Author Archives: Jim@HiTek

On to Meteor Crater

Posted on November 1, 2005 by Jim@HiTek

After spending 3-4 days in Joseph City, I head West on I-40 towards Flagstaff. Along the way is a privately owned landmark, Meteor Crater. If you don’t remember the story, about 50,000 years ago, a large iron-nickle composition meteor blasted … Continue reading →

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Petrified Forest & Painted Desert.

Posted on October 26, 2005 by Jim@HiTek

After leaving El Morro and heading west, I had a choice of either heading south to Phoenix or going back north to see Petrified Forest National Park and Meteor Crater. At the ‘Y’ joining US-61 & US-191, I headed north. … Continue reading →

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Indiana onward to Quartzsite.

Posted on October 24, 2005 by Jim@HiTek

I was hired as a drive away driver by Classic Transport in Elkhart and spent 2 months, from late July to mid October, driving around the country delivering new vans, trucks, and cab-over trucks to various businesses. And once a … Continue reading →

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From Portland to Indiana

Posted on July 24, 2005 by Jim@HiTek

After the July 4th weekend and the great time we all had at Lake Billie Chinook, I headed to Indiana to try out a job as a ‘drive away driver’ for a firm in Elkhart, IN. Elkhart has a reputation … Continue reading →

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At Portland July, 2005

Posted on July 3, 2005 by Jim@HiTek

I didn’t take many pictures after getting to I-5 since it was a straight shot to Portland, and I’ve seen it all a million times. But after I got to Portland, turned out that a bunch of my friends were … Continue reading →

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On the road North.

Posted on June 25, 2005 by Jim@HiTek

After spending 6 weeks at Lake Tahoe, I planned to head north to Portland, OR. I asked the locals and got several comments that Highway 89 wasn’t suitable for a 37′ RV, to many tight turns or something. I tried … Continue reading →

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More from Lake Tahoe

Posted on June 20, 2005 by Jim@HiTek

While I was at Tahoe, I worked as a volunteer at the Tallac National Historic Site, and I was assigned to fix this double gate into the ‘bone yard’, which is the fenced area that the scrap wood is kept. … Continue reading →

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At Lake Tahoe

Posted on June 15, 2005 by Jim@HiTek

It’s now June and I’ve been at Lake Tahoe for 3 weeks. This place is the best, but some stuff is expensive. Like tourist expensive. It took some skill on my part to find the stores that offered the bargains. … Continue reading →

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On the Road to Tahoe.

Posted on May 25, 2005 by Jim@HiTek

After spending two, three weeks at Mush’s farm house, I left to go to Lake Tahoe and work there at the Tallac National Historic Site as a volunteer. As I was leaving I took a pix of the old barn … Continue reading →

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Leaving Salt Lake…

Posted on April 30, 2005 by Jim@HiTek

After visiting with a company in SLC that owes me money, I ended up getting stuck there for several days because of snow. This first picture is me in the only RV park or parking lot where I could find … Continue reading →

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