Never a dull moment

Last night while running water in the kitchen sink I started to notice an unusual blurgley noise.

Early this morning I noticed a wet spot on the living room carpet after Carson had been washing his feet. He likes to keep up appearances.

Later I noticed the wet spot on the carpet had grown. Hmmmm.

Then I went to make lunch and when I reached into the cupboard under the sink for a pan, yuck.
The elbow under the sink was apart and the ucky gray water gunk had soaked the wood, filled some pans, run onto the floor below and the carpet. Took all afternoon to repair the elbow and clean up the mess. Obviously I’m not parked very level.

And all I really wanted to be doing was to finish making this necklace.

Sky Watch Friday - Another Yarnell Sunset

All it takes it clouds. Otherwise, the sky is a mellow orange, violet and blue that just doesn’t photograph well. This is my western view. And it happens almost every night.

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From A - Z

Need to make a sign?

Went to Prescott today with Berta to a salvage yard called Kuels, and it was cool.

Giant crusher and the resulting bundles

If it's made of metal, they have it. If it's in good shape, it's for sale. If not, it's recycled.

Plus we went to lunch at the Mayan. I can finally chew! And it was soooo good.

Pork Buritto with Green Chili Sauce

What are those things?

Was at a friend's place yesterday and he collects the darndest things. These are empty propane tanks that he will make into wood burning stoves.

My World Tuesday - The gypsy life

Columbia River & Bridge to Hood River, Oregon

The cash award I received from the temporary job I wrote about last week along the Columbia River Gorge allowed me to buy my first RV, a slide-in cabover camper for my old Ford.

Oregon Coast

Nov 1st, 1996, I hit the road, taking a month to travel down the west coast on Hwy 1, from the Washington peninsula to Los Angles. The wet windy weather found several major leaks in the camper eventually fixed with silicon. I stopped at every park and historic marker along the way.

Salton Sea, California

After a visit with my brother’s family in Los Angeles I went to the Salton Sea. (See last week’s SkyWatch Friday for more about the Sea.) Here I met a man at a fleamarket and we caravanned together for a couple of months.

Imperial Sand Dunes, California

He showed me many remote & beautiful places as we followed the "Gem Trails of Arizona" gathering rocks and camped for free on BLM and other public land all over the desert.

Mittry Lake, Arizona

After we parted ways I spent a week camping in Joshua Tree National Park. It was a quiet time for me to be alone and regroup. But it started getting hot.

My camper in Joshua Tree National Park

Time to head north for the summer. Yet I needed a quick forest fix so went to the San Bernardino National Forest before the long haul back to Washington.

San Bernardino National Forest, California

Check out next week’s My World to follow the continuing story of this gypsy’s life on the road.

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