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It was interesting to recently see that the BBC (British Broadcasting Company) picked up and published on-line a story dated June 22, 2012 about a Yuma, AZ man who was crushed by a falling saguaro cactus in the Yuma, Arizona area. The story must have originated from a wire report or the local Yuma papers [...]
Names have been changed to protect the innocent and anonymous. I have a one track mind. Lately, all I did was think about sleep and getting ready for sleep. I was moving slowly, feeling a chill, and noticing the sun setting a little earlier each day, telling me the clock-changing time was soon here. Oh, [...]
Anza-Borrego Desert State Park: Summer, 2011: – There was a faint but growing orange glow on the horizon. The glow added an orange tint to the eastern facing layered sedimentary rocks of the Borrego Badlands. If I was a little taller, I probably would have been able to see the Salton Sea from here. Sunrise [...]
I’m no bowler, but I do know that a 7-10 split usually sucks. I’ve recently noticed this split. Pin #7, @Trona National Monument, CA Photo taken 8/31/2008 Conditions: 115F with 100% chance of sandstorm… *** Pin #10, @ Christmas Tree Pass Road, NV (near Laughlin, Nevada) Photo taken 9/2/2011 Conditions: 95F with 100% chance of [...]
Roy’s Cafe and Motel in Amboy, California, is legendary. First, it was the place to stop on Route 66 between Kingman, Arizona and Los Angeles. In the 70′s, Interstate 40 through the Mojave Desert was finished and Amboy went from being a roadside stop to being 12 miles, each way, out of the way. Amboy [...]
Everybody loves the wild burros in and around Oatman, AZ. Those burros have practically free reign of the town, are given controlled and regulated diets, and can always find shade from the summer sun. They are also lavished with affection from tourist kids. People drive to little, out-of-the-way, Oatman just to see the town’s burros. [...]
continued… I squeezed my way in between two barstools occupied by women because that usually prevented some freak from sideling up next to me and making some lame move. I ordered my usual Kettle One over ice. The bartender said they did not have Kettle One. “I guess I still live in the late [...]
So this guy asked me whether I played golf. I had no idea why he asked me this. He probably learned at some expensive networking class to open-up a business-mixer conversation with a non-business related question. That was what they taught me at the class I had to go to. I said, “not regularly, “ [...]
Borrego Springs, CA: It has been reported that a little black truck has made it safely out of the very large Split Mountain Canyon. The truck was spotted as far south as Oyster Shell Wash before being seen turning around and returning to Split Mountain Road via Fish Creek Wash. The driver of the truck [...]
…ain’t as completely miserable as some say. Horseback Riding on the beach above Fort Bragg, CA May 2006 Time really flies…
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