Thursday, March 28, 2024

Saturday, March 23, 2024

Saturday Ride

I joined Lance, Eric and Jim for a half day ride out back in desert. Here are today's photos...

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The scariest part of the snake encounter was watching it coil up under a bush and never once rattle. Apparently, they do not always warn you of their presence.

Tuesday, March 19, 2024

Desert Hail

Yesterday, while I was at the grocery store in Gold Canyon, a severe rain and hail storm hit the park...



This is the second time I have been able to avoid hail damage to my new car. I like to think it is due to clean living!

Sunday, March 17, 2024

St. Patrick's Day Fashionista

My neighbor, Missy, got all dressed up for St. Patrick's Day and the golf cart races...

It's not easy being on the cutting bleeding edge of fashion

Saturday, March 16, 2024

Conservative Momma

I just discovered a hilarious vblog that will make conservatives laugh and progressive liberals meltdown. Here's a great satirical video of what Biden's handlers must deal with...

Thursday, March 14, 2024

Home State Parties

As the season winds down and the snowbirds are beginning to leave, a number of park residents held "state parties" this afternoon where they invited everyone from their home state to join them for a get together...




There was no North Carolina party, so I identified as a homeless, illegal immigrant and went around eating everyone else's food and drinking their booze. Think of it as Bidenomics at the local level.

Monday, March 11, 2024

Rattlesnakes

It's that time of the year in southern Arizona when rattlesnakes come out of their dens...

Out back of the park

Entrance to the golf course

Sunday, March 10, 2024

Daylight Saving Time

Arizona is one of only two states that does not recognize DST (the other is Hawaii). The reasons given are the extremely hot summers and energy savings. It should be noted that the Navajo Nation in the northeast part of the state does observe DST. I tell people the reason I live in Arizona is not having to change my clocks twice a year. It's part of my energy conservation program! <grin>

Friday, March 08, 2024

Bitcoin

Long time followers of this blog know that I began mining cryptocurrency back when Bitcoin was around $100/coin. Currently, it is at an all time high of approximately $69,000/coin. I now have over $6,000 in cryptocurrency at today's rates (not bad for a passive income).

Back in January, I posted an article on Kryptex mining software which has turned out to be one of the more profitable programs I have tried. One unique feature of the software is the myriad of ways you can redeem your cryptocurrency...


After choosing a $50 Amazon eGift Card, I received an email within 48 hours that allowed me to deposit the credit directly into my Amazon account without any complications. If you would like to try the program and have a high end computer with excellent cooling, here is my referral code: https://www.kryptex.com/?ref=006df462.

Thursday, March 07, 2024

Biden/Harris Poster

This could be the most honest political poster of the year...


Update (3/8/2024): I tried to listen to the State of the Union speech, but could not finish it. Biden came across as an angry, old man, who blames the country's problems on everyone but himself.

Sunday, March 03, 2024

Freak Accident

Several park residents built a very nice airstrip near the back gate to fly their RC aircraft. Unfortunately, one of the pilots was recently struck in the neck by his own plane and had to be taken to the emergency room. I have since been told that he is back home with stitches but no concussion. It will be interesting to see if the lawyers get involved and they ban flying in the park for liability reasons.

Friday, March 01, 2024

Desert Flowers

The view from my park model this afternoon... .

Not a bad way to start the first of March

Tuesday, February 27, 2024

Kofa Wildlife Refuge

The Kofa National Wildlife Refuge in western Arizona is huge at 547,719 acres. We started out touring the southern section of the refuge by running the Big Eye and McPherson Pass trails. Both are very scenic, particularly, in the mountain areas. However, the trails are rough and you have to drive fairly long distances to get where you want to go.



If you are ever in the area, I would recommend visiting the Castle Dome Mine Museum to see what an old mining town looked like in its heyday...




Update (2/28/2024): Unfortunately, I woke up this morning feeling nauseous and unable to eat breakfast, so I am going to head home early. Hopefully, it is nothing serious but I do not want to be out in the middle of nowhere if it gets worse.

Update (2/29/2024): I am feeling better and beginning to get my appetite back. A friend suggested I might have had a bit of the stomach flu that apparently is going around.

Monday, February 26, 2024

Road Trip

Ken Darby has joined me for a road trip to explore the Kofa National Wildlife Refuge located on the western side of Arizona between Yuma and Quartzsite. On the way down to Yuma, we stopped at the Dwarf Car Museum south of Maricopa where Ken almost bought a convertible...

Sunday, February 18, 2024

Dodged A Bullet

My Polaris RZR developed an intermittent noise while returning from a recent ride. My neighbor, who owned a Polaris dealership, thought I might have a bearing going bad in the transmission, so I took it to the local RideNow for service. The first thing they told me was if they had to replace the transmission, it would be $3,200!

Saturday, I got call from the service manager saying "you are not going to believe what the problem was". It turned out that the left rear wheel was about to come off. It was missing one lug nut and the other three were just hand-tightened. The threads were not damaged, so all they had to do was button it back up and I was ready to go. Instead of $3,200, I was able to get out of there for $80 (they charge $165/hour for labor).

Saturday, February 17, 2024

OHV Crash

The only thing I know that travels faster than the speed of light is a rumor in a RV park, so when one of our residents rolled his side by side today, it was not long before everyone in the park knew about it. Fortunately, the driver was not seriously hurt (which speaks well for the safety of these machines), but I suspect he will have some aches and pains tomorrow. 

Note cholla cactus in the windshield and tires
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Wednesday, February 14, 2024

Live Streaming Video

I have been playing around with ways to live stream video from my smartphone to the Internet. Most of the apps I tested were a little too complicated, particularly, for those who are not tech savvy. The VDO.Ninja site solves that problem by making the process incredibly simple without having to download any software. Just go to https://vdo.ninja/, click on "Add your Camera to OBS" where it will automatically recognize your phone's camera and then all you have to do is hit "START". It will create a URL that when entered into a browser, will show your live video. That URL can be sent to others who can view that same video via the Internet. Here's a YouTube video that will give you more detail...

Monday, February 12, 2024

Foreign Aid

In my opinion, our government should not be borrowing money to give to foreign countries (including China and Russia) when we have a $34+ trillion dollar national debt. The interest alone will be our government's second largest expense in 2024. Sadly, there appears to be no accounting for where the money goes; I suspect a lot of it winds up in the hands of corrupt officials. It's like we have become the "sugar daddy" for the rest of the world.

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What triggered this post was former President Donald Trump saying that "all foreign aid should be issued as loans from this point forward, rather than giveaways". What a great common sense approach to reducing our debt! Unfortunately, because the idea came from Trump, the current administration will never consider it.

Saturday, February 10, 2024

Liberal Nightmare

Ohio enacts constitutional carry law and crime decreases...

Monday, February 05, 2024

Unique Junkyard

There is an interesting junkyard in Casa Grande that has a lot of very old cars and trucks...

Sadly, I can remember when most of these vehicles were new

Sunday, January 21, 2024

Monday, January 15, 2024

John Kerry

John Kerry has been a gadfly in American politics ever since the Vietnam war. He has wasted millions of taxpayer dollars and has little or nothing to show for it. As Biden's "Special Presidential Envoy for Climate", he has flown all over the world spewing tons of CO2 into the atmosphere while declaring climate change to be an existential threat to mankind...

Monday, January 08, 2024

Montana Rest Stop

Where you can enjoy the outdoor air and panoramic views

Saturday, January 06, 2024

Winter Wardrobe

My winter attire generally consists of going from Carhartt short-sleeve tees to Carhartt long-sleeve tees. However, this year I have been forced to add a Carhartt hat to keep my brain and ears from freezing...

It's not easy being on the cutting edge of fashion

Cold Weather

Last winter's weather was the coldest/wettest I have experienced in the 12 years I have been coming to southern Arizona. Well, this winter is beginning to look a lot like last year...

Where is global warming when you want it

PS - Not that I am spoiled, but I now define "cold" as anything below 60 degrees F. I suspect my Canadian friends are laughing their beaver tails off as their temperatures usually have a minus sign in front of them this time of the year.