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YukonMontanaTannerTrapper
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30 seconds (first one) or 30 minutes (second one).....both enjoyable.....
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YukonMontanaTannerTrapper
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halseyt.....I'm aware of but not really familiar with Chili and his girls.....I never followed his thread.....
vintageracer.....I walked it a few times but eventually I was asked to leave by security cause dogs aren't allowed.....it's actually a pretty cool spot to visit with all the restaurants & the shops and the live music.....
Arjan.....Vegas was more about trying to heal a muscle pull than it was about having fun. I just needed a rest. My goal was to limit my mileage and to try to walk on flat, paved surfaces (it still is).....these last few years of walking 5,000 plus miles annually just had to come to an end.....
January 2022 really was unlike any month that I can think of while living & wandering on the road.....so there's not near so much to write about for January 2022 but I was thinking about this.....
From time to time I'll see threads on XP where people talk about stealth camping and what they do not to be noticed. People can have quite a discussion regarding the subject and go to great lengths not to be noticed but I've found it not to be much of an issue.....I mean there's nothing stealth whatsoever about my rig.....here's a few spots where I overnighted during a month in downtown Vegas.....
Random gravel lots around town generally work fairly well.....here I'd grab dinner at the Panera Bread just a block away and then pull in here just as the sun was setting.....
Overnighting near a hospital usually is another good bet.....here I'm camped in an office parking lot marked "No Overnight Parking".....there's a real nice city park close by and once again as the sun was setting we'd pull in.....nobody cares.....
Most warehouse complexes are hassle free.....and are generally very quiet.....we'd camp on the public street next to the buildings.....again, nobody cares.....
The next spot was an exception as the cops restrained a guy and eventually took him to the hospital.....it was around 4 a.m. when I was awakened by a screaming maniac in front of the rig and the screaming went on for at least an hour.....
Moving on from stealth camping.....
.....one day while hanging out at an outdoor mall in northwest Vegas I got a text message from the people that I got Trapper from nearly a year ago.....it turns out that they were there shopping too and had seen us from a distance.....Trapper was soooo ecstatic to see them.....sometimes it sure does seem like it's a small world that we live in.....
.....and the world continues to be good for us.....
vintageracer.....I walked it a few times but eventually I was asked to leave by security cause dogs aren't allowed.....it's actually a pretty cool spot to visit with all the restaurants & the shops and the live music.....
Arjan.....Vegas was more about trying to heal a muscle pull than it was about having fun. I just needed a rest. My goal was to limit my mileage and to try to walk on flat, paved surfaces (it still is).....these last few years of walking 5,000 plus miles annually just had to come to an end.....
January 2022 really was unlike any month that I can think of while living & wandering on the road.....so there's not near so much to write about for January 2022 but I was thinking about this.....
From time to time I'll see threads on XP where people talk about stealth camping and what they do not to be noticed. People can have quite a discussion regarding the subject and go to great lengths not to be noticed but I've found it not to be much of an issue.....I mean there's nothing stealth whatsoever about my rig.....here's a few spots where I overnighted during a month in downtown Vegas.....
Random gravel lots around town generally work fairly well.....here I'd grab dinner at the Panera Bread just a block away and then pull in here just as the sun was setting.....
Overnighting near a hospital usually is another good bet.....here I'm camped in an office parking lot marked "No Overnight Parking".....there's a real nice city park close by and once again as the sun was setting we'd pull in.....nobody cares.....
Most warehouse complexes are hassle free.....and are generally very quiet.....we'd camp on the public street next to the buildings.....again, nobody cares.....
The next spot was an exception as the cops restrained a guy and eventually took him to the hospital.....it was around 4 a.m. when I was awakened by a screaming maniac in front of the rig and the screaming went on for at least an hour.....
Moving on from stealth camping.....
.....one day while hanging out at an outdoor mall in northwest Vegas I got a text message from the people that I got Trapper from nearly a year ago.....it turns out that they were there shopping too and had seen us from a distance.....Trapper was soooo ecstatic to see them.....sometimes it sure does seem like it's a small world that we live in.....
.....and the world continues to be good for us.....
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YukonMontanaTannerTrapper
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Often we can now be found camped along the shores of Lake Mead just waiting for the temperatures up north to rise.....but with forecasted temperatures now falling below zero degrees, my anticipated departure date of March first is looking dim. So this is life now for the dogs & I.....the homeless woman stops by for hot coffee and sometimes I give her breakfast as well.....and I've brought her more food on several occasions.....her outlook seems to be bleak.....
The old Jeep developed a few issues.....interesting to have met a mechanic camped here that volunteered to make the repairs.....
His situation is much like the homeless womans'.....he & his son were recently evicted as well.....so many sad stories seem to live here.....
The Jeep.....sometimes it just seems to be falling apart.....he's replaced all the u joints, a sway bar fell off riping out the brake lines, a shocks' bolt was nearly unraveld, replaced various leaking gaskets.....possibly it will get new leaf springs this week.....30 years on the road.....
All the down time continues to allow me the time to read more books.....Bill Bryson is a great author.....but the subject matter on this one.....The Road To Little Dribbling.....was of little interest to me.....
Another book I just completed.....Crazy Horse.....was an absolute fantastic read.....
Every page of this book made you feel like you were listening to a storyteller.....I've never read a book quite like it before.....
A short example.....
And it had this great map attached.....I'd highly recommend this one if you have an interest in the history of the Native Americans.....be prepared.....it'll make your heart sad.....
The old Jeep developed a few issues.....interesting to have met a mechanic camped here that volunteered to make the repairs.....
His situation is much like the homeless womans'.....he & his son were recently evicted as well.....so many sad stories seem to live here.....
The Jeep.....sometimes it just seems to be falling apart.....he's replaced all the u joints, a sway bar fell off riping out the brake lines, a shocks' bolt was nearly unraveld, replaced various leaking gaskets.....possibly it will get new leaf springs this week.....30 years on the road.....
All the down time continues to allow me the time to read more books.....Bill Bryson is a great author.....but the subject matter on this one.....The Road To Little Dribbling.....was of little interest to me.....
Another book I just completed.....Crazy Horse.....was an absolute fantastic read.....
Every page of this book made you feel like you were listening to a storyteller.....I've never read a book quite like it before.....
A short example.....
And it had this great map attached.....I'd highly recommend this one if you have an interest in the history of the Native Americans.....be prepared.....it'll make your heart sad.....
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I became a fan of Mari Sandoz's work about a dozen years ago while engaged in map study of the Nebraska Sandhills and the Panhandle. My Nebraska DeLorme showed her family's Sandhills ranch so I started looking her up. I read "Old Jules", the story of her family's history including her own upbringing with a violent but genius father who made great strides in grafting and all things related to commercial fruit tree propagation. Next up was "The Cattlemen", a history of the origins and development of the beef cattle industry and how it spread from Mexico to Canada over a period of two or three hundred years. Well worth a visit is the Mari Sandoz High Plains Heritage Center located at Chadron State College in Chadron, NE. Chadron is just outside of the Sandhills which includes many parcels of National Forest, National Grasslands, and National Wildlife Refuge acreage. I think a guy who enjoys solitude and big skies would enjoy a visit to west-central and northwest Nebraska. The Sandhills are amazing.
Ace Brown
Retired Ol’ Fart
You often post ideas that you think are uninteresting to your readers. Let me add to all the posts that say we don’t agree. In the last you fed a homeless woman. A Jeep
mechanic just happened by. Its terrible thinking he and his son were evicted. I know of Mari Sandoviz. I believe i have read some of her works. Just watched a movie about Crazy Horse. Dog reunions are always fun.
But your best post was two happy dogs staring in the camera.
mechanic just happened by. Its terrible thinking he and his son were evicted. I know of Mari Sandoviz. I believe i have read some of her works. Just watched a movie about Crazy Horse. Dog reunions are always fun.
But your best post was two happy dogs staring in the camera.
YukonMontanaTannerTrapper
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ITTOG.....yea, I've always loved his books and this one was really quite funny as are all of his books.....but I struggled to stay focused only because the subject matter wasn't interesting for me.....hope you're healing better than me.....
halseyt.....let us know what you think.....I'm curious if you have the same feelings that I described about the storyteller type presentation.....
Foy.....Old Jules is definitely on my reading list.....apparently she wrote quite a few books.....looking forward to the next one.....Sandhills ? I feel like I've been there but don't quite remember when that was.....
Ace.....yesterday I drove the homeless woman & her dog to town for shopping and brought them back to the lake last night.....I just wish I could help her more than I do. Previously she was leaving at 1 a.m. and walking into town along the main highway.....approximately 14 miles one way. She has no tent nor sleeping bag.....always pulls a suitcase. She's as sane as any man that walks the streets.....just fell into something and is struggling to get out.....
So we've had lots of great weather this winter in Nevada.....lots of days with temperatures in the 70's but this cold front that's sweeping the country right now has really changed things around here.....up north at Base Camp in Montana it was -20 degrees this morning.....wind chill was -45. Here at Lake Mead it's the persistent high winds that just suck.....
And now moving on to yet another subject matter.....
.....I've been doing some thinking lately about this post here and I finally decided to add it to My Journey.....just in case one of my boys thinks to read this damn thing.....
There are a lot of people in this world that have inspired me over the years (Shackleton & Amudssen to name just a few) but there's probably no person that has inspired me near as much as my grandmother.....this woman lived her entire life in Europe and every other year she would sail across the ocean on the SS France for a visit which always lasted for a few months.....photo below from one of her trips.....
She was an educator.....an adventurer.....a world traveler.....
Her stories helped to create the dreams of a young man that would attempt to follow in her footsteps.....
.....and maybe she was a climber too.....but probably not.....
She was an incredible woman & human being.....she lived through two world wars yet still traveled the globe.....she was & is my inspiration still to this day.....
halseyt.....let us know what you think.....I'm curious if you have the same feelings that I described about the storyteller type presentation.....
Foy.....Old Jules is definitely on my reading list.....apparently she wrote quite a few books.....looking forward to the next one.....Sandhills ? I feel like I've been there but don't quite remember when that was.....
Ace.....yesterday I drove the homeless woman & her dog to town for shopping and brought them back to the lake last night.....I just wish I could help her more than I do. Previously she was leaving at 1 a.m. and walking into town along the main highway.....approximately 14 miles one way. She has no tent nor sleeping bag.....always pulls a suitcase. She's as sane as any man that walks the streets.....just fell into something and is struggling to get out.....
So we've had lots of great weather this winter in Nevada.....lots of days with temperatures in the 70's but this cold front that's sweeping the country right now has really changed things around here.....up north at Base Camp in Montana it was -20 degrees this morning.....wind chill was -45. Here at Lake Mead it's the persistent high winds that just suck.....
And now moving on to yet another subject matter.....
.....I've been doing some thinking lately about this post here and I finally decided to add it to My Journey.....just in case one of my boys thinks to read this damn thing.....
There are a lot of people in this world that have inspired me over the years (Shackleton & Amudssen to name just a few) but there's probably no person that has inspired me near as much as my grandmother.....this woman lived her entire life in Europe and every other year she would sail across the ocean on the SS France for a visit which always lasted for a few months.....photo below from one of her trips.....
She was an educator.....an adventurer.....a world traveler.....
Her stories helped to create the dreams of a young man that would attempt to follow in her footsteps.....
.....and maybe she was a climber too.....but probably not.....
She was an incredible woman & human being.....she lived through two world wars yet still traveled the globe.....she was & is my inspiration still to this day.....
ITTOG
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Unfortunately my healing appears to be similar to yours, slow. If at all. Thanks for asking. I hope you have seen some recent success with the healing. PS I have to start reviewing my posts better. My voice dictation program appears to have issues at times.
Your grandmother sounds like a wonderful woman. My grandmother and grandfather had a similar place in my life but for different reasons.
Have you read Bryson's book A Walk in the Woods? It is very funny and worth the read. They made a movie and it is very funny.
Your grandmother sounds like a wonderful woman. My grandmother and grandfather had a similar place in my life but for different reasons.
Have you read Bryson's book A Walk in the Woods? It is very funny and worth the read. They made a movie and it is very funny.
I rather think you'd recall the Nebraska Sandhills if you'd been there. The Sandhills are a unique landscape of grass-stabilized sand dunes forming a range of jumbled hills and ridges 200' to 400' over intervening streams and pothole lakes. Early cartographers mapped the region as the "Great American Desert". Excepting a sprinkling of cottonwoods in the drainages, and the hand-planted lodgepole pines in the tracts of the Nebraska National Forest, the Sandhills are treeless. They occupy around 20,000 square miles of north-central Nebraska generally between Grand Island on the east, Alliance/US 385 on the west, I-80 on the south, and the SD state line on the north. Jules Sandoz's original homestead was on the west side of the Sandhills, near Rushville, but he applied for a Kinkaid Act homestead property within the Sandhills and ultimately expanded his property to 2,600 acres. The Mari Sandoz historical marker and the turn-off for the remaining orchards are along NE-27 about midway between NE-2 at Ellsworth on the south and US 20 at Gordon on the north. NE-27 is named the Mari Sandoz Sandhills Trail.
Riversdad
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Nice tribute to you grandmother.
Dougnuts
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Thank you so much for the Mari Sandoz book recommendation. Most of my family is buried in the panhandle of NE, and my last remaining grandparent lives in Crawford, where my Mom’s family is from. My Aunt recently retired from Chadron State, before she and my Uncle moved to Lincoln. My other aunt still lives in Chadron. When I was young, we had one of the family reunions at Fort Robinson State Park.
My parents now own and maintain the nearby ranch, which has been in our family name since 1886. If you would like to visit the panhandle and set up base somewhere that has room to hike, with views all the way to the Black Hills, just let me know.
Besides the Ranch, the rest of my Dad‘s family lives near Deadwood, SD.
Here’s a picture of me and my Dad, working the Ranch.
My parents now own and maintain the nearby ranch, which has been in our family name since 1886. If you would like to visit the panhandle and set up base somewhere that has room to hike, with views all the way to the Black Hills, just let me know.
Besides the Ranch, the rest of my Dad‘s family lives near Deadwood, SD.
Here’s a picture of me and my Dad, working the Ranch.