50% off the rates, making my stay quite reasonable. Actually, Mesa isn't my style either, nor the entire Greater Phoenix area. Way too many look-alike houses, strip malls, and shopping centers. Before I arrived I spent a night in one of the worst run RV...
I went to Sparky's in Hatch today for my last green chile cheeseburger for a while. They simply don't exist outside New Mexico. It's the Hatch chiles that make the difference. My old friend David pulled into the RV park today, so we'll have a chance to get caught up a bit before I leave, but we'll meet up again in a couple of weeks. I'll park it a night on the way to Mesa. I'm not in a hurry..
I've picked up a great butterfly collection on my deer-catcher, likewise an excellent display of squashed bug guts on my windshield. It's not far from Deming to the mountains. You can head to Mimbres to see the pueblos, maybe go to the cliff dwellings. You're in Mimbres country, an Apache colony that excelled in pottery. The museum in Silver City is an "Oh fuck" experience when it comes to the pottery. And the museum in Deming is equally...
Scattered thunderstorms wet the desert pretty good last weekend, but even so I've been touring around a bit. I found a good green chile cheeseburger in Columbus, down by the border, and a good BBQ place in Hatch (not Sparky's). Last summer I had a problem with my batteries, and yanked the big inverter I had installed but wasn't using. This week I'm putting it back into the circuit and watching, but see no problems. It will come in handy this...
It's been off-and-on rain and thunderstorms here, so I have plenty of time to browse the news. The Washington Liquor Control Board said on Friday (yet to be confirmed) they were seeking to raise the amount of marijuana growing space from 2 million square feet to 8 million square feet for the state. The 2 million number was a guess, based on no dependable information whatsoever. The 8 million number is just as flakey. By my estimates, the current...