I'm a ways north of Klamath Falls, where you turn off to get to Crater Lake. I had had enough driving from Honey Lake, but I did manage to get through California in just one night and one tank of high-priced gas. The forecast is for cold, rain, and snow tonight and tomorrow. If conditions allow I'll head north on 97 tomorrow, otherwise I sit it out here in an RV park next to the Williams River with cheap electricity.
395 is always my preferred route in the northwest, and after two days of doing the Nevada deserts I grabbed it and kept going from Reno, to Honey Lake, CA, southward of Susanville. First off, seeing the Sierras is a complete shock. There is no snow at all except some dustings in the shady places at the tops. Official estimates are 5-9% of normal snowpack, a completely absurd number. Last fall I speculated how ugly things would get if they even...
While prostitution is legal in Nevada, it is prohibited in Clark County, which means Las Vegas. A better way to make a black market I can't imagine. But Pahrump is in Nye county and it's not prohibited, and is the closest (around 60 miles) to Vegas. Buses run back and forth between Vegas and Pahrump to visit the two big brothels here in town. Each has about 20 cribs (an old term common in the west), plus the usual bar, kitchen, etc. Very, very...
Under the new Religion Freedom Whatever law in Indiana, a church has formed that uses marijuana growing and use as part of it's rites. Looks to me like the law should work well to cover grow operations, distribution, and use of marijuana for it's members, whom are expected to donate $4.20 a month for the church's upkeep. This is a huge breakthrough: No regulations, no taxes (can you imagine putting a tax on a church?), no limits as to where you...
I gathered up my meds today (pretty cheap stuff) and arranged to stick around for a day or two to be sure I could function normally before leaving town. The doctor here in Pahrump gave me prescriptions for 2 weeks only, likely to encourage me to contact my doctor in Washington as soon as possible. That means I need to stay on a straight line towards Port Townsend and forgo the sight seeing along the way. So I'll be on the peninsula in 7 or 8...