May 29
The New Normal
It’s been a month of Sundays (ok, maybe just about 3 months). But tonight’s dinner at The Sage was glorious.
I had Filet Mignon and Jan had Surf and Turf.
Yes, yes, yes
During dessert, we were party to a Paiute ceremony for a high school graduate . . . lovely . . .
May 15
This one was a 6.5 earthquake centered in Nevada about 30 miles northeast of Bishop, CA. It woke me up at 4:00 am this morning. At first I though it was a strong gust of wind, but then it kept on coming. Still exciting.
Apr 29
April Snow in the Eastern Sierras (click on photo to enlarge)
Driving up Pine Creek Road
Before leaving for Bishop, CA, our final days in Lake Havasu City were relaxing.
Jan’s Art Class via Zoom
While our relatives back in the Midwest brave the seasonal Spring storms, we’re suffering through an unseasonal heat wave. When we arrived mid-April, temperature high/lows were in the 60s/40s. Then a switch was flipped, and temps climbed to 80s/60s.
Southwest Heat Wave
Bishop is in Inyo County which currently has a low COVID-19 infection rate, especially when compared to the surrounding counties.
That’s good because in Inyo County’s 10,000 square miles there are only two hospitals with under a dozen intensive care beds. We think about this things now.
Infection Oasis
CALIFORNIA EARTHQUAKE
At 5:10 am today we woke up suddenly as our over 31,000 pound motorhome swayed as if it had been hit by a violent wind gust.
It was a magnitude 3.9 earthquake located about a mile away (USGS Data).
Our First Earthquake
Apr 4
A few weeks ago I was going to do a write up of our experience putting two new tires on our RV, but, Geez Louise, a “few things” have popped up in the interim. THE PLAGUE!!!
I was waiting for things to “settle down”, but that doesn’t appear to be happening anytime soon, so . . .
February 1
Boat Fire
Imagine, this was a newsworthy event here two months ago.
February 8
Brush Fire
They’ve nuked Havasu! Turns out it was a “controlled burn”.
February 12
During our Jeep ride to Kingman to pick up our RV with its newly installed two front tires, we ran over this . . .
Tire Killer
It took out our rear passenger tire in short order. I was able to replace the tire pretty quickly, but I had an incredibly stupid thought while doing it . . . I thought the flat tire would be much lighter because all the air was out of it. Wow!
Through the Tire and into the Plastic Fender
March 16
And then it started . . .
Paper products?
Social Distancing
Scoring TP Online — Don’t be jealous. It’s single ply (at best), so one roll per poop.
Everyone’s Wearing Gloves and Masks
March 24
The campground Honey Wagon collapses. These things work by suction so what sort of turd plugged its straw?
Honey Wagon Implodes
March 29
Autoformer installation. Basically, I just moved our RV autoformer inside the electrical compartment. I also added a couple of plugs so that I could reroute incoming power in case of component failure. (By the way, autoformers are used to “boost” low campground voltage. Typically, this happens in summer when everyone is using their air conditioners.)
Messy
Visual Aid of what I did
March 31
Under-the-sink reverse osmosis unit updated in the RV.
Also messy, but it beats buying bottled water
Like many of you, we’re watching a boatload of television. Here’s one of our favorites coming to Netflix this Tuesday (April 7th) . . .
Terrace House – Tokyo 2019-2020 (Part 3)
Who can forget the Episode 9 Risaka – Hiruka girl fight . . .
Feb 29
Insulating the Floor
Painting, Repainting, and ReRepainting
Looking into porch room from our park model
Looking into our park model from the new room
Mini-closet and door to garage
View from new room into porch
