Missing What ?

Several people asked me if I would miss living on the boat and being next to the Pacific Ocean. I was born in Los Angeles and grew up in Santa Monica. I lived on Tenth Street and at night you could hear the fog horn on the pier or the waves crashing if the surf was big. Yes, there are certain things that are not available from the mountains of Arizona. One is an ocean but the Gulf of California is about 250 miles away but since I don't have a passport or a stand up paddle board anymore I will pass.

Negative problems about on-boat living is storage. Before I move out from under a house roof I had several yard sales and got rid of lots of things. After a couple of years my bicycle inventory got smaller. Then for around a year I moved to South Pasadena to live with my daughter. Then my bicycle collection started growing again. I restored my Paramount and Bob Jackson. Upgraded an English Bike that had been left behind by the previous owner,

My dog digging for moles

The English bike was then stolen from in front of my boat and the marina could not figure out how to operate the dock cameras. 

He loves to dig

When we lived on the boat shore power would fail from time to time or the power cord would melt down. While entering this blog it started to rain here in Arizona and the white clouds look very large. Then the power in the ranch house quit, no A/C. 

More dirt

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My lap top was fully charged and my 4G Verizon does need A/C until the battery runs low/ I try to keep all my stuff charged.

Road Kill

Since I only have a flashlight I must close soon. The thunder is getting closer and louder too,

Turkey Vulture

More rain and thunder.

6 foot wind span

Bandwidth

Last August I left California and moved to Arizona. Several trips back and forth at 500 miles each way was a total pain in the pocket and ass. Gas prices were cheaper in Arizona but the traffic in the Los Angeles traffic jungle are painful.

Yucca at sunrise

In Arizona I have Direct TV and can watch the morning news. We (my two dogs) are several hours drive from the Interstate 10 and the morning traffic reports. All of this reporting in a waste of time as where I am we don't even have a traffic signal and the country road is at the end. 

my house

The pictures here are entirely random as I need to do some planning.

My connection to the internet is through a Verizon phone that has a mobile hot spot. It is not surper fast but it does work. On the Telly several vendors are pushing for DSL sales but I am beyond their reach. 

spring flowers

The elevation here is 4250 feet and the mountain across the way is 2 thousand higher. This winter it snowed several times breaking some snowfall records. 

Court House Butte

Since I moved here I bought a 29 inch bike on EBay that was a total POS, then other one that was much better but the front shocks needed upgrading. So I got the upgrade discount and the front fork was tapered so my headset didn't work. I made a bushing out of discarded copper wire and it kinda worked but not very well. 

So after much wasted time I bought a Marin hard tail bare bone frame. It took quite a while to build it using parts from another bike but now it is almost finished, no bicycle is ever finished.

Big Dog in Creek

Another waste is television trying to sell me something I can't buy. The Village of Oak Creek which is 2 miles away has a Subway and a Wendy. No Starbucks, no Big Macs, No Taco Bell but three bicycle stores.

second 29 inch

My mailing address says Sedona but It is a ten mile drive to get there. Cottonwood is 22 miles if you drive through Cornville on the way to Wally Mart.

Flagstaff is an hour drive away.