Well, we didn’t get as early a start as I had planned… But
we made it to Chimney Creek Campground about 12noon and pretty much had camp
set up by 2pm… Things are pretty primitive, but as expected extremely quiet… I’ll
be able to think lots of thoughts here and hopefully write most of them down… Not
just of our camping trip, but also about recent hospital stay… So stay tuned…
Though also as expected there’s no cell or internet service…
So there should be a good amount written by the time I can post these…
I hadn’t planned on the flies… I had planned on hiking
naked… But now long sleeves and pants are a necessity… Hoping the breeze picks
up to help keep the flies away and to cool things off… While cooler than Ramona
and certainly the desert we drove through to get here… It is also a lot hotter
than I anticipated it would be at 5700ft… I would rather write this in my
underwear, than long sleeves and pants… Yes, I know I said I planned on hiking
naked… But I never planned on sitting my bare ass on a wood bench to write
this… I’ve had enough slivers in my ass sliding down the bannister of
life…
I’m sure the nights will be cooler… But we may look for a
place even higher if the heat bothers the boys… So far they have marked the
boundaries of our camp and while Riley and Simon now rest in the shade… JJ is
reconnoitering farther away… We are all happy with Riley’s recovery… “The
Comeback Kid” has done it again…
I mentioned the desert heat we drove through to get here…
Unfortunately, there was no other direction to come from starting 5hrs south… I
did find it interesting to see road signs for “Coldcock Whiskey” in a place you
can sweat your balls off… Going to have to Google that when I get internet
access again…
Death Valley was only 112miles to our east during our drive
north on Route 395… We passed a place named Boron and just north of that a dirt
“highway” called “Twenty Mule Train Hwy”… Nuclear cowboy visions danced in my
head… I’m also pretty sure a famous cowboy said something about nuking an evil
empire…
I’ve taken a few campsite pictures and plan on getting some
during our morning hike tomorrow… They’ll all go up with these blogs, of
course… But, NO Ladies… NOT pictures of me hiking naked…
There’s a High Fire Warning… So no open campfires are
allowed… Which means the only open flame tonight will be the new bong I plan to
“christen” with some of the bottled water I brought along… At 5700ft… We don’t
need to be in Denver to be a “Mile High”…
Now the boys are telling me it’s time for their dinner… And
yes, probably mine, too… So for now I’ll say… “Happy Trails to You… Until I
Write Again…
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