Author Archives: Jim@HiTek

Back on the Road

Posted on March 22, 2005 by Jim@HiTek

After spending 3 months or so at Dan’s house, I was ready to get back on the road. Tuesday morning, March 17th, I headed North towards Death Valley. While dropping down into the valley from the west on US190, I … Continue reading →

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Pictures from the Pacific.

Posted on March 12, 2005 by Jim@HiTek

On the Pacific Coast at Ventura, CA Lots of bamboo from somewhere. The little Mexican restaurant I had lunch at.

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Work, work, work.

Posted on January 31, 2005 by Jim@HiTek

After getting lots of Dan’s stuff fixed, I moved onto a tougher job, fixing the ’93 Ford Escort. It failed DEQ last May, and Dan hasn’t done anything to it since, except move it around once in a while. We … Continue reading →

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Freezing my ass off;

Posted on January 7, 2005 by Jim@HiTek

So I came down here to Southern CA to get warmed up and work on the RV in the sunshine. We did have a few days of sun, but mostly it’s been miserable. Today started out with snow, about 1-2″, … Continue reading →

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New Years Acomin

Posted on December 30, 2004 by Jim@HiTek

I’ve added some pictures that were taken at Lone Pine and I didn’t get uploaded last time…enjoy! These neat boulders were rounded by glaciers and then plopped into an upright position… Dan takes a rest… It was getting dusky but … Continue reading →

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We go to LV for Xmas!

Posted on December 27, 2004 by Jim@HiTek

After Dan & I returned from Seattle, we left the next day (last Wednesday) for Las Vegas. I don’t gamble much but this trip Dan was able to get me into craps for a while…I was up $125 and he … Continue reading →

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More Pictures & stuff…

Posted on December 22, 2004 by Jim@HiTek

OK, here are some more pics from our trip north. The rocky place is outside of Lone Pine, CA. You may remember it as being the place where literally 100’s of movies have been made. It took me this long … Continue reading →

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Mono Lake Pictures

Posted on December 17, 2004 by Jim@HiTek

Thanks to Mush for helping me get these pictures up on the blog site!! Northwest corner of the lake. Notice the big black mound in the middle? That was underwater before LA started stealing the H2O. It was a cinder … Continue reading →

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Down I-5…

Posted on December 17, 2004 by Jim@HiTek

About a week and 2 days ago, I left Gresham, Oregon for points south. I got to the Flying J gas station around 10am and tried to fill up my propane tanks for the fifth time at that station. That … Continue reading →

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GOT THE TAGS…

Posted on December 6, 2004 by Jim@HiTek

Finally, I got the license plates, tags and title. But meanwhile, one of my clients ordered two computers, another needed help with a computer disaster and a third had three fans go bad in their computer all at once (I … Continue reading →

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