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We stopped off to briefly see my cousin in Hawthorne before spending a very cold night out at Walker Lake. Walker Lake is one of those places that’s probably not very nice in the high season, but it’s really nice when you have it to yourself. It also has fun conspiracy theories about it which we accidentally discovered why searching for which campground had water (answer to our question: none of them). </p> +<div class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-10-02_185729_carson-city-washoe-lake.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-02_185729_carson-city-washoe-lake_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-02_185729_carson-city-washoe-lake_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-02_185729_carson-city-washoe-lake_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-02_185729_carson-city-washoe-lake_picwide-med.jpg" alt="walker lake, nevada photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-10-02_185729_carson-city-washoe-lake.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > + </a> +</div> + +<div class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-10-02_193122_carson-city-washoe-lake.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-02_193122_carson-city-washoe-lake_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-02_193122_carson-city-washoe-lake_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-02_193122_carson-city-washoe-lake_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-02_193122_carson-city-washoe-lake_picwide-med.jpg" alt="walker lake, nevada photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-10-02_193122_carson-city-washoe-lake.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > + </a> +</div> + +<p>We still don’t have a heater in the bus so whatever the outside temp, the inside temp is about the same, maybe five or ten degrees warmer. One of my goals for this trip was for that to never be an issue because we would follow the weather. For the most part that’s been true, but around here, this time of year, warmth is a rapidly fading thought. I even had to put on shoes. </p> +<div class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-10-02_204113_carson-city-washoe-lake.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-02_204113_carson-city-washoe-lake_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-02_204113_carson-city-washoe-lake_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-02_204113_carson-city-washoe-lake_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-02_204113_carson-city-washoe-lake_picwide-med.jpg" alt="walker lake, nevada photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-10-02_204113_carson-city-washoe-lake.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > + </a> +</div> + +<p>We’re up here to see my aunt and uncle for the first time in years and for my uncle to help me understand and dial in this engine. </p> +<p>And that’s exactly what we did for nearly three weeks. He and I pulled out the carburetor and reset the float where it should be. That alone solved about 70 percent of our problems. We were ready to leave with that, but then we got to talking and decided to do a few other things as well. The problem was that my uncle had already planned a trip to the California coast with a friend. So we ordered some parts, said goodbye and he headed west to California and we went north for a week.</p> +<figure class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-10-07_085231_carson-city-washoe-lake.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-07_085231_carson-city-washoe-lake_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-07_085231_carson-city-washoe-lake_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-07_085231_carson-city-washoe-lake_picwide.jpg 2880w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-07_085231_carson-city-washoe-lake_featured_jrnl.jpg 520w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-07_085231_carson-city-washoe-lake_picwide-med.jpg" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-07_085231_carson-city-washoe-lake_picwide.jpg" alt="Sunrise, my uncle's house photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-10-07_085231_carson-city-washoe-lake.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" data-jslghtbx-caption="Sunrise over the bus at my uncle's house."> + </a> +<figcaption>Sunrise over the bus at my uncle’s house.</figcaption> +</figure> + +<p>The first night we stopped in Carson City. We spent the night in a Casino parking lot and walked around downtown. Carson City actually has one of those that’s still functional and nice, with parks and business and such, unlike most American cities of its size these days. </p> +<figure class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-10-07_193304_carson-city-washoe-lake.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-07_193304_carson-city-washoe-lake_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-07_193304_carson-city-washoe-lake_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-07_193304_carson-city-washoe-lake_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-07_193304_carson-city-washoe-lake_picwide-med.jpg" alt="The Nugget Casino parking lot. photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-10-07_193304_carson-city-washoe-lake.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" data-jslghtbx-caption="Good company."> + </a> +<figcaption>Good company.</figcaption> +</figure> + +<p>The next day we headed north with the vague goal of seeing Reno and maybe checking out Pyramid Lake. That morning we met up with another cousin of mine and took all our kids to the children’s museum in Carson City. After catching up for a couple hours, letting the kids play, we hit the road. But then we were hungry so we stopped at a really good Vietnamese restaurant. And then I spied a Harbor Freight and spent some time replenishing my toolkit with the cheapest, crappiest steel China has to offer.</p> +<p>By the time we actually made it out of Carson City it was mid afternoon and none of us felt like going far. We made it about ten miles up over the hill to Washoe Lake State Park. It was a nice enough place and it had pretty good cell coverage, which is hard to come by in these parts. We ended up staying all week. </p> +<div class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-10-13_110220_carson-city-washoe-lake.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-13_110220_carson-city-washoe-lake_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-13_110220_carson-city-washoe-lake_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-13_110220_carson-city-washoe-lake_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-13_110220_carson-city-washoe-lake_picwide-med.jpg" alt="drawing in the bus photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-10-13_110220_carson-city-washoe-lake.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > + </a> +</div> + +<figure class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-10-10_085532_carson-city-washoe-lake.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-10_085532_carson-city-washoe-lake_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-10_085532_carson-city-washoe-lake_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-10_085532_carson-city-washoe-lake_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-10_085532_carson-city-washoe-lake_picwide-med.jpg" alt="Smoke from the California fires wafting over the Sierra. photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-10-10_085532_carson-city-washoe-lake.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" data-jslghtbx-caption="Smoke from the California fires wafting over the Sierra."> + </a> +<figcaption>Smoke from the California fires wafting over the Sierra.</figcaption> +</figure> + +<p>With temps forecast down in the mid 20s we decided to pick up a little propane heater, which helps take the edge off mornings. </p> +<p>Washoe Lake was host to some of the least appealing neighbors we’ve had — someone stole my hatchet one night, along with beer, a chair and some other stuff from another person. Itried to tell the kids that whomever took it probably needed it more than we did and they seemed okay with that. I also tried to explain methamphetamines and what they do to you, but I don’t think that sunk in as much. </p> +<p>Despite that we enjoyed Washoe Lake. I got some work done, the kids played and we went for the occasional walk/bike ride to explore the park. Once we were walking over to another side of the lake when we spotted a sign that said, “Beach and Maze” with an arrow point to the shoreline. Maze? Really? Really.</p> +<div class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-10-13_141812_carson-city-washoe-lake.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-13_141812_carson-city-washoe-lake_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-13_141812_carson-city-washoe-lake_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-13_141812_carson-city-washoe-lake_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-13_141812_carson-city-washoe-lake_picwide-med.jpg" alt="Maze, Washoe Lake photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-10-13_141812_carson-city-washoe-lake.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > + </a> +</div> + +<div class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-10-13_141315_carson-city-washoe-lake.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-13_141315_carson-city-washoe-lake_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-13_141315_carson-city-washoe-lake_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-13_141315_carson-city-washoe-lake_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-13_141315_carson-city-washoe-lake_picwide-med.jpg" alt="Maze, Washoe Lake photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-10-13_141315_carson-city-washoe-lake.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > + </a> +</div> + +<div class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-10-13_144023_carson-city-washoe-lake.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-13_144023_carson-city-washoe-lake_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-13_144023_carson-city-washoe-lake_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-13_144023_carson-city-washoe-lake_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-13_144023_carson-city-washoe-lake_picwide-med.jpg" alt="Washoe Lake photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-10-13_144023_carson-city-washoe-lake.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > + </a> +</div> + +<div class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-10-13_144629_carson-city-washoe-lake.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-13_144629_carson-city-washoe-lake_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-13_144629_carson-city-washoe-lake_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-13_144629_carson-city-washoe-lake_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-13_144629_carson-city-washoe-lake_picwide-med.jpg" alt="Washoe Lake photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-10-13_144629_carson-city-washoe-lake.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > + </a> +</div> + +<div class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-10-13_145238_carson-city-washoe-lake.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-13_145238_carson-city-washoe-lake_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-13_145238_carson-city-washoe-lake_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-13_145238_carson-city-washoe-lake_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-13_145238_carson-city-washoe-lake_picwide-med.jpg" alt="Washoe Lake photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-10-13_145238_carson-city-washoe-lake.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > + </a> +</div> + +<div class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-10-13_152700_carson-city-washoe-lake.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-13_152700_carson-city-washoe-lake_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-13_152700_carson-city-washoe-lake_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-13_152700_carson-city-washoe-lake_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-13_152700_carson-city-washoe-lake_picwide-med.jpg" alt="spider eating grub photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-10-13_152700_carson-city-washoe-lake.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > + </a> +</div> + +<div class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-10-14_175745_carson-city-washoe-lake.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-14_175745_carson-city-washoe-lake_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-14_175745_carson-city-washoe-lake_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-14_175745_carson-city-washoe-lake_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-14_175745_carson-city-washoe-lake_picwide-med.jpg" alt="campsite, washoe lake photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-10-14_175745_carson-city-washoe-lake.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > + </a> +</div> + +<figure class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-10-15_134728_carson-city-washoe-lake.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-15_134728_carson-city-washoe-lake_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-15_134728_carson-city-washoe-lake_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-15_134728_carson-city-washoe-lake_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-15_134728_carson-city-washoe-lake_picwide-med.jpg" alt="Washoe Lake photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-10-15_134728_carson-city-washoe-lake.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" data-jslghtbx-caption="Not a sign you see very often."> + </a> +<figcaption>Not a sign you see very often.</figcaption> +</figure> + +<p>After a week at Washoe we went back to my uncle’s house and we got to work on the bus. We replaced the spark plugs, the plug wires and the exhaust manifold gaskets. Then we greased the suspension and I knocked a few interior fixes off my list. I installed an inverter, rehung some molding that had nearly come apart thanks to all the bumpy roads we’ve driven. I even finally got serious about fixing the oven. Unfortunately it does seem to be the thermocoupler and it’s a serious pain to even get to it. I shelved that one again. You can’t do it all.</p> +<p>One night the sunset looked like this:</p> +<div class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-10-19_202446_rons-house.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-19_202446_rons-house_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-19_202446_rons-house_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-19_202446_rons-house_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-19_202446_rons-house_picwide-med.jpg" alt="snow clouds photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-10-19_202446_rons-house.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > + </a> +</div> + +<p>The next morning the mountains were covered in snow, though nothing stayed on the ground where we were.</p> +<div class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-10-20_093419_rons-house.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-20_093419_rons-house_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-20_093419_rons-house_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-20_093419_rons-house_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-20_093419_rons-house_picwide-med.jpg" alt="snow on the mountains photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-10-20_093419_rons-house.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > + </a> +</div> + +<p>When we drove out of my uncle’s house a week later the bus sounded and ran better than it has since I bought it and probably better than it has in decades. It’s not perfect and something will still probably break soon — since I’m writing from the future as it were, I can assure you something will break soon :) — but for now it’s driving better than I ever thought it would. Thanks Ron.</p> + </div> + + </article> + + + <div class="nav-wrapper"> + <nav id="page-navigation" class="page-border-top"> + <ul> + <li id="prev"><span class="bl">Previous:</span> + <a href="/jrnl/2017/10/trains-hot-springs-and-broken-buses" rel="prev" title=" Trains, Hot Springs and Broken Buses">Trains, Hot Springs and Broken Buses</a> + </li> + <li id="next"><span class="bl">Next:</span> + <a href="/jrnl/2017/10/shadow-lassen" rel="next" title=" The Shadow of Lassen">The Shadow of Lassen</a> + </li> + </ul> + </nav> + </div> + + + + + + +<p class="comments--header">1 Comment</p> + + + + + + + <div class="comments--wrapper"> + + <div id="comment-2841" class="comment"> + <noscript class="datahashloader" data-hash="default"> + <img class="gravatar" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/gravcache/default.jpg" alt="gravatar icon for Drew" /> + </noscript> + <div class="comment--head"> + <span class="who"><b>Drew</b></span> + <span class="when">November 15, 2017 at 1:27 p.m.</span> + </div> + + <div class="comment--body"> + + <p>Keep hammering the meth talk and as they get older it will sink in. Sounds like the trip has gotten better and the blood pressure has lowered back to stable. 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We stopped off to briefly see my cousin in Hawthorne before spending a very cold night out at Walker Lake. Walker Lake is one of those places that's probably not very nice in the high season, but it's really nice when you have it to yourself. It also has fun conspiracy theories about it which we accidentally discovered why searching for which campground had water (answer to our question: none of them).
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+<img src="images/2017/2017-10-02_185729_carson-city-washoe-lake.jpg" id="image-903" class="picwide" />
+<img src="images/2017/2017-10-02_193122_carson-city-washoe-lake.jpg" id="image-904" class="picwide" />
+
+We still don't have a heater in the bus so whatever the outside temp, the inside temp is about the same, maybe five or ten degrees warmer. One of my goals for this trip was for that to never be an issue because we would follow the weather. For the most part that's been true, but around here, this time of year, warmth is a rapidly fading thought. I even had to put on shoes.
+
+<img src="images/2017/2017-10-02_204113_carson-city-washoe-lake.jpg" id="image-905" class="picwide" />
+
+We're up here to see my aunt and uncle for the first time in years and for my uncle to help me understand and dial in this engine.
+
+And that's exactly what we did for nearly three weeks. He and I pulled out the carburetor and reset the float where it should be. That alone solved about 70 percent of our problems. We were ready to leave with that, but then we got to talking and decided to do a few other things as well. The problem was that my uncle had already planned a trip to the California coast with a friend. So we ordered some parts, said goodbye and he headed west to California and we went north for a week.
+
+<img src="images/2017/2017-10-07_085231_carson-city-washoe-lake.jpg" id="image-906" class="picwide caption" />
+
+The first night we stopped in Carson City. We spent the night in a Casino parking lot and walked around downtown. Carson City actually has one of those that's still functional and nice, with parks and business and such, unlike most American cities of its size these days.
+
+<img src="images/2017/2017-10-07_193304_carson-city-washoe-lake.jpg" id="image-907" class="picwide caption" />
+
+The next day we headed north with the vague goal of seeing Reno and maybe checking out Pyramid Lake. That morning we met up with another cousin of mine and took all our kids to the children's museum in Carson City. After catching up for a couple hours, letting the kids play, we hit the road. But then we were hungry so we stopped at a really good Vietnamese restaurant. And then I spied a Harbor Freight and spent some time replenishing my toolkit with the cheapest, crappiest steel China has to offer.
+
+By the time we actually made it out of Carson City it was mid afternoon and none of us felt like going far. We made it about ten miles up over the hill to Washoe Lake State Park. It was a nice enough place and it had pretty good cell coverage, which is hard to come by in these parts. We ended up staying all week.
+
+<img src="images/2017/2017-10-13_110220_carson-city-washoe-lake.jpg" id="image-909" class="picwide" />
+<img src="images/2017/2017-10-10_085532_carson-city-washoe-lake.jpg" id="image-908" class="picwide caption" />
+
+With temps forecast down in the mid 20s we decided to pick up a little propane heater, which helps take the edge off mornings.
+
+Washoe Lake was host to some of the least appealing neighbors we've had -- someone stole my hatchet one night, along with beer, a chair and some other stuff from another person. Itried to tell the kids that whomever took it probably needed it more than we did and they seemed okay with that. I also tried to explain methamphetamines and what they do to you, but I don't think that sunk in as much.
+
+Despite that we enjoyed Washoe Lake. I got some work done, the kids played and we went for the occasional walk/bike ride to explore the park. Once we were walking over to another side of the lake when we spotted a sign that said, "Beach and Maze" with an arrow point to the shoreline. Maze? Really? Really.
+
+<img src="images/2017/2017-10-13_141812_carson-city-washoe-lake.jpg" id="image-911" class="picwide" />
+<img src="images/2017/2017-10-13_141315_carson-city-washoe-lake.jpg" id="image-910" class="picwide" />
+<img src="images/2017/2017-10-13_144023_carson-city-washoe-lake.jpg" id="image-912" class="picwide" />
+<img src="images/2017/2017-10-13_144629_carson-city-washoe-lake.jpg" id="image-913" class="picwide" />
+<img src="images/2017/2017-10-13_145238_carson-city-washoe-lake.jpg" id="image-914" class="picwide" />
+<img src="images/2017/2017-10-13_152700_carson-city-washoe-lake.jpg" id="image-915" class="picwide" />
+<img src="images/2017/2017-10-14_175745_carson-city-washoe-lake.jpg" id="image-916" class="picwide" />
+<img src="images/2017/2017-10-15_134728_carson-city-washoe-lake.jpg" id="image-917" class="picwide caption" />
+
+After a week at Washoe we went back to my uncle's house and we got to work on the bus. We replaced the spark plugs, the plug wires and the exhaust manifold gaskets. Then we greased the suspension and I knocked a few interior fixes off my list. I installed an inverter, rehung some molding that had nearly come apart thanks to all the bumpy roads we've driven. I even finally got serious about fixing the oven. Unfortunately it does seem to be the thermocoupler and it's a serious pain to even get to it. I shelved that one again. You can't do it all.
+
+One night the sunset looked like this:
+
+<img src="images/2017/2017-10-19_202446_rons-house.jpg" id="image-918" class="picwide" />
+
+The next morning the mountains were covered in snow, though nothing stayed on the ground where we were.
+
+<img src="images/2017/2017-10-20_093419_rons-house.jpg" id="image-919" class="picwide" />
+
+When we drove out of my uncle's house a week later the bus sounded and ran better than it has since I bought it and probably better than it has in decades. It's not perfect and something will still probably break soon -- since I'm writing from the future as it were, I can assure you something will break soon :) -- but for now it's driving better than I ever thought it would. 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We were climbing one of the five hundred ridges<sup id="fnref:1"><a class="footnote-ref" href="#fn:1" rel="footnote">1</a></sup> we had to climb to get through the Trinity Alps when I swear the air changed, suddenly it was wetter, salty and with a slight hint of fish. Or it was my imagination looking for something other than the endless loop then running through my head: are the house batteries really going to get us there (the alternator was was still dead).</p> +<div class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-10-26_193302_patricks-point.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-26_193302_patricks-point_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-26_193302_patricks-point_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-26_193302_patricks-point_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-26_193302_patricks-point_picwide-med.jpg" alt="patrick's point, humbolt photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-10-26_193302_patricks-point.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > + </a> +</div> + +<p>Whatever the case, eventually we made it over the last ridge and then we really could smell the ocean and the Pacific in this region has a very different smell than say, the Atlantic we left eight months ago. </p> +<p>I didn’t really have any goals or lists of things to do on this trip, but, that said, making it all the way from the Atlantic to the Pacific does have a certain feeling of accomplishment to it.</p> +<p>Here’s some meaningless stats: </p> +<ul> +<li>Miles driven: 5866 (give or take 50 miles<sup id="fnref:2"><a class="footnote-ref" href="#fn:2" rel="footnote">2</a></sup>)</li> +<li>Day on the road: 209</li> +<li>Gallons of gas: I have no idea<sup id="fnref:3"><a class="footnote-ref" href="#fn:3" rel="footnote">3</a></sup></li> +</ul> +<p>The anticlimatic part was that we made it all the way to the Pacific, but when we arrived we couldn’t see it. As is typical up this way, the ocean was wrapped in a blanket of thick fog. After setting up camp we hiked down into the gloom of fog and spent the evening on the beach. The one place that will always feel like home to me. </p> +<div class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-10-26_194219_patricks-point.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-26_194219_patricks-point_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-26_194219_patricks-point_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-26_194219_patricks-point_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-26_194219_patricks-point_picwide-med.jpg" alt="pacific ocean, patrick's point, humbolt photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-10-26_194219_patricks-point.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > + </a> +</div> + +<div class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-10-26_194321_patricks-point.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-26_194321_patricks-point_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-26_194321_patricks-point_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-26_194321_patricks-point_picwide.jpg 2880w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-26_194321_patricks-point_featured_jrnl.jpg 520w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-26_194321_patricks-point_picwide-med.jpg" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-26_194321_patricks-point_picwide.jpg" alt="pacific ocean, patrick's point, humbolt photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-10-26_194321_patricks-point.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > + </a> +</div> + +<div class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-10-26_194454_patricks-point.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-26_194454_patricks-point_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-26_194454_patricks-point_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-26_194454_patricks-point_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-26_194454_patricks-point_picwide-med.jpg" alt="pacific ocean, patrick's point, humbolt photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-10-26_194454_patricks-point.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > + </a> +</div> + +<div class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-10-26_194923_patricks-point.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-26_194923_patricks-point_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-26_194923_patricks-point_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-26_194923_patricks-point_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-26_194923_patricks-point_picwide-med.jpg" alt="pacific ocean, patrick's point, humbolt photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-10-26_194923_patricks-point.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > + </a> +</div> + +<div class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-10-26_195156_patricks-point.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-26_195156_patricks-point_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-26_195156_patricks-point_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-26_195156_patricks-point_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-26_195156_patricks-point_picwide-med.jpg" alt="pacific ocean, patrick's point, humbolt photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-10-26_195156_patricks-point.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > + </a> +</div> + +<div class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-10-27_142117_patricks-point.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-27_142117_patricks-point_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-27_142117_patricks-point_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-27_142117_patricks-point_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-27_142117_patricks-point_picwide-med.jpg" alt="pacific ocean, patrick's point, humbolt photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-10-27_142117_patricks-point.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > + </a> +</div> + +<div class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-10-27_144234_patricks-point.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-27_144234_patricks-point_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-27_144234_patricks-point_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-27_144234_patricks-point_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-27_144234_patricks-point_picwide-med.jpg" alt="pacific ocean, patrick's point, humbolt photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-10-27_144234_patricks-point.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > + </a> +</div> + +<figure class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-10-27_150628_patricks-point.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-27_150628_patricks-point_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-27_150628_patricks-point_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-27_150628_patricks-point_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-27_150628_patricks-point_picwide-med.jpg" alt="patrick's point, humbolt photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-10-27_150628_patricks-point.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" data-jslghtbx-caption="This is what it looks like all the time around here."> + </a> +<figcaption>This is what it looks like all the time around here.</figcaption> +</figure> + +<div class="footnote"> +<hr> +<ol> +<li id="fn:1"> +<p>It’s possible there were not that many. <a class="footnote-backref" href="#fnref:1" rev="footnote" title="Jump back to footnote 1 in the text">↩</a></p> +</li> +<li id="fn:2"> +<p>our odometer is currently broken so this is an estimate based on Google Maps, hence the possible variation. <a class="footnote-backref" href="#fnref:2" rev="footnote" title="Jump back to footnote 2 in the text">↩</a></p> +</li> +<li 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Beautiful children!</p> + + </div> + </div> + + <div id="comment-2826" class="comment"> + <noscript class="datahashloader" data-hash="default"> + <img class="gravatar" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/gravcache/default.jpg" alt="gravatar icon for gwen macallister" /> + </noscript> + <div class="comment--head"> + <span class="who"><b>gwen macallister</b></span> + <span class="when">November 09, 2017 at 1:53 p.m.</span> + </div> + + <div class="comment--body"> + + <p>Beautiful pictures. This is my favorite landscape on the planet— oh, how I love the Pacific. Congrats on the coast to coast journey.</p> + + </div> + </div> + + <div id="comment-2827" class="comment"> + <noscript class="datahashloader" data-hash="d64f4854965b2b1c3ecafee4b2a66fac"> + <img class="gravatar" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/gravcache/d64f4854965b2b1c3ecafee4b2a66fac.jpg" alt="gravatar icon for Scott" /> + </noscript> + <div class="comment--head"> + <span class="who"><b><a href="https://luxagraf.net/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Scott</a></b></span> + <span class="when">November 09, 2017 at 5:28 p.m.</span> + </div> + + <div class="comment--body"> + + <p>@Mary - Thank you!</p> +<p>@gwen- I’ve missed the Pacific. I’ve come to really like the gulf though, especially Appalachicola area.</p> + + </div> + </div> + + <div id="comment-2842" class="comment"> + <noscript class="datahashloader" data-hash="default"> + <img class="gravatar" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/gravcache/default.jpg" alt="gravatar icon for Drew" /> + </noscript> + <div class="comment--head"> + <span class="who"><b>Drew</b></span> + <span class="when">November 15, 2017 at 2:02 p.m.</span> + </div> + + <div class="comment--body"> + + <p>I love that Santa Cruz sweatshirt!</p> + + </div> + </div> + + <div id="comment-2843" class="comment"> + <noscript class="datahashloader" data-hash="d64f4854965b2b1c3ecafee4b2a66fac"> + <img class="gravatar" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/gravcache/d64f4854965b2b1c3ecafee4b2a66fac.jpg" alt="gravatar icon for Scott" /> + </noscript> + <div class="comment--head"> + <span class="who"><b><a href="https://luxagraf.net/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Scott</a></b></span> + <span class="when">November 15, 2017 at 2:36 p.m.</span> + </div> + + <div class="comment--body"> + + <p>@Drew- </p> +<p>Corrinne found that back in Athens. 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We were climbing one of the five hundred ridges[^1] we had to climb to get through the Trinity Alps when I swear the air changed, suddenly it was wetter, salty and with a slight hint of fish. Or it was my imagination looking for something other than the endless loop then running through my head: are the house batteries really going to get us there (the alternator was was still dead).
+
+<img src="images/2017/2017-10-26_193302_patricks-point.jpg" id="image-936" class="picwide" />
+
+Whatever the case, eventually we made it over the last ridge and then we really could smell the ocean and the Pacific in this region has a very different smell than say, the Atlantic we left eight months ago.
+
+I didn't really have any goals or lists of things to do on this trip, but, that said, making it all the way from the Atlantic to the Pacific does have a certain feeling of accomplishment to it.
+
+Here's some meaningless stats:
+
+* Miles driven: 5866 (give or take 50 miles[^2])
+* Day on the road: 209
+* Gallons of gas: I have no idea[^3]
+
+The anticlimatic part was that we made it all the way to the Pacific, but when we arrived we couldn't see it. As is typical up this way, the ocean was wrapped in a blanket of thick fog. After setting up camp we hiked down into the gloom of fog and spent the evening on the beach. The one place that will always feel like home to me.
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+<img src="images/2017/2017-10-26_194219_patricks-point.jpg" id="image-937" class="picwide" />
+<img src="images/2017/2017-10-26_194321_patricks-point.jpg" id="image-938" class="picwide" />
+<img src="images/2017/2017-10-26_194454_patricks-point.jpg" id="image-939" class="picwide" />
+<img src="images/2017/2017-10-26_194923_patricks-point.jpg" id="image-940" class="picwide" />
+<img src="images/2017/2017-10-26_195156_patricks-point.jpg" id="image-941" class="picwide" />
+<img src="images/2017/2017-10-27_142117_patricks-point.jpg" id="image-942" class="picwide" />
+<img src="images/2017/2017-10-27_144234_patricks-point.jpg" id="image-943" class="picwide" />
+<img src="images/2017/2017-10-27_150628_patricks-point.jpg" id="image-944" class="picwide caption" />
+
+
+[^1]: It's possible there were not that many.
+[^2]: our odometer is currently broken so this is an estimate based on Google Maps, hence the possible variation.
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Something about this town seems to suck us in. At least there’s really good tacos at a Mexican market on the north east side of the city, we stopped there again for lunch. By the time we were done eating tacos and stocking up on essentials no one had the will to go past Washoe Lake. We pulled in and relaxed for the remainder of the day.</p> +<p>The next day we managed to get on the road reasonably early, heading north on 395, bundled up against the increasingly severe cold in these parts. By noon we had made it to Susanville where we left 395 and headed up into the forests surrounding Mount Lassen. </p> +<figure class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-10-23_182950_shasta-forest.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-23_182950_shasta-forest_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-23_182950_shasta-forest_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-23_182950_shasta-forest_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-23_182950_shasta-forest_picwide-med.jpg" alt="mount lassen photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-10-23_182950_shasta-forest.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" data-jslghtbx-caption="Mount Lassen"> + </a> +<figcaption>Mount Lassen</figcaption> +</figure> + +<figure class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-10-25_114848-2_shasta-forest.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-25_114848-2_shasta-forest_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-25_114848-2_shasta-forest_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-25_114848-2_shasta-forest_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-25_114848-2_shasta-forest_picwide-med.jpg" alt="mount shasta photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-10-25_114848-2_shasta-forest.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" data-jslghtbx-caption="Mount Shasta"> + </a> +<figcaption>Mount Shasta</figcaption> +</figure> + +<p>There’s tons of boondocking spots in this area, all you really need to do is turn on a dirt road and you’ll end up somewhere with some rocks piled in fire rings in the woods. We were actually on our way to a legitimate campground by a lake, but the road was rough enough that we ended up just pulling off at the first flat area we saw. </p> +<div class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-10-23_174352_shasta-forest.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-23_174352_shasta-forest_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-23_174352_shasta-forest_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-23_174352_shasta-forest_picwide.jpg 2880w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-23_174352_shasta-forest_featured_jrnl.jpg 520w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-23_174352_shasta-forest_picwide-med.jpg" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-23_174352_shasta-forest_picwide.jpg" alt="boondocking in lassen photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-10-23_174352_shasta-forest.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > + </a> +</div> + +<div class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-10-23_165008_shasta-forest.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-23_165008_shasta-forest_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-23_165008_shasta-forest_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-23_165008_shasta-forest_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-23_165008_shasta-forest_picwide-med.jpg" alt="inside the bus photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-10-23_165008_shasta-forest.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > + </a> +</div> + +<p>It was a nice spot n the woods, next to a meadow of sorts with plenty of forest for the kids to explore. It was nice enough that we ended up staying two nights. Why not? It’s not like we have anywhere to be. </p> +<div class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-10-23_173407_shasta-forest.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-23_173407_shasta-forest_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-23_173407_shasta-forest_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-23_173407_shasta-forest_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-23_173407_shasta-forest_picwide-med.jpg" alt="guinea pig photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-10-23_173407_shasta-forest.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > + </a> +</div> + +<div class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-10-23_171259_shasta-forest.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-23_171259_shasta-forest_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-23_171259_shasta-forest_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-23_171259_shasta-forest_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-23_171259_shasta-forest_picwide-med.jpg" alt="fisheye forest photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-10-23_171259_shasta-forest.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > + </a> +</div> + +<div class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-10-23_181322_shasta-forest.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-23_181322_shasta-forest_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-23_181322_shasta-forest_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-23_181322_shasta-forest_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-23_181322_shasta-forest_picwide-med.jpg" alt="forest explorers photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-10-23_181322_shasta-forest.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > + </a> +</div> + +<div class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-10-25_114818_shasta-forest.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-25_114818_shasta-forest_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-25_114818_shasta-forest_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-25_114818_shasta-forest_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-25_114818_shasta-forest_picwide-med.jpg" alt="breathing the forest photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-10-25_114818_shasta-forest.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > + </a> +</div> + +<div class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-10-23_181227_shasta-forest.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-23_181227_shasta-forest_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-23_181227_shasta-forest_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-23_181227_shasta-forest_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-23_181227_shasta-forest_picwide-med.jpg" alt="sitting on a log photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-10-23_181227_shasta-forest.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > + </a> +</div> + +<div class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-10-23_175029_shasta-forest.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-23_175029_shasta-forest_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-23_175029_shasta-forest_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-23_175029_shasta-forest_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-23_175029_shasta-forest_picwide-med.jpg" alt="climbing photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-10-23_175029_shasta-forest.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > + </a> +</div> + +<p>At some point during our stay here a fuse holder that sits between our charge controller and our battery bank broke. At the time I was blissfully unaware anything was wrong. It wasn’t until the second morning when we got up to leave and the inverter started beeping (which it does when the batteries are too low) that I realized something was wrong. I lifted up the couch and discovered our charge controller was dead. That pissed me off since I bought the expensive charger. But then we were about to drive anyway and could charge off the inverter so at least we’d get our batteries back up. Doesn’t that sound simple? Ha.</p> +<div class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-10-25_122148-1_shasta-forest.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-25_122148-1_shasta-forest_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-25_122148-1_shasta-forest_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-25_122148-1_shasta-forest_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-25_122148-1_shasta-forest_picwide-med.jpg" alt="Driving near mount lassen photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-10-25_122148-1_shasta-forest.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > + </a> +</div> + +<p>We drive down out of the forests and into the hot hellhole of Redding, which the rest of my family didn’t find nearly as terrible as I did. I’ve never liked Redding. This time through we got stuck in traffic, then we had to climb a good size hill just out of town and ended up overheating. We stopped for bit, let the engine cool and went on without an issue, but it was just one more strike against Redding in my book.</p> +<p>It was getting late in the day and we spied a sign for a campground off the highway, though it didn’t say how far of the highway. We went for it because we were all sick of being on the road. We ended up driving what seemed like ten miles on a road that kept getting narrower and narrower, weaving through tiny communities until we just about gave up hope of finding anything and then there it was, a really lovely little campground tucked in the woods of the Trinity Alps, right beside the first river we’ve seen that made me really wish I had a fly rod.</p> +<div class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-10-25_190431_trinity-alps.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-25_190431_trinity-alps_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-25_190431_trinity-alps_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-25_190431_trinity-alps_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-25_190431_trinity-alps_picwide-med.jpg" alt="trinity river photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-10-25_190431_trinity-alps.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > + </a> +</div> + +<div class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-10-25_190827_trinity-alps.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-25_190827_trinity-alps_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-25_190827_trinity-alps_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-25_190827_trinity-alps_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-25_190827_trinity-alps_picwide-med.jpg" alt="the bus through the trees. photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-10-25_190827_trinity-alps.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > + </a> +</div> + +<p>Long days of driving, sitting at the side of the road, trying to fix electrical problems, all these things take their toll. The best morale booster is good food. One thing I will say for Redding, it had a damn good Thai/Lao restaurant with portions big enough that the kids could have Pad Thai in the middle of the forest, as forest fairies do.</p> +<div class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-10-25_193123_trinity-alps.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-25_193123_trinity-alps_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-25_193123_trinity-alps_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-25_193123_trinity-alps_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-25_193123_trinity-alps_picwide-med.jpg" alt="dinner in the trinity alps photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-10-25_193123_trinity-alps.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > + </a> +</div> + </div> + + </article> + + + <div class="nav-wrapper"> + <nav id="page-navigation" class="page-border-top"> + <ul> + <li id="prev"><span class="bl">Previous:</span> + <a href="/jrnl/2017/10/dialed-in" rel="prev" title=" Dialed In">Dialed In</a> + </li> + <li id="next"><span class="bl">Next:</span> + <a href="/jrnl/2017/10/pacific" rel="next" title=" Pacific Sense">Pacific Sense</a> + </li> + </ul> + </nav> + </div> + + + + + + +<p class="comments--header">1 Comment</p> + + + + + + + <div class="comments--wrapper"> + + <div id="comment-2820" class="comment"> + <noscript class="datahashloader" data-hash="default"> + <img class="gravatar" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/gravcache/default.jpg" alt="gravatar icon for Patsy and Mike Wall" /> + </noscript> + <div class="comment--head"> + <span class="who"><b>Patsy and Mike Wall</b></span> + <span class="when">November 05, 2017 at 8:15 a.m.</span> + </div> + + <div class="comment--body"> + + <p>Love reading your blog, seeing the children and seeing your fabulous photos. 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Something about this town seems to suck us in. At least there's really good tacos at a Mexican market on the north east side of the city, we stopped there again for lunch. By the time we were done eating tacos and stocking up on essentials no one had the will to go past Washoe Lake. We pulled in and relaxed for the remainder of the day.
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+The next day we managed to get on the road reasonably early, heading north on 395, bundled up against the increasingly severe cold in these parts. By noon we had made it to Susanville where we left 395 and headed up into the forests surrounding Mount Lassen.
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+<img src="images/2017/2017-10-23_182950_shasta-forest.jpg" id="image-923" class="picwide caption" />
+<img src="images/2017/2017-10-25_114848-2_shasta-forest.jpg" id="image-921" class="picwide caption" />
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+There's tons of boondocking spots in this area, all you really need to do is turn on a dirt road and you'll end up somewhere with some rocks piled in fire rings in the woods. We were actually on our way to a legitimate campground by a lake, but the road was rough enough that we ended up just pulling off at the first flat area we saw.
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+<img src="images/2017/2017-10-23_174352_shasta-forest.jpg" id="image-928" class="picwide" />
+<img src="images/2017/2017-10-23_165008_shasta-forest.jpg" id="image-931" class="picwide" />
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+It was a nice spot n the woods, next to a meadow of sorts with plenty of forest for the kids to explore. It was nice enough that we ended up staying two nights. Why not? It's not like we have anywhere to be.
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+<img src="images/2017/2017-10-23_173407_shasta-forest.jpg" id="image-929" class="picwide" />
+<img src="images/2017/2017-10-23_171259_shasta-forest.jpg" id="image-930" class="picwide" />
+<img src="images/2017/2017-10-23_181322_shasta-forest.jpg" id="image-924" class="picwide" />
+<img src="images/2017/2017-10-25_114818_shasta-forest.jpg" id="image-922" class="picwide" />
+<img src="images/2017/2017-10-23_181227_shasta-forest.jpg" id="image-925" class="picwide" />
+<img src="images/2017/2017-10-23_175029_shasta-forest.jpg" id="image-926" class="picwide" />
+
+At some point during our stay here a fuse holder that sits between our charge controller and our battery bank broke. At the time I was blissfully unaware anything was wrong. It wasn't until the second morning when we got up to leave and the inverter started beeping (which it does when the batteries are too low) that I realized something was wrong. I lifted up the couch and discovered our charge controller was dead. That pissed me off since I bought the expensive charger. But then we were about to drive anyway and could charge off the inverter so at least we'd get our batteries back up. Doesn't that sound simple? Ha.
+
+<img src="images/2017/2017-10-25_122148-1_shasta-forest.jpg" id="image-920" class="picwide" />
+
+We drive down out of the forests and into the hot hellhole of Redding, which the rest of my family didn't find nearly as terrible as I did. I've never liked Redding. This time through we got stuck in traffic, then we had to climb a good size hill just out of town and ended up overheating. We stopped for bit, let the engine cool and went on without an issue, but it was just one more strike against Redding in my book.
+
+It was getting late in the day and we spied a sign for a campground off the highway, though it didn't say how far of the highway. We went for it because we were all sick of being on the road. We ended up driving what seemed like ten miles on a road that kept getting narrower and narrower, weaving through tiny communities until we just about gave up hope of finding anything and then there it was, a really lovely little campground tucked in the woods of the Trinity Alps, right beside the first river we've seen that made me really wish I had a fly rod.
+
+<img src="images/2017/2017-10-25_190431_trinity-alps.jpg" id="image-932" class="picwide" />
+<img src="images/2017/2017-10-25_190827_trinity-alps.jpg" id="image-933" class="picwide" />
+
+Long days of driving, sitting at the side of the road, trying to fix electrical problems, all these things take their toll. The best morale booster is good food. One thing I will say for Redding, it had a damn good Thai/Lao restaurant with portions big enough that the kids could have Pad Thai in the middle of the forest, as forest fairies do.
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When you can see it. One evening the setting sun conspired with the fog to let a few rays of light through.</p> +<div class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-10-29_195634_patricks-point.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-29_195634_patricks-point_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-29_195634_patricks-point_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-29_195634_patricks-point_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-29_195634_patricks-point_picwide-med.jpg" alt="pacific ocean, patrick's point, humbolt photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-10-29_195634_patricks-point.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > + </a> +</div> + +<p>Most of the time though, it’s enveloped in cloud.</p> +<div class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-10-26_194221_patricks-point.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-26_194221_patricks-point_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-26_194221_patricks-point_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-26_194221_patricks-point_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-26_194221_patricks-point_picwide-med.jpg" alt="pacific ocean, patrick's point, humbolt photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-10-26_194221_patricks-point.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > + </a> +</div> + +<div class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-10-30_172743_patricks-point.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-30_172743_patricks-point_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-30_172743_patricks-point_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-30_172743_patricks-point_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-30_172743_patricks-point_picwide-med.jpg" alt="pacific ocean, patrick's point, humbolt photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-10-30_172743_patricks-point.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > + </a> +</div> + +<p>Having driven in on a broken alternator (draining our starting battery to dead and our house batteries way down) we really needed sun. Instead we got not just overcast skies but swirling mists of fog that create an artificial night around the entire point. It was like living in a cloud. Every morning I got up, and, while stowing our bedding under the couch, stared at the ever-dropping voltage readings on our batteries. </p> +<p>After three days it became apparent that I either had to do something today or we were going to be stuck. The nearest auto parts store with a new alternator in stock was about 35 miles away in Eureka. The nearest bus stop was six miles away but assuming it was even remotely on time I’d be gone about 16 hours round trip. Maybe. U.S. bus systems tables are completely inscrutable<sup id="fnref:1"><a class="footnote-ref" href="#fn:1" rel="footnote">1</a></sup> so it was also possible there was no bus running at all. I could risk driving, but if the battery died the whole family would be stuck. </p> +<p>I ended up with a compromise. I rented a car from the airport which was only a six mile walk and ten mile bus ride and would, theoretically get me back to the bus by dinner time. I threw on some warm clothes, packed water and, at my daughters’ insistence, some snacks in my backpack, and set off for Trinidad. </p> +<p>I really did not want to walk to Trinidad. It just wasn’t on my list of things to do when I woke up that morning. A bus or even a really expensive cab ride was much more appealling. At the same time, perverse though this sounds, I like these little breakdowns. I like putting myself in situations where I’m well outside my comfort zone and have the scramble a bit to solve problems. How else do you know what you’re capable of?</p> +<p>I don’t generally try to teach my kids “life lessons” or any of that crap. Words are cheap. As a professional writer, I can tell you with some authority just how cheap they are. Children learn by watching . They absorb. The world around them gets organized into a patterns right before their eyes. One of them, that I have tried to cultivate to some degree, is that you should meet life head on. Good or bad you have to go through, not around. This is easy when life is good. When there are problems it gets more difficult. But still. The only way out is through.</p> +<div class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-10-30_171101_patricks-point.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-30_171101_patricks-point_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-30_171101_patricks-point_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-30_171101_patricks-point_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-30_171101_patricks-point_picwide-med.jpg" alt="banana slug photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-10-30_171101_patricks-point.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > + </a> +</div> + +<p>You cannot avoid. You can not ignore. You cannot put your head in the ground. The minute you pull it up and look around, there’s everything you were avoiding, waiting for you. Similarly, there are no shortcuts, there are no easy escapes. No one is coming to save you. You have to save yourself. You save yourself by going through. Whether life gives you fear and sadness, or joy and wonder, there’s no escaping it, there’s no way around it, you go through it. You can choose to accept what comes and deal with it accordingly moving through it or you can lay down and die. It’s really that simple. </p> +<p>And usually what we think is going to be so awful isn’t that bad<sup id="fnref:2"><a class="footnote-ref" href="#fn:2" rel="footnote">2</a></sup>. We’re pretty terrible at telling what is good from what is bad in the midst of things. I am anyway. Many of my favorite moments in this life aren’t ones I’m in a hurry to re-live, but doesn’t make them any less wonderful to me. Whatever it is though, these experiences are here for you now. You put them on, you sit with them, so to speak, you live them. And then something else comes along. Some of it will be hard, unpleasant, involuntarily thrust upon you, not really what you wanted to do when you woke up that morning, but you get up and you do it anyway because it is life, whether you want to call it good or bad is up to you, but all of it is life and without it, there’s no reason to be here. The only way out is through.</p> +<p>That’s what I was thinking about walking through the damp cold dreary world of Patrick’s Point, at least when I wasn’t concentrating on the sound of cars to avoid being run over by insane California drivers. I also thought about the millions of people all over the world (most of them women) who were also at that very moment walking further than me to get water. And they have to do it again tomorrow. I don’t have to walk for water, I don’t have to beg for food. I don’t really have any problems at all, just a burned out coil of wire that needed to be replaced. No big deal. </p> +<p>I also thought about how if I were in the south someone would have stopped to give me a ride before I made it a mile. Everywhere we’ve been recently has served to reinforce something I already knew: the only place still alive in America is the south.</p> +<p>I made it to the bus station about half an hour ahead of the bus, time enough to grab some pastor tacos from the gas station, which was way better than you’re thinking. I have my beefs with California — lots of beefs in fact — but damn if you can’t get a decent taco at a gas station. Eventually the bus showed up only ten minutes late, which is almost Germanicly on-time by the LA public transport standards I grew up with. I made it to the airport, picked up the car, drove to Eureka, bought an alternator and drove back in time for dinner. </p> +<p>The next day I installed the alternator and took the bus for a drive to charge the batteries. It wasn’t enough to stop us from needing to conserve energy, but it kept us afloat a little longer, it got us out of our energy jam. It got us through. And that’s all we really need. Eventually the sun even came out for day.</p> +<div class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-10-30_172400_patricks-point.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-30_172400_patricks-point_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-30_172400_patricks-point_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-30_172400_patricks-point_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-30_172400_patricks-point_picwide-med.jpg" alt="pacific ocean, patrick's point, humbolt photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-10-30_172400_patricks-point.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > + </a> +</div> + +<div class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" 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When you can see it. One evening the setting sun conspired with the fog to let a few rays of light through.
+
+<img src="images/2017/2017-10-29_195634_patricks-point.jpg" id="image-946" class="picwide" />
+
+Most of the time though, it's enveloped in cloud.
+
+<img src="images/2017/2017-10-26_194221_patricks-point.jpg" id="image-945" class="picwide" />
+<img src="images/2017/2017-10-30_172743_patricks-point.jpg" id="image-952" class="picwide" />
+
+Having driven in on a broken alternator (draining our starting battery to dead and our house batteries way down) we really needed sun. Instead we got not just overcast skies but swirling mists of fog that create an artificial night around the entire point. It was like living in a cloud. Every morning I got up, and, while stowing our bedding under the couch, stared at the ever-dropping voltage readings on our batteries.
+
+After three days it became apparent that I either had to do something today or we were going to be stuck. The nearest auto parts store with a new alternator in stock was about 35 miles away in Eureka. The nearest bus stop was six miles away but assuming it was even remotely on time I'd be gone about 16 hours round trip. Maybe. U.S. bus systems tables are completely inscrutable[^1] so it was also possible there was no bus running at all. I could risk driving, but if the battery died the whole family would be stuck.
+
+I ended up with a compromise. I rented a car from the airport which was only a six mile walk and ten mile bus ride and would, theoretically get me back to the bus by dinner time. I threw on some warm clothes, packed water and, at my daughters' insistence, some snacks in my backpack, and set off for Trinidad.
+
+I really did not want to walk to Trinidad. It just wasn't on my list of things to do when I woke up that morning. A bus or even a really expensive cab ride was much more appealling. At the same time, perverse though this sounds, I like these little breakdowns. I like putting myself in situations where I'm well outside my comfort zone and have the scramble a bit to solve problems. How else do you know what you're capable of?
+
+I don't generally try to teach my kids "life lessons" or any of that crap. Words are cheap. As a professional writer, I can tell you with some authority just how cheap they are. Children learn by watching . They absorb. The world around them gets organized into a patterns right before their eyes. One of them, that I have tried to cultivate to some degree, is that you should meet life head on. Good or bad you have to go through, not around. This is easy when life is good. When there are problems it gets more difficult. But still. The only way out is through.
+
+<img src="images/2017/2017-10-30_171101_patricks-point.jpg" id="image-950" class="picwide" />
+
+You cannot avoid. You can not ignore. You cannot put your head in the ground. The minute you pull it up and look around, there's everything you were avoiding, waiting for you. Similarly, there are no shortcuts, there are no easy escapes. No one is coming to save you. You have to save yourself. You save yourself by going through. Whether life gives you fear and sadness, or joy and wonder, there's no escaping it, there's no way around it, you go through it. You can choose to accept what comes and deal with it accordingly moving through it or you can lay down and die. It's really that simple.
+
+And usually what we think is going to be so awful isn't that bad[^2]. We're pretty terrible at telling what is good from what is bad in the midst of things. I am anyway. Many of my favorite moments in this life aren't ones I'm in a hurry to re-live, but doesn't make them any less wonderful to me. Whatever it is though, these experiences are here for you now. You put them on, you sit with them, so to speak, you live them. And then something else comes along. Some of it will be hard, unpleasant, involuntarily thrust upon you, not really what you wanted to do when you woke up that morning, but you get up and you do it anyway because it is life, whether you want to call it good or bad is up to you, but all of it is life and without it, there's no reason to be here. The only way out is through.
+
+That's what I was thinking about walking through the damp cold dreary world of Patrick's Point, at least when I wasn't concentrating on the sound of cars to avoid being run over by insane California drivers. I also thought about the millions of people all over the world (most of them women) who were also at that very moment walking further than me to get water. And they have to do it again tomorrow. I don't have to walk for water, I don't have to beg for food. I don't really have any problems at all, just a burned out coil of wire that needed to be replaced. No big deal.
+
+I also thought about how if I were in the south someone would have stopped to give me a ride before I made it a mile. Everywhere we've been recently has served to reinforce something I already knew: the only place still alive in America is the south.
+
+I made it to the bus station about half an hour ahead of the bus, time enough to grab some pastor tacos from the gas station, which was way better than you're thinking. I have my beefs with California -- lots of beefs in fact -- but damn if you can't get a decent taco at a gas station. Eventually the bus showed up only ten minutes late, which is almost Germanicly on-time by the LA public transport standards I grew up with. I made it to the airport, picked up the car, drove to Eureka, bought an alternator and drove back in time for dinner.
+
+The next day I installed the alternator and took the bus for a drive to charge the batteries. It wasn't enough to stop us from needing to conserve energy, but it kept us afloat a little longer, it got us out of our energy jam. It got us through. And that's all we really need. Eventually the sun even came out for day.
+
+<img src="images/2017/2017-10-30_172400_patricks-point.jpg" id="image-951" class="picwide" />
+<img src="images/2017/2017-10-30_172924_patricks-point.jpg" id="image-953" class="picwide" />
+<img src="images/2017/2017-10-30_173651_patricks-point.jpg" id="image-954" class="picwide" />
+<img src="images/2017/2017-10-30_154657_patricks-point.jpg" id="image-947" class="picwide" />
+<img src="images/2017/2017-10-30_163418_patricks-point.jpg" id="image-949" class="picwide" />
+<img src="images/2017/2017-10-30_161506_patricks-point.jpg" id="image-948" class="picwide" />
+<img src="images/2017/2017-10-31_160655_patricks-point.jpg" id="image-955" class="picwide" />
+
+[^1]: I have ridden the bus in 16 countries, reading over bus schedules through the fog of half a dozen different language barriers and I've never had so difficult at time as I have at every bus stop in the U.S -- MTA New York being the notable exception to that rule.
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I came up with something I thought was pretty good: take highway 266 west from Gold Point, grab highway 168, go over the White Mountains, drop down into Big Pine and follow 395 up to my aunt and uncle’s house up in Wellington. It seems simple when you type it out. I bet it made the gods chuckle anyway.</p> +<div class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-09-28_115350_bishop.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-09-28_115350_bishop_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-09-28_115350_bishop_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-09-28_115350_bishop_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-09-28_115350_bishop_picwide-med.jpg" alt="driving in nevada photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-09-28_115350_bishop.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > + </a> +</div> + +<p>Highway 266 was uneventful, a little climb up into the White Mountains, through a ghost town and down into a small town called Oasis. It was when we turned on 168 that we got some hints of what was to come. The signs read steep, winding roads ahead. Okay, no biggie, probably. Then there was a sign that said one lane road ahead, trucks not recommended. But we’re on a two digit state highway in California, those don’t narrow down to one lane. I thought maybe it meant there was no passing lane. It did not mean that.</p> +<p>Up and over the second pass was not too bad either, though it was the windiest road we’ve been on. Down the back side despite my best efforts at downshifting the brakes started to smell. We took a break to let them rest and enjoy the view. Of absolute nothing. Excepting perhaps some portions of route 50 (the so-called loneliest highway) route 168 is the most remote road I’ve ever been on. There’s no civilization for its entire run over the White Mountains. Just empty desert and one lone building set way back from the road with a huge sign that says “no telephone available.” The only other vehicles we saw were a few empty hay trucks driving way too fast for the road.</p> +<p>We had snack and a road work crew we’d passed up the mountain came down and pulled into the same turnout we were in. I took the opportunity to ask them about the next pass. They seemed to think we’d be fine, though one of them did say, “there’s one part we call the narrows, it’s only one lane through there.” I just stared at him for a minute. “Seriously?” “Seriously.” “Don’t tell my wife that.”</p> +<p>We said goodbye and hit the road again. Climbing the third pass I started to smell that sweet smell of radiator fluid and pulled into the next turn out. The bus sat boiling over for a bit, maybe a quart, and then it stopped. We climbed out to sit for a while and consider our options. Except that there weren’t any really. With no cell reception to call a tow truck, no real way to turn around, and no where else to go even if we did, we had to get over the pass. At one point an older gentleman on a Harley stopped at see if we were okay. We chatted for a bit and he told us the top of the pass was only about four or five miles ahead, which was encouraging.</p> +<figure class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/20170928_121417.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/20170928_121417_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/20170928_121417_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/20170928_121417_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/20170928_121417_picwide-med.jpg" alt="overheated photographed by Corrinne Gilbertson" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/20170928_121417.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" data-jslghtbx-caption="Overheating. Again."> + </a> +<figcaption>Overheating. Again. | image by Corrinne Gilbertson</figcaption> +</figure> + +<p>After an hour or so the bus, and I, had cooled enough to tackle the pass again. And the Harley guy turned out to be right. It wasn’t that bad and we didn’t overheat again. Shortly after the top of Westguard Pass though with very little warning the road did indeed become one lane. It turned out to be less than half a mile, just a stretch where they simply couldn’t blast the cut any wider. Fortunately we didn’t meet any hay trucks going through.</p> +<p>The downhill grade on the other side of the pass was 10 percent all the way down which had us stopping to rest the brakes four or five times, but eventually, around dinner time, we finally made it to Big Pine. </p> +<figure class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-09-28_162100_bishop.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-09-28_162100_bishop_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-09-28_162100_bishop_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-09-28_162100_bishop_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-09-28_162100_bishop_picwide-med.jpg" alt="overheated photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-09-28_162100_bishop.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" data-jslghtbx-caption="Resting the brakes."> + </a> +<figcaption>Resting the brakes.</figcaption> +</figure> + +<p>We grabbed some gas and found a small county park with no one in it. Perfect way to end a long day. We parked for the night in the shadow of the High Sierra and ate dinner looking up at the mountains.</p> +<div class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-10-01_090912_bishop.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-01_090912_bishop_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-01_090912_bishop_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-01_090912_bishop_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-01_090912_bishop_picwide-med.jpg" alt="The High Sierrra photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-10-01_090912_bishop.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > + </a> +</div> + +<div class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/20170928_181253.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/20170928_181253_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/20170928_181253_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/20170928_181253_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/20170928_181253_picwide-med.jpg" alt="Big Pine high sierra photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/20170928_181253.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > + </a> +</div> + +<p>Our plan for the next day was to check out the Laws Railroad Museum and then head to a local hot spring. Every morning while the bus warms up I walk around it and check things out, make sure all windows and vents are closed, no fluids are leaking and so on. This morning the rear wheel well caught my eye. It seemed someone closer to the wheels than I’d ever noticed. But that’s virtually impossible, how often do axles move? Has to be my imagination. I walked around the other side. Not my imagination. I crawled under and saw this:</p> +<div class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/IMG_20170929_091850014.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/IMG_20170929_091850014_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/IMG_20170929_091850014_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/IMG_20170929_091850014_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/IMG_20170929_091850014_picwide-med.jpg" alt="broken bus photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/IMG_20170929_091850014.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > + </a> +</div> + +<p>That’s when I called my uncle. He’s already helped me fix a few thing via the phone. I sent over some pictures and he told me what to do, but I had neither tools nor jack to do it so he offered to come down and help. A couple hours later had some bolts, some beer and something like a plan. Or at least he did. I had hope.</p> +<p>And the next day we did it. Or my uncle did anyway. We lifted the bus with a grossly underpowered jack, pounded on the spring joint until it slowly slid back into place and then we put new bolts in. It was a long day, but we got it done. Thanks again Ron.</p> +<p>The kids, generally oblivious to our breakdowns, found plenty of mud to get them through the day.</p> +<div class="cluster"> + + <a href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-09-30_161835_bishop.jpg" title="view larger image "> + <img class=" " sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-09-30_161835_bishop_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-09-30_161835_bishop_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-09-30_161835_bishop_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-09-30_161835_bishop_picwide-med.jpg" alt="playing in the mud photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-09-30_161835_bishop.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" ></a> + + +<span class="row-2"> + + + <a href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/20170930_143614.jpg" title="view larger image (photo by Corrinne Gilbertson)"> + <img class="pic66 " src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/20170930_143614_pic66.jpg" alt="playing in campground photographed by Corrinne Gilbertson" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/20170930_143614.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" ></a> + + + + + <a href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/20170930_143604.jpg" title="view larger image (photo by Corrinne Gilbertson)"> + <img class="pic66 " src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/20170930_143604_pic66.jpg" alt="playing in campground photographed by Corrinne Gilbertson" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/20170930_143604.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" ></a> + + +</span> + + + <a href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-09-30_163026_bishop.jpg" title="view larger image "> + <img class=" " sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-09-30_163026_bishop_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-09-30_163026_bishop_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-09-30_163026_bishop_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-09-30_163026_bishop_picwide-med.jpg" alt="playing in campground photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-09-30_163026_bishop.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" ></a> + + +<span class="row-2"> + + +<figure class="pic66"> + <a href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/20170928_180308.jpg" title="view larger image "> + <img class=" " src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/20170928_180308_pic66.jpg" alt="playing in campground photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/20170928_180308.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" data-jslghtbx-caption="Snorkel costumes. We really need to get back to the beach."></a> +<figcaption>Snorkel costumes. We really need to get back to the beach.</figcaption> +</figure> + + + + + <a href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/20170929_115229_Vbt4mZF.jpg" title="view larger image (photo by Corrinne Gilbertson)"> + <img class="pic66 " src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/20170929_115229_Vbt4mZF_pic66.jpg" alt="playing in campground photographed by Corrinne Gilbertson" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/20170929_115229_Vbt4mZF.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" ></a> + + +</span> + + + <a href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-10-01_090912_bishop.jpg" title="view larger image "> + <img class=" " sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-01_090912_bishop_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-01_090912_bishop_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-01_090912_bishop_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-01_090912_bishop_picwide-med.jpg" alt="The High Sierrra photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-10-01_090912_bishop.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" ></a> + + + + + <a href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/20170928_184719.jpg" title="view larger image "> + <img class=" " sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/20170928_184719_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/20170928_184719_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/20170928_184719_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/20170928_184719_picwide-med.jpg" alt="reading photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/20170928_184719.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" ></a> + + +</div> + +<p>After that adventure we finally made it to the Laws Railroad Museum, which turned out to be a lot of fun for the kids, plenty of stuff to climb on, in and round and no one to tell them not to. Well, except for one old crone volunteering in the station house who proceeded to chastise the children before they were hardly in the door. I turned around and walked out because if I’d stayed I’d have involuntarily backhanded her. I sat on the porch listening to her tell visitors a completely false story about the origin of the Murphy bed. Some people I don’t know, they won’t leave you alone.</p> +<div class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-10-01_140243_bishop.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-01_140243_bishop_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-01_140243_bishop_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-01_140243_bishop_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-01_140243_bishop_picwide-med.jpg" alt="laws railroad museum photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-10-01_140243_bishop.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > + </a> +</div> + +<div class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" 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+<figcaption>Specialization is for insects.</figcaption> +</figure> + +<div class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-10-01_140133_bishop.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-01_140133_bishop_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-01_140133_bishop_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-01_140133_bishop_picwide.jpg 2880w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-01_140133_bishop_featured_jrnl.jpg 520w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-01_140133_bishop_picwide-med.jpg" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-01_140133_bishop_picwide.jpg" alt="The High Sierrra photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-10-01_140133_bishop.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > + </a> +</div> + +<p>That afternoon we trekked over to Keough Hot Springs. There are a lot of hot springs in this part of the country, but not many of them have a really cool old pool. We ended up spending the night and the kids and I spent all afternoon in the pool.</p> +<figure class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-10-01_190450_bishop.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-01_190450_bishop_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-01_190450_bishop_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-01_190450_bishop_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-10-01_190450_bishop_picwide-med.jpg" alt="keough hot springs photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-10-01_190450_bishop.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" data-jslghtbx-caption="Most of the appeal of Keough Hot Springs was this pool, built in 1912."> + </a> +<figcaption>Most of the appeal of Keough Hot Springs was this pool, built in 1912.</figcaption> +</figure> + </div> + + </article> + + + <div class="nav-wrapper"> + <nav id="page-navigation" class="page-border-top"> + <ul> + <li id="prev"><span class="bl">Previous:</span> + <a href="/jrnl/2017/09/ghost-town" rel="prev" title=" Ghost Town">Ghost Town</a> + </li> + <li id="next"><span class="bl">Next:</span> + <a href="/jrnl/2017/10/dialed-in" rel="next" title=" Dialed In">Dialed In</a> + </li> + </ul> + </nav> + </div> + + + + + + +<p class="comments--header">3 Comments</p> + + + + + + + <div class="comments--wrapper"> + + <div id="comment-2810" class="comment"> + <noscript class="datahashloader" data-hash="default"> + <img class="gravatar" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/gravcache/default.jpg" alt="gravatar icon for Jeena" /> + </noscript> + <div class="comment--head"> + <span class="who"><b><a href="https://jeena.net" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jeena</a></b></span> + <span class="when">October 29, 2017 at 4:02 a.m.</span> + </div> + + <div class="comment--body"> + + <p>I love your long posts with many pictures. Although I often don’t really read the text because the pictures alone tell a comprehensive story already :)</p> + + </div> + </div> + + <div id="comment-2839" class="comment"> + <noscript class="datahashloader" data-hash="default"> + <img class="gravatar" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/gravcache/default.jpg" alt="gravatar icon for Drew" /> + </noscript> + <div class="comment--head"> + <span class="who"><b>Drew</b></span> + <span class="when">November 15, 2017 at 12:57 p.m.</span> + </div> + + <div class="comment--body"> + + <p>Do you just stay pissed off? That lady would of had it coming.</p> + + </div> + </div> + + <div id="comment-2840" class="comment"> + <noscript class="datahashloader" data-hash="d64f4854965b2b1c3ecafee4b2a66fac"> + <img class="gravatar" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/gravcache/d64f4854965b2b1c3ecafee4b2a66fac.jpg" alt="gravatar icon for Scott" /> + </noscript> + <div class="comment--head"> + <span class="who"><b><a href="https://luxagraf.net/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Scott</a></b></span> + <span class="when">November 15, 2017 at 1:07 p.m.</span> + </div> + + <div class="comment--body"> + + <p>@Drew-</p> +<p>I walked out because if I’d stayed I’d punched her in the face and we live in times when that is not acceptable. 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I came up with something I thought was pretty good: take highway 266 west from Gold Point, grab highway 168, go over the White Mountains, drop down into Big Pine and follow 395 up to my aunt and uncle's house up in Wellington. It seems simple when you type it out. I bet it made the gods chuckle anyway.
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+<img src="images/2017/2017-09-28_115350_bishop.jpg" id="image-881" class="picwide" />
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+Highway 266 was uneventful, a little climb up into the White Mountains, through a ghost town and down into a small town called Oasis. It was when we turned on 168 that we got some hints of what was to come. The signs read steep, winding roads ahead. Okay, no biggie, probably. Then there was a sign that said one lane road ahead, trucks not recommended. But we're on a two digit state highway in California, those don't narrow down to one lane. I thought maybe it meant there was no passing lane. It did not mean that.
+
+Up and over the second pass was not too bad either, though it was the windiest road we've been on. Down the back side despite my best efforts at downshifting the brakes started to smell. We took a break to let them rest and enjoy the view. Of absolute nothing. Excepting perhaps some portions of route 50 (the so-called loneliest highway) route 168 is the most remote road I've ever been on. There's no civilization for its entire run over the White Mountains. Just empty desert and one lone building set way back from the road with a huge sign that says "no telephone available." The only other vehicles we saw were a few empty hay trucks driving way too fast for the road.
+
+We had snack and a road work crew we'd passed up the mountain came down and pulled into the same turnout we were in. I took the opportunity to ask them about the next pass. They seemed to think we'd be fine, though one of them did say, "there's one part we call the narrows, it's only one lane through there." I just stared at him for a minute. "Seriously?" "Seriously." "Don't tell my wife that."
+
+We said goodbye and hit the road again. Climbing the third pass I started to smell that sweet smell of radiator fluid and pulled into the next turn out. The bus sat boiling over for a bit, maybe a quart, and then it stopped. We climbed out to sit for a while and consider our options. Except that there weren't any really. With no cell reception to call a tow truck, no real way to turn around, and no where else to go even if we did, we had to get over the pass. At one point an older gentleman on a Harley stopped at see if we were okay. We chatted for a bit and he told us the top of the pass was only about four or five miles ahead, which was encouraging.
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+<img src="images/2017/20170928_121417.jpg" id="image-894" class="picwide caption" />
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+After an hour or so the bus, and I, had cooled enough to tackle the pass again. And the Harley guy turned out to be right. It wasn't that bad and we didn't overheat again. Shortly after the top of Westguard Pass though with very little warning the road did indeed become one lane. It turned out to be less than half a mile, just a stretch where they simply couldn't blast the cut any wider. Fortunately we didn't meet any hay trucks going through.
+
+The downhill grade on the other side of the pass was 10 percent all the way down which had us stopping to rest the brakes four or five times, but eventually, around dinner time, we finally made it to Big Pine.
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+<img src="images/2017/2017-09-28_162100_bishop.jpg" id="image-884" class="picwide caption" />
+
+We grabbed some gas and found a small county park with no one in it. Perfect way to end a long day. We parked for the night in the shadow of the High Sierra and ate dinner looking up at the mountains.
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+<img src="images/2017/2017-10-01_090912_bishop.jpg" id="image-883" class="picwide" />
+<img src="images/2017/20170928_181253.jpg" id="image-896" class="picwide" />
+
+Our plan for the next day was to check out the Laws Railroad Museum and then head to a local hot spring. Every morning while the bus warms up I walk around it and check things out, make sure all windows and vents are closed, no fluids are leaking and so on. This morning the rear wheel well caught my eye. It seemed someone closer to the wheels than I'd ever noticed. But that's virtually impossible, how often do axles move? Has to be my imagination. I walked around the other side. Not my imagination. I crawled under and saw this:
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+<img src="images/2017/IMG_20170929_091850014.jpg" id="image-902" class="picwide" />
+
+That's when I called my uncle. He's already helped me fix a few thing via the phone. I sent over some pictures and he told me what to do, but I had neither tools nor jack to do it so he offered to come down and help. A couple hours later had some bolts, some beer and something like a plan. Or at least he did. I had hope.
+
+And the next day we did it. Or my uncle did anyway. We lifted the bus with a grossly underpowered jack, pounded on the spring joint until it slowly slid back into place and then we put new bolts in. It was a long day, but we got it done. Thanks again Ron.
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+The kids, generally oblivious to our breakdowns, found plenty of mud to get them through the day.
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+After that adventure we finally made it to the Laws Railroad Museum, which turned out to be a lot of fun for the kids, plenty of stuff to climb on, in and round and no one to tell them not to. Well, except for one old crone volunteering in the station house who proceeded to chastise the children before they were hardly in the door. I turned around and walked out because if I'd stayed I'd have involuntarily backhanded her. I sat on the porch listening to her tell visitors a completely false story about the origin of the Murphy bed. Some people I don't know, they won't leave you alone.
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+
+That afternoon we trekked over to Keough Hot Springs. There are a lot of hot springs in this part of the country, but not many of them have a really cool old pool. We ended up spending the night and the kids and I spent all afternoon in the pool.
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