I was wrapping up an evening of video streaming when this arrived in my email: Yeah nope, that wasn’t me. So I called the number and talked ...

Lake Isabella (a reservoir, actually) is near the southern end of the Sierra Nevada range that divides the desert from the rest of Californi...

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....