This morning dawned cloudy and cold, not freezing cold but in the mid-40s....I got out of bed at 6:30, not for the usual reason, but to see if I could get a sunrise picture. The clouds were simply too thick. Needless to say, it has not been a good day for charging my batteries, but at least they were full when I got up this morning, so I started my day with full batteries
I believe these thick clouds are part of the storms hitting California, dumping a bunch of rain and snow on the mountains, then spreading east toward Arizona and New Mexico, all of which is supposedly caused by the Naughty Niño. If it is, then this will be part of my life for a while. A few days of sunshine and a few days of clouds, hopefully with enough sunshine to charge up and not like the Winter I had last year, when sunshine was hard to come by and cloudy days were the story of my life.
Theboondork
A strange thing! Yesterday morning, the people in the travel trailer just down the road from me left. Since their camping spot was closer to the lake than mine, I took the opportunity to move over. When I drove over, this is what I found lying on the picnic table….. It's hard to read because it apparently had been covered in frost, but it says, "To the next, happy trails. Safe travels.” Asa. And two homemade necklaces lay on the paper. I don't know exactly what it means or who it was meant for, but I think it says a lot about people who live this full-timing lifestyle and boondockers in particular.
It’s kinda hard to get to the lake's edge, since this is mostly what it looks like. It’s great for critters to live and hide in, but not so great for folks who like to take snapshots of them.
I'm surprised to see geese flying here from Canada, since the president of Canada (I think his name is Art Carney) or some other comedian has put a "migration tariff" on birds flying into America, requiring each goose to stop at the border and pay $1.
Since the geese don't have pockets to carry money, they’re forced to sneak over the border and arrive in America penniless, and currently sleeping on the streets of Los Angeles under a cardboard box.
Charities have tried to help the geese by giving them food, money, and a cell phone, but the problem of not having pockets continues to plague the geese, keeping them homeless and drug-addicted.
It makes me feel good to see sandhill cranes flying overhead.