Seen at the laundromat:  

Monsoon season greened up everything, including the grassland covering most of Lou’s ten acres. Now the pollen is making me miserable. Eyes ...

  What does one do when it's too hot in Tucson? Go up on Mt. Lemmon. Much better at 9,000 feet. And the air is cleaner, too.

  I did the long haul from Grans Canyon to one of my standard Tucson area camping spots: Ironwood Forest National Monument. From the mid-70s...

I hiked about a mile down Bright Angel Trail. I'm too much of an old fart to go any farther. Down is easy. Coming back up is the killer....

 

  Changed my residency. Evidently they gave me an Elvis commemorative plate.

One reason I put the blog on hiatus was the health of my best friend, Lou. He was going through some rough times and I’m helping him out. He...

 I'm putting this blog on hiatus. Not much to write about lately. Other things require my focus. See all y'all in a few months, mayb...

The game is like Heads Or Tails, only it’s about whether the avocado pit will be in the left or right half when it’s opened. For another lev...

Let’s say I could afford any replacement for the Rolling Steel Tent I wanted. What would I get? A tricked out 4x4 Sprinter or Transit with a...

I’m in Pahrump. The wind is out of the south. And the sky is weird. There are mountains to the east, the city and mountains to the west, but...

I woke up just before the sun crested the mountains. My first thought: this bed is very, very comfortable. I enjoyed it for another minute, ...

Four 15-packs of cheap-ass beer Three bottles of cheap-ass vodka Two 1-liter water bottles One 1-quart milk bottle One small Pringles can Th...

As I drifted up out of sleep I became aware of a faint repetitive plik… plik… plik… plik…  Huh? What’s that? water dripping? I sat up and tu...