I've been hanging out in Yuma for a while, watching the weather systems go through. Arizona got everything lately, but all I really saw was some wind and a bit of rain. The outlook looks pretty good, at least enough so I can get to Sonoma county. Just to mix up the scenery a bit I stayed at Pilot Knob, which I haven't done for a long time. Good sunrises and sunsets, and not crowded. I was about 1 mile from the border, and anticipated a lot of...
The storm passed through Havasu, so I looked ahead on my route west, through Barstow. High winds (40mph and higher) were forecast for the next few days. Then, snow was forecast for the pass at Tehachapi. If I continued as planned I would be battling weather for the next several days. The only safe spot until early next week was Q, so I'm sitting there again. I'll watch the California weather before trying again to head west.
I'm near Lake Havasu City right now, sitting for a few nights while a little bad weather passes through. I haven't spent much time here over the years, but I was looking for something different. I'm at Catnip Cove State Park alongside the Colorado, dry-camping in the overflow RV area. The big fireworks show is this weekend and places are full-up. My plan is to check out Mojave National Monument, then aim for Santa Rosa, CA.
Washington has very strict rules concerning who can and cannot hold a cannabis license, perhaps the strictest in the nation. Anyone associated with the licensee's business must have a WA driver's license, for example. Or anyone involved for $1 or more is subject to financial background checks and fingerprinting. The idea here in the original initiative that residents be given a head-start on the industry before grabby people from CA and OR came...
I'm back at Quartzsite for a little while. The peak of the crowds has passed. And, I get the sunrises and sunsets.
I've been watching the committee hearings concerning the pot laws in Washington. Five years into this thing, the elected reps seem to be getting it and are actually handling the issues in a rational way. There's recognition that legalization is working, the sky hasn't fallen, a number of horribles haven't happened, the business is thriving, and the tax revenue is flowing into the state. Almost all members of the House Commerce and Gaming...