Friday, January 8
Sunshine returns to our camp in southeastern California! Yesterday’s cold and grey clouds are gone.
The crew and I make up for a day indoors with a long and brisk walk together.
Bridget and Reggie trot side-by-side
While following the two canine hineys, I tackle heavy thinking.
Such as, what shall we do today?
A sun-warmed home and a second cup of coffee await
First of all, we have to soak up some rays.
Reggie attacks a chew bone. Bridget keeps a sharp eye on the camera.
Time to rest and play
I settle into the lounger and work on a second cup of coffee.
Hmm. . . . We’re almost out of water. The fresh water tank is empty and only two of the one-gallon jugs are full.
Reggie never lets me sit long without jumping into my lap.
I get up and rummage around in the PTV until I find the bag that contains the funnel. Then I empty those two gallons into the fresh water tank.
A funnel with a bendable spout is handy for this purpose
“Okay, pups. In you go! We need water.”
The Perfect Tow Vehicle carries us south on Ogilby Road to Interstate 8.
RVs clustered along Ogilby Road, Winterhaven, California
I can see Algodones Dunes on the horizon as we board the interstate and go west.
Interstate 8 between Yuma, Arizona and El Centro, California
The speed limit for two-axle vehicles on the interstate is 75 mph. The PTV doesn’t often have a chance to show her stuff. She’s either towing and kept at the 55 mph speed limit or she’s on the streets of a town running errands.
I push her up to 75.
This’ll do her good!
Wires and posts and fences and posts and wires and creosote and Algodones Dunes
We exit at Gray’s Well.
I make a quick turn-around as this is a fee area for the RVers who camp here with their motorized toys.
Gosh, it’s hard to take a photo without wires in it!
Gray’s Well at Imperial Dunes Recreation Area, California
White seems to be the color of choice with this crowd!
Unloading for a weekend of fun on the dunes!
We return to the interstate.
The next exit is a rest stop that has water spigots and trash dumpsters. It’s a tricky exit because the rest stop is between the east and west lanes which means we exit on the left side of the road.
Truckers stop here to catch some sleep.
The rest area is in shabby condition.
This is the worst I’ve ever seen it, and, in my experience, it’s never been tip-top. The big cottonwood trees have been cut down. Someone left their trash where they dropped it, rather than take it over to one of the nearby dumpsters.
It’s hard to figure why people do stuff like this.
Oh, well, the water is good.
I pull up to the spigot and unload twelve empties from the passenger side of the PTV. Reggie peers out. Bridget knows the drill.
A wheelbarrow full of gravel dumped here would make a major improvement.
I set down a piece of wood to keep from stepping my Bearpaw boots in mud. The water pressure is high and soon all the jugs are filled and loaded into the PTV in front of the passenger seat.
Twelve gallons will do us for a while.
This trucker is a long way from home!
I wonder what it’s like in Billings, Montana, today.
On the way out of the rest area, I toss a bag of trash in the dumpster. We zip eastward on the interstate and soon we’re on Ogilby Road again, passing the camps of fellow RVers.
I turn onto the lane that leads to our camp.
Gee, almost everyone has left. There’s that one guy in a van and the other guy in the Class A . . . .
Bridget and Reggie look out the windows.
The difference in ride on the sandy lane after paved Ogilby Road alerts the crew that we’re almost home. The scene ahead of us causes me to put on the brakes and pick up the camera.
Cargo Muchacho Mountains under a blue sky and “painted” clouds
“We’re home!”
The Best Little Trailer
I park the PTV next to the BLT’s tongue and plug her in. I lift the crew to the ground and we go inside for a late lunch.
“Well, that’s enough work for one day!”
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