Monday, November 16, 2015

CHALLENGING DAYS FOR A DAILY BLOGGER

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LOOKING OUT MY BEDROOM WINDOW LATE TODAY I AM ENCOURAGED BY CLEARING SKIES

A brief bout of rain laced gusty winds ushered in even colder air this morning & had me awake around 5:30.  Later a few patches of blue teased us into thinking skies were clearing.  Not so & we had ourselves another cold overcast day which again kept us inside straying not too far from our heaters.  Puttered about with a bit of cleaning in the Motorhome & that was about it for the day.  Exciting stuff eh.  These are indeed challenging days for a daily Blogger.

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EVEN THE PHEEBS IS TOTALLY BORED JUST SITTING IN THE HOUSE & YEP THOSE ARE KELLY’S FEET STRETCHED OUT IN HER RECLINER

Finished the first of 4 free Kindle books I had down/uploaded a couple days ago.  Called ‘The Sitting Duck Squadron’ it told the story of a converted Wellington bomber crew during the Second World War.  Their aircraft did not carry bombs but cameras & they were part of a squadron who at night flew in over enemy territory very low & slow photographing troop & armored movements on the ground.  It was easy to see why they were called ‘The Sitting Duck Squadron’.  It is truly unimaginable the courage of all those young fellows in the Armed Forces back then.  I do enjoy reading factual history.

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AND PHEEBS WASN’T THE ONLY ONE BORED, HERE I AM WATCHING THE BUBBLES BOUNCE AROUND ON MY WINDOWS 10 SCREEN

Judging from tonight’s clearing skies I am cautiously optimistic a fine sunny warm Arizona day may well be upon us in the morning.  Two days of sitting in the house have not been easy but must say we are glad to have a house to sit in.

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Nina over at Wheeling It received an email from a reader regarding Borrego Springs which said, “I just wanted to give you a heads up for your normal parking area at Anza-Borrego. Camping is only permitted if you are a car's length from the one main road that goes past the dry lake bed. Most of us have switched to the other side of the highway, or changed to a different location."……………. Still confusion going on there but I’m thinking it’s almost safe to say that the Clark Dry Lake Bed area near Borrego Springs has seen it’s heyday as a favorite boon-docking spot for many of us.  I’m so glad we were able to experience that great area & create so many fond memories there these past 9 years.  If any readers know of other spots in that area I’m sure we boon-dockers would all appreciate hearing from you.  Could this mean I may miss my annual Marshal South hike up Ghost Mountain this winter:((  Say it isn’t so, say it isn’t so………………………….

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GROANER’S CORNER:(( A man is walking home alone late one foggy night... when behind him he hears: Bump... BUMP... BUMP.….Walking faster, he looks back and through the fog he makes out the image of an upright casket banging its way down the middle of the street toward him. BUMP... BUMP...  BUMP... Terrified, the man begins to run toward his home, the casket bouncing quickly behind him  FASTER... FASTER...  BUMP... BUMP... BUMP...  He runs up to his door, fumbles with his keys, opens the door, rushes in, slams and locks the door behind him. However, the casket crashes through his door, with the lid of the casket clapping, clappity-BUMP...clappity-BUMP...clappity-BUMP...on his heels. The terrified man runs upstairs to the bathroom and locks himself in. His heart is pounding; his head is reeling; his breath is coming in sobbing gasps.  With a loud CRASH the casket breaks down the door... Bumping and clapping toward him.  The man screams and reaches for something, anything, but all he can find is a bottle of cough syrup! Desperate, he throws the cough syrup at the casket and.……………………the coffin stops!

11 comments:

  1. Hey, quit complaining about boredom. You have wheels on the EEE, use 'em! ;-)

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  2. Looking forward to some sunny days ahead.

    BLM off I10 towards Joshua Tree has some nice boondocking. I didn't find JT to be that much colder than AB.

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  3. You always have a good post and great pictures..... I'm sure your viewers will agree,
    certainly not boring! I'm just saying........

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  4. At least we are in the southwest enjoying the desert.
    Sure is much nicer than spending the winter in Ontario.
    Better weather all the rest of the week now.

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  5. And worse weather coming here soon! Gonna get out today and enjoy what may be the last warmish day.

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  6. Yep..we are in for a couple days of rain here...and possibly a couple inches of snow Saturday..Actually, when I get bored and down, I feel better sitting in our Hiker for a while than in our house...However, if our house were in Arizona it might be a different story!!

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  7. We need a bit of boredom occasionally, makes us appreciate all the other times when life's an adventure. So bummed that AB has changed before we could boondock there, although there are still options with some restrictions that we can probably live with. It is a good reminder to those who abuse the privilege of using public lands - that it can be taken away.

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  8. I lived in CA 35 years and my wife lived there her whole life. We swore that, once we left, we'd never return. It's imploding and will only get worse. Nancy may break her pledge to go to one last Christmas party at her old office in El Segundo, but I will not cross the river again until the dust settles.

    Pat

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  9. I am so impressed by those of you who blog on a daily basis, and keep it so interesting. I struggle with posts when we're not actively traveling. Sorry to hear about the changes in Borrego. We plan to go probably mid-December. Hoping we can get our "usual" spot where the tortoises are.

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  10. I blogged daily for several years, but just can't do it anymore. At least you take a lot of gorgeous photos and you could do a blog now and then with no narrative, just pictures.

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