With inflation, deportation of farm and food processing labor, and uncertainty about Social Security, I’ve been stocking up on food. A secti...

When my eyes are closed in the dark, I usually “see” blotches of dark color floating in blackness. (I was puzzled by a college friend who cl...

At sunrise I packed up the Rolling Steel Tent and rolled out of my campsite on Snowbird Mesa/Poverty Flats just outside Overton Moapa Valley...

It has been very warm, so I wanted to get to Valley of Fire State Park early enough to finish a hike before the heat of the day. I got there...

Every now and then I realize something about myself I hadn’t previously noticed. I suppose that happens with most people, except those who a...

A few days ago I posted I was leaving the desert and going to the coast. Well, I’m still in the desert, just farther north, near Lake Havasu...

The forecast says temperatures here in the low latitude/low elevation parts of the desert will be in the 90s in the next week. Time to move ...

A storm blew in this afternoon. And by “blew” I mean 30-50 MPH wind hitting the Rolling Steel Tent broadside. Shake shake shake, shake shake...

Yesterday I did some online price comparisons for the replacement battery. NAPA, the closest source, didn’t show the prices. Hmmm. So what a...

I’m not a fan of Campbell’s soups. They’re essentially a delivery medium for salt. But I was stocking my larder at Grocery Outlet a while ba...

After making a run to town for bread and cheese I cruised back through the camping area south of Ajo to see which sites were now available. ...

I have a few meals I whip up when I want something fast and easy and cheap. And doesn’t taste horrible. You probably do, too. A while back, ...

Ajo, Arizona, is on the edge of the Barry M. Goldwater Air Force Range. It’s common to hear and see planes like the A-10 Thunderbolt (a.k.a....

Today I picked up where my previous excursion left off. I headed east from Yuma again, stopped in Gila Bend for some carnitas tacos at a fam...

 It’s twelve days until Daylight Saving Time and less than a month until the Vernal Equinox. Winter is winding down. There’s more daylight. ...