Last month I started this blog in anticipation of our trip cross-country. Here it is March 25, 2013, and it really does look like this trip is going to go.
Man, have we been busy.
Last month we did campouts with our good sam club. We did petroglyph tours. We did Jr. Audubon Clubs. We did Doctor appointments. We did car registrations. We did Maturango Museum things. We did field trips. We did board meetings.
Man have we been busy.
During the Pixley campout to Colonel Allensworth State Historic park we installed a Tailgater satellite antenna we will be taking so we can watch TV in anywhere to go. This system works with Dish TV and allows us a month to month fee with no contract. So, for a mere $489, we can enjoy HD TV and get the latest breaking news. It took four of us three hours and several phone calls to various tech reps to set this "simple to operate" system up. (Remember when camping was in a tent and entertainment was oh so primitive?)
During the tailgater installation exercise I put the broadcast antenna up. You can see by the picture below that as we left the park I left the antenna up. The camp host caught up with us before we were on the highway.
We had a second good sam campout this time in Jawbone Canyon. This is an Off Highway Vehicle open area that has been pretty much trashed by the motorcycles and dune buggies. Otherwise it is a pretty place close to where Lee Sutton and I did raptor surveys last year. We decided to host a campout there when there were likely to be few OHVrs. It was a nice campout.
Interspersed with these campouts Brenda and I led tours to the petroglyphs on the China Lake naval base. For you who have not seen these ancient rock art drawings you must put this on your bucket list. They are fantastic and mysterious. The drive to them, 36 miles across restricted testing areas, is scenic. Maybe we can do a special tour for all our friends some day. Here are some photos of the recent tours.
The one with all the kids in red in green is a tour of Boy Scouts, 40 of them, that I helped lead. These 14 through 16 year olds were just great. They were preparing for the national jamboree in Washington, D. C. (I think). Very good young people.
Well then we were also getting ready for our trip. Unfortunately Tom and Dianne Rindt won't be going with us and I think Hop and Deb Porter aren't either. So it will be the Grossmans and the Burnetts. I think we leave tomorrow after Junior Audubon clubs meet at Faller and Inyokern.
Jeff Grossman decided to prepare by having two surgeries. He now sports two artificial toe joints, new lenses in his eyes, and a new knee. He looks different without glasses and clicks a little when he walks but, hey, same old (and you know I do mean by OLD) Jeff. Linda is way behind on remodeling.
Wow - tomorrow we actually leave!!!!
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