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More Rancho, and then the dregs of the album
On the I-10 30 miles east of Indio a white Pathfinder driven by a hype skying on heroin rammed into the Geo. The car rolled three or four times (accounts vary) and although it was an E-ticket I slept through it all. I woke up covered in blood and broken glass, and surrounded by strangers in yellow slickers who took me to Indio emergency. Superficial wounds for me, but finis for the Geo.
Defunct cadre
My first Cessna 150 somewhere in Alaska
whoring in Jamaica
Homestead solar array. Too much trouble, too expensive, for me.
The Clampett-mobile on the road to the Tukes homestead. It's a Volks bug turned into pickup.
Shack I came across while working as a volunteer BLM wilderness ranger
Petit Canard on the Sacramento. Purchased at auction for $300.
Not the right car for this, but it's what I had. I'm taking tires from a dump for use in building the shade ramada.
Leaf armor
This guy lives in a tipi near Ukiah.
Snooty woman
My version of a heat chimney was blown off in a storm. But the idea is probably good.
Canterbury coot. I backpacked through England for a few months.
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Mosquito abatement. The homesteader is going to need some cash, which means a temp job of some kind. This was outside work, loosely supervised, and the results hard to quantify.
Sun juice
Rancho bath house
Party at Skip's
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The reality check here is that I never had enough water to fill the bath, and the pump for the fountain got fouled with sand. The so-called shower was a plastic wading pool and a pesticide sprayer.
Vegan Star. He lives in a hidden tent in the woods behind a major California university.
Chuckwalla High spirit team
All the homesteaders use evaporative coolers. This was my butt simple version. It worked okay.
This is the solar array for a year-around homestead. Too much trouble and expense for me. I used the car alternator to pump up a few extra batteries.
Interior of Grimes' tipi
The hobo descending into his buried trailer.
One pot cooking at the Rancho
Death Valley canyon
Beet Baily
Skip and Meg, Big Island
Girl reading, with bicycle
The King Canute, a Cal 25
Chuckwalla Ride
Chuckwalla Massage Parlor
Pioneer Park. Very peaceful. A guy could spend some time here.
