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Renaissance Village…
Now that I was staying right at the edge of Ely, I could bike ride to this cluster of homes built back in the early 1900’s for miners. It was a steep climb up the road from the flat where … Continue reading
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More from Ely…
Sometimes I wonder why I don’t want to party like I use to. Age I suppose has a lot to do with it. The attraction of just hanging out in my comfortable RV space is another. At the risk of boring … Continue reading
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More Adventure in Ely…
A few days after my train ride…went back down to near the train station and tried out the ol’ timey cafe that’s been there for over 100 years. It has a B&B attached. Off a ways down the street is … Continue reading
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Visit to Ely…
Had a great time and accomplished much during my stay in Pahrump, but by the 2nd week of June it was becoming unbearably hot! Even with the shade from the trees I had at my new site in row D much … Continue reading
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Hanging around Pahrump…
After leaving Parker, and arriving in Pahrump, I took a short break from doing any RV work after having to deal with the engine issue, but in the back of my mind I was well aware of the heat pump (hp) … Continue reading
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Engine work and other stuff…
Last time, I had driven from Yuma to Parker Arizona and while searching for a place to spend 2-3 nights, had my serpentine belt break which caused the engine to dangerously overheat. Lucky that Cat engines have a 2nd belt that … Continue reading
Paint job, leaving Yuma…
I visited Los Algodones several times during the week. And I’d dropped the basement door off at the body shop for repainting, (see last article here: Hanging around Yuma…). When Saturday rolled around, I knew the door was finished and … Continue reading
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Hanging around Yuma…
I’d arrived in Yuma just in time to enjoy balmy weather…if you can characterize any weather in a desert area to be ‘balmy’. It was nice though. Even so, I did need to run my electric space heaters overnight and … Continue reading
Hello 2019…
It was shaping up to be a great upcoming year, as in late 2018 I’d brought home a rescue cat and we were getting along fine, I’d had a hernia repaired and that seemed to go well, my RV was … Continue reading
Visits to Historical Places around Pahrump…
If you’ve looked at a map of the area around Pahrump, you know that Pahrump is very near the historical Goldfield (covered last time on this blog), near Armagosa Valley (where that Opera house is), near the ghost town of … Continue reading