I'm back without having a stroke. Great! I'm pleased to be home, but am 'up' for another trip.
I didn't go to Sacramento, Davis, or Ventura as I considered.
I did go up a narrow mountain road, trying for an interesting short-cut, to a point where-at snow-clearing equipment was stalled in drifts which seemed to have turned very icy. I turned back.
Continued to find comfortable, and attractive, motel rooms for under $60 a night.
The air in the Reno/Carson City area seems better than the air here in Joshua Tree where the air is good. I'm on a sort of smog free island here surrounded by a great sea of smog. The other such islands are usually high mountain communities.
On my little lot here I have already seen dove, road runner, chipmunk, iguana, cotton-tail and a little cockroach. I don't remember ever having seen a cockroach in the other four places I have owned here.
My brother Dorian was here while I was gone and has called. I am sorry I missed his visit. He was complimentary of the looks of this little place. He should see Camp Thunderbird.
Rex Called and seems well. Bridget called and seems to be doing a good job of passing through her ordeal.
My next driving trip may include fewer miles. I could go to California Hot Springs, which is not far from the town of Porterville. I have been to California Hot Springs, but not recently. The water there comes up through granite and arrives pure, hot, and crystal clear. I t has a low level of mineralization and is great drinking water.
From there I could try Miracle Hot Springs just below Lake Isabella. I've not been there.
I could go on to Tacopa Hot Springs not far from the community of Shoshone, just outside of Death Valley Nation Park. Tacopa is the only government sponsored public bathing facility at which nudity is mandatory. No bathing costume permitted. There is a division between the men's water and the women's. I could visit these three quite different spas and travel much less that I did this time.
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Sunday, June 12, 2011
Friday, June 10, 2011
Driving Trip
Made it to Las Vegas and on to Reno.
The air was bad past Las Vegas about as far as Beatty. It was smoggy all the way. I was saddened to see so much of the atmosphere of the Mojave degraded. Taking this trip has lead me to more fully realize that I live on an 'island' of pretty good air surrounded by more than 100 mile radius of smog. I think that the only exceptions to that great sea of smog, besides my little 'home island' are some high mountain communities. Beatty must be nearly 100 miles north of Vegas and it wasn't until I reached Beatty that I began to note clear air.
I think that I have already posted that I paid about $100 for a room in Tonopah. I didn't need to pay that price, but I a place like Tonopah its sometimes a good idea to choose the best place in town. It is fairly easy along this route to find quite comfortable places to sleep for less than fifty or sixty dollars a night. I spotted some nice casino rooms offered for $29.
Being in the Tonopah area kindled enough memories to fill two posts twice as interesting as this one. Maybe I'll tell one or two of those stories later.
It is great to be in a region of pure air and beautiful skies again. It's great to see the mountains, plains and hills in clear definition. The shapely clouds in a deep blue sky are marvelous.
The air was bad past Las Vegas about as far as Beatty. It was smoggy all the way. I was saddened to see so much of the atmosphere of the Mojave degraded. Taking this trip has lead me to more fully realize that I live on an 'island' of pretty good air surrounded by more than 100 mile radius of smog. I think that the only exceptions to that great sea of smog, besides my little 'home island' are some high mountain communities. Beatty must be nearly 100 miles north of Vegas and it wasn't until I reached Beatty that I began to note clear air.
I think that I have already posted that I paid about $100 for a room in Tonopah. I didn't need to pay that price, but I a place like Tonopah its sometimes a good idea to choose the best place in town. It is fairly easy along this route to find quite comfortable places to sleep for less than fifty or sixty dollars a night. I spotted some nice casino rooms offered for $29.
Being in the Tonopah area kindled enough memories to fill two posts twice as interesting as this one. Maybe I'll tell one or two of those stories later.
It is great to be in a region of pure air and beautiful skies again. It's great to see the mountains, plains and hills in clear definition. The shapely clouds in a deep blue sky are marvelous.
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