The Schwinn Stingray was the bicycle every boy wanted in 1971. I was no different. So when my mom and dad bought it for me for Christmas, I about blew up in excitement. Actually, I hadn’t yet learned how to ride a bike without training wheels. I was only 6 years old then. But...
Valley Fever is a health phenomenon unique to Bakersfield, CA and the surrounding Kern County area. It looks like Sash and I got it this time around. We started getting the usual symptoms of a cold after the first couple days of arriving here. We thought that we picked up a flu bug after...
When looking at from Google Maps’ Satellite View, Apex OHV Area doesn’t look like much. And when you arrive there in person, sure enough it’s not that much. But yet, it’s actually a decent place to set up an RV and boondock for however long your tanks will hold out. The only thing you...
One of the advantages of boondocking in the deserts of the American southwest, is the absence of Christmas. That is, if you consider that an advantage. Call me a Scrooge, if you want, but the sight of creosote bush, ocotillo, and desert scrub doesn’t really conjure up images of a Winter Wonderland, even if...
Stewart’s Point is a tiny hamlet located on the northern arm of Lake Mead. It’s within the Lake Mead National Recreational Area, but is a small community of homes that was grandfathered into the Area. But, right along the water’s edge at Stewart’s Point is a dispersed camping area. Sash and I arrived here...
Snaggletooth Primitive RV Camp is just a spot along a “dark desert highway” that might otherwise not notice. Located along US-95, on the west side of the road, just west of the Chemehuevi Mountains Wilderness Area, right by an outcropping of reddish sandstone hills and boulders. Sash and I arrived there for the night,...
After four weeks of living here at Joshua Tree South BLM, our fresh water tank has run dry. It’s time to pack up the toy hauler, and find another place to continue living our lives. Sash and I are still putting focus on remaining present. That is, staying in the now, and being more...
Thus far, Sash and I have been camped here at Joshua Tree South BLM for three weeks now, with a goal of staying here for four. This area lies just on the southern border of Joshua Tree National Park, right along Cottonwood Springs Rd. This is technically BLM land here, and as such, the...
Sash has been talking about a book she’s reading called, “The Power of Now” written by Eckhart Tolle, a German guy who lived on a park bench for two years before finally identifying a war he had been having with himself. The book has sold over 3 million copies just in the USA alone....
The bottom line is this: don’t ask for permission to park your RV overnight at a casino parking lot. Because once you announce your arrival, they’ll check up on you. This became apparent to us after a week into our stay at Morongo Casino in Cabazon, CA. We had arrived at their RV parking...