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Just rolled over 11.000 trouble-free miles. Wife’s Mazda 6 just turned 300.000 miles, not a dime in it but scheduled maintenance. Our EV6. We had a RAV EV for 4+ years while participating in the Green Power Program. The Toyota EV Rep was Brad, one of those one in thousand great people you...

Wife and I recently did a cruise around Europe. Walking the Streets of Liverpool, Portsmouth and Cork we expected to see the usual Peugeots and Citroen's but were surprised at the popularity of the Right Hand Drive Ford Raptor both big and small. One owner told us the Broncos are over priced...

Next time I change one of my headlocks I’ll post pic. There are some hacks.

Conjecture based on speculation. Conclusion based on hate.

We haven’t spotted the space station yet. Bizarre here on the dry lake. Voices in camps 1000 yards away with the wind to their back sound like they are in our camp. Lots of Jeep clubs rolling through before the extreme heat hits. One destination is usually a stop for lunch at the Goodsprings...

The mili second we click send, the page appears. We’ve been pined down with severe winds and the Starlink net, phones and streaming has been amazing. Wife’s zoom meetings with her hospital flawless. Out of Spec EV You Tube channel attaches it inside test vehicles on the glass roof and it...

It is soo cool to see the satellites buzzing across the night sky that the Starlink is communicating with:

Moved to the OHV trails just outside Las Vegas: Visiting Grandma Axehandle in town while camped out here.

It’s the “unique cooling system” we need to know more about.

The Super strap is a dandy to carry along too or instead. They “weave” at connecting points are are fantastic. Found under different brand names and pricy$$. We were cruising along doing fine and Google maps said turn at the next road. Confidently turned and in 50 feet were axels deep in...

From time to time people wander up to our camp and they are stuck. Rental motor homes, the Subaru “asymmetrical ” 4WD commercials convinced owners they can go anyplace and they end up stuck body pan deep in blow sand or mud. High-centered on the road berm tourists in rentals didn’t judge...

Low nightime light pollution in the Death Valley sky so we use the Free star gazer app on the phone. Ya simply scan the sky and it identifies stars, galaxies, planets, the space station, Starlink and other Satellites. Fantastic.

A run to Memorial Mountain passing a massive, still very active placer gold mining operation. Placer is “Salt & Pepper” gold mining. Nuggets are still found and traditional mine shafts following veins are in this vast area. Spotted along the trail: As you roll through various trails you pass...

Smoked some ribs with the Snows BBQ mop and Cherry Wood smoke. Always offer a side to neighboring campers.

I took 6 bags into town to the gas station dumpster. Arrived just after the owner got robbed. Sad ?

A popular run is to the Husky Monument. Jim Erickson passed away and friends mounted his motorcycle in memory of his passing. Others have set memorials in memory of their lost friends In route the fish pond is a popular stop too: Tonka town a vast layout on the Desert floor: Barbie Bunny...

Drinks with OHV friends at the Joint Shirlies for the DD’s:

Wife likes to venture way way out and check on water “guzzlers.” They percolate up water year round collected from rain for the wildlife. Amazing how they work and more amazing they work at all.

Nahh, same reason those astronauts were left stranded.