Well
We was hoping for cooler weather when we got home, like maybe[rain]even
would be better than the high 90's. We had a great time, made some new friends
and some new ideas for next year.!!!! The Other Woman did pretty good considering
what she went thru and will get some TLC before she has to go out again.
THE END
Wednesday, September 11, 2013
Tuesday, September 10, 2013
The Other Woman and day 22
OK
I am going to back up just a little, I am always giving my co-pilot a bad time about
Casino's but she paid for part of trip last nite about 2800 green ones, maybe I will
start looking for casino's instead of finding roads around them !!!!!!
Today we made it as far as Cottage grove, was told our RV wasn't nice enough and
to old for their park which was in need of repairs its self, so we waved good by
and found a nicer & cheaper place up the road.
I like looking for old ghost towns and I knew Bohemia city was near, so off we went
maps in hand and a tank of gas up the row river we found the town of Dorena established
in 1896 but was flooded and had to be moved in 1946 when a damn was built in 1949
to create Dorena lake but that little country school is still in use up to 8th grade.We
missed a turn and ended up at fairview lookout at 5933 ft what a view and you can
rent it by the night { what a honey moon spot] she could really say she was in the
clouds] built in 1920 and some 50ft high OK back to the old town I found where
I went wrong, good thing its dry, a 4 wheel drive show about a mile of thats a long
ways down, can we get out of here etc we arrived at Bohemia city with a very well
built old store still standing, the Musick mine shaft was sealed off with a large
tailing pile out front with the mine cart tracks in need of repair but the shaft must
have been fairly long and misc mining stuff still there. would like to spend more
time there but its getting late wouldn't want to drive out in the dark without a set
of ear plugs
The Other Woman told me she is tied of this heat and is going to dump me if we
can't find a cooler place to hang out, homeward bound
LATER
I am going to back up just a little, I am always giving my co-pilot a bad time about
Casino's but she paid for part of trip last nite about 2800 green ones, maybe I will
start looking for casino's instead of finding roads around them !!!!!!
Today we made it as far as Cottage grove, was told our RV wasn't nice enough and
to old for their park which was in need of repairs its self, so we waved good by
and found a nicer & cheaper place up the road.
I like looking for old ghost towns and I knew Bohemia city was near, so off we went
maps in hand and a tank of gas up the row river we found the town of Dorena established
in 1896 but was flooded and had to be moved in 1946 when a damn was built in 1949
to create Dorena lake but that little country school is still in use up to 8th grade.We
missed a turn and ended up at fairview lookout at 5933 ft what a view and you can
rent it by the night { what a honey moon spot] she could really say she was in the
clouds] built in 1920 and some 50ft high OK back to the old town I found where
I went wrong, good thing its dry, a 4 wheel drive show about a mile of thats a long
ways down, can we get out of here etc we arrived at Bohemia city with a very well
built old store still standing, the Musick mine shaft was sealed off with a large
tailing pile out front with the mine cart tracks in need of repair but the shaft must
have been fairly long and misc mining stuff still there. would like to spend more
time there but its getting late wouldn't want to drive out in the dark without a set
of ear plugs
The Other Woman told me she is tied of this heat and is going to dump me if we
can't find a cooler place to hang out, homeward bound
LATER
Monday, September 9, 2013
The Other Woman and day 21
Today we did something we haven't did for a long time [keep it clean] get up
before daylight, grab a bite and head off for the early Shasta Damn tour. which
worked out great, a private tour, I could hear what the lady had to say, I don't
remember what she said but thats beside the point. The tour starts, half way
across the damn, a body search for bombs and etc, then you get on a elevator
and drop 600 and some feet {FORGOT} right to bottom of the damn which
is 883 feet thick, with almost 7 million cubic yards of concrete, 5 generators
capable of producing 710 megawatts and making it the largest reservoir in
Calif. but the second largest [ mass] damn in the united states, with washington
having the largest [mass] damn ----- ----- Hoover is taller but has half the
amount of concrete GREAT TOUR
OK the heat has won ,had a few more things on my to do list but I found a
sharp stick started poking the OTHER WOMAN fed her breakfast [Diesel]
and hit the HAUL ASS button for a cooler place and with the help of my
co-pilot we ended up at [you guessed it] 7 feathers casino, I had found a
short by pass road but she caught that, she is like a damn homing pigeon to
CASINO"S
Later hope it is raining
before daylight, grab a bite and head off for the early Shasta Damn tour. which
worked out great, a private tour, I could hear what the lady had to say, I don't
remember what she said but thats beside the point. The tour starts, half way
across the damn, a body search for bombs and etc, then you get on a elevator
and drop 600 and some feet {FORGOT} right to bottom of the damn which
is 883 feet thick, with almost 7 million cubic yards of concrete, 5 generators
capable of producing 710 megawatts and making it the largest reservoir in
Calif. but the second largest [ mass] damn in the united states, with washington
having the largest [mass] damn ----- ----- Hoover is taller but has half the
amount of concrete GREAT TOUR
OK the heat has won ,had a few more things on my to do list but I found a
sharp stick started poking the OTHER WOMAN fed her breakfast [Diesel]
and hit the HAUL ASS button for a cooler place and with the help of my
co-pilot we ended up at [you guessed it] 7 feathers casino, I had found a
short by pass road but she caught that, she is like a damn homing pigeon to
CASINO"S
Later hope it is raining
Sunday, September 8, 2013
The Other Woman and day 20
Today we said our fairwells to people we met at the park and more than likely
never see again. I woke up the other woman and had her move us a few miles
down the road which she did very willingly . As we were pulling into the Redding
Elks my co-pilot spotted one of our friends boat in the lot, its a small world.
We had to pickup the last of our booze order over at the Booze Barn so they
rode along and got some fire water for themselves out at the lake.
So on one of our trips we had ate at a Sonic's drive in but have been looking
for another one to settle a minor disagreement with the co- pilot as which had
a better burger IN & OUT or Sonic's I win IN & OUT
LATER
never see again. I woke up the other woman and had her move us a few miles
down the road which she did very willingly . As we were pulling into the Redding
Elks my co-pilot spotted one of our friends boat in the lot, its a small world.
We had to pickup the last of our booze order over at the Booze Barn so they
rode along and got some fire water for themselves out at the lake.
So on one of our trips we had ate at a Sonic's drive in but have been looking
for another one to settle a minor disagreement with the co- pilot as which had
a better burger IN & OUT or Sonic's I win IN & OUT
LATER
The Other Woman and day 19
Pretty quiet day, just sorta hung out and told a few lies, picked up most
of our stuff getting ready to head out for the not yet decided destination .
One of our friends here for the races seem s to be having a medicial
problem so her husband is looking for a place to get her checked out
in the morning .
The races are over for the year and they were probably the best they
have been for a few years, lots of action, with very little machenery
torn up
LATER
of our stuff getting ready to head out for the not yet decided destination .
One of our friends here for the races seem s to be having a medicial
problem so her husband is looking for a place to get her checked out
in the morning .
The races are over for the year and they were probably the best they
have been for a few years, lots of action, with very little machenery
torn up
LATER
Saturday, September 7, 2013
The Other Woman and day 18
Pretty quiet day, panned out my 5 gal bucket of rocks hoping for a gold nugget
but I did get some black sand witch generally found with fine gold.
Since we have been coming to this ELKS park we have never it full,and this
has created a problem with the warm weather every body wants to run all
their air conditioners ,not enough power ,1 trailer at the of the block ruined his
air conditioner and had to have a new one installed. Our new power management
system quit working and shut off all our power, so I had to wire around it to get
some power, but don,t want to take a chance and ruin a air conditioner without
the systems protection from low voltage warning and shut down.
The car count for the races is still way down, 10 years ago their was as high as
132 cars,this year about 62 cars but still put on a great show
LATER
but I did get some black sand witch generally found with fine gold.
Since we have been coming to this ELKS park we have never it full,and this
has created a problem with the warm weather every body wants to run all
their air conditioners ,not enough power ,1 trailer at the of the block ruined his
air conditioner and had to have a new one installed. Our new power management
system quit working and shut off all our power, so I had to wire around it to get
some power, but don,t want to take a chance and ruin a air conditioner without
the systems protection from low voltage warning and shut down.
The car count for the races is still way down, 10 years ago their was as high as
132 cars,this year about 62 cars but still put on a great show
LATER
Friday, September 6, 2013
The Other Woman and day 17
Hi there
Today we took a little road trip up Butte canyon to a old school house turned
into a museum ,that should have been open but was closed for some reason.
OK we are way up at the end of a dead end canyon now my Miners map shows
a old wagon road up to the town of Paradise where I would like to go to a
junk store that I had once visited, now this canyon has steep rock walls, with
Paradise about 2000 ft above us I found this old road at the end of a county road
with a sign that said[ travel at your own risk ] that should have been a clue but I
charged right up that thing with my old Jeep and 4 wheel drive it kept getting
steeper, sharper corners with NARROW switch backs ,no place to safely turn
a round,pedal to the metal dust and rocks flying I spotted a building at last as
I pulled up in front it was a damn casino but I had a different Co-Pilot this trip
and didn't have to stop.After that little trip it was time for another IN & OUT
burger an d head to the races which have been very good so far.
later
Today we took a little road trip up Butte canyon to a old school house turned
into a museum ,that should have been open but was closed for some reason.
OK we are way up at the end of a dead end canyon now my Miners map shows
a old wagon road up to the town of Paradise where I would like to go to a
junk store that I had once visited, now this canyon has steep rock walls, with
Paradise about 2000 ft above us I found this old road at the end of a county road
with a sign that said[ travel at your own risk ] that should have been a clue but I
charged right up that thing with my old Jeep and 4 wheel drive it kept getting
steeper, sharper corners with NARROW switch backs ,no place to safely turn
a round,pedal to the metal dust and rocks flying I spotted a building at last as
I pulled up in front it was a damn casino but I had a different Co-Pilot this trip
and didn't have to stop.After that little trip it was time for another IN & OUT
burger an d head to the races which have been very good so far.
later
Wednesday, September 4, 2013
The Other Woman and day 16
Well
Today has been a true retired persons day, get up, have breakfast, find somebody
in the park that wants to BS a wee bit, take the girls shopping, buy a couple extra
in & out burgers to sneak in the races tonight because they are so proud of thier
burgers. Hide the burgers in my co-pilots bag and see if she gets in ok, I sure
would hate to explain how those burgers got in my bag.
Tonight was the 1st of 4 nights of races with the 360's and Uni-sac cars[ wingless
sprint] cars the 410's run FRI-SAT night
LATER
Today has been a true retired persons day, get up, have breakfast, find somebody
in the park that wants to BS a wee bit, take the girls shopping, buy a couple extra
in & out burgers to sneak in the races tonight because they are so proud of thier
burgers. Hide the burgers in my co-pilots bag and see if she gets in ok, I sure
would hate to explain how those burgers got in my bag.
Tonight was the 1st of 4 nights of races with the 360's and Uni-sac cars[ wingless
sprint] cars the 410's run FRI-SAT night
LATER
Tuesday, September 3, 2013
The Other Woman and day 15
Well
Today we sorta gave ourselves a self guided tour of Chico, that sorta worked up
a little hunger so a Cost-Co dog sounded good and we had to finish our booze
run list ,as they were closed yesterday. Got the booze and my 2 dogs, was standing
in the condiment line, got 1 done started on my 2nd and this old guy [maybe 80]
just sorta pushed me out of the way, OK I have stood in this line for 5 minutes
as everybody else cause the 2nd condiment line had some problem. SO being
the nice guy I am, I politely told the guy if he didn't let me finish my dog he would
be wearing this hot dog and go to the back of the line like I started, he said something
and walked off without his [condiments ]. OLD PEOPLE
So we got back to the Elks just as our friends rolled in with their new to them Beaver
coach, they had stopped at the factory to have some problems taken care of 1 was
with the black water holding tank valve motor and some other electric problems OK
this was 3 days ago,as they rolled in I saw the black safety cap swing on the chain' but
when he went to dump the tanks, the switch must have shorted opened the valve
somewhere along the way and blew a fuse and yes dumped the black tank.
OK now we are going to unload the car from the trailer, loosen the back tie downs
he starts the car to pull it ahead to unhook the front strap, gets out of thecar, door
closes, car running,door locks , can't find spare key WHAT A DAY
LATER
Today we sorta gave ourselves a self guided tour of Chico, that sorta worked up
a little hunger so a Cost-Co dog sounded good and we had to finish our booze
run list ,as they were closed yesterday. Got the booze and my 2 dogs, was standing
in the condiment line, got 1 done started on my 2nd and this old guy [maybe 80]
just sorta pushed me out of the way, OK I have stood in this line for 5 minutes
as everybody else cause the 2nd condiment line had some problem. SO being
the nice guy I am, I politely told the guy if he didn't let me finish my dog he would
be wearing this hot dog and go to the back of the line like I started, he said something
and walked off without his [condiments ]. OLD PEOPLE
So we got back to the Elks just as our friends rolled in with their new to them Beaver
coach, they had stopped at the factory to have some problems taken care of 1 was
with the black water holding tank valve motor and some other electric problems OK
this was 3 days ago,as they rolled in I saw the black safety cap swing on the chain' but
when he went to dump the tanks, the switch must have shorted opened the valve
somewhere along the way and blew a fuse and yes dumped the black tank.
OK now we are going to unload the car from the trailer, loosen the back tie downs
he starts the car to pull it ahead to unhook the front strap, gets out of thecar, door
closes, car running,door locks , can't find spare key WHAT A DAY
LATER
Monday, September 2, 2013
The Other Woman and day 14
Well the dilema of the day, I had a propane tank that was empty so I
thought , well I will just go get it filled up,[wrong] well I just bought these
tanks a few years ago [wrong] try 11 and they need to be recertified at 10
years,after a couple failed attempts up town I rolled down to the other part
of town with my little buddy Mr. Ruger and got it filled no problem.Sure is
easy to waste away the day!!!!!!
Later
thought , well I will just go get it filled up,[wrong] well I just bought these
tanks a few years ago [wrong] try 11 and they need to be recertified at 10
years,after a couple failed attempts up town I rolled down to the other part
of town with my little buddy Mr. Ruger and got it filled no problem.Sure is
easy to waste away the day!!!!!!
Later
The Other Woman and day 13
Today I spent part of the morning cleaning the old jeep after our dirt road
adventure, if I would of sprayed a little water on the jeep I could of made
MUD balls, I haven't processed the concentrates I dug up yesterday yet.
Hell,I might have a flake of gold in those buckets.
This afternoon we drove up on Cohassett ridge to a old old junk store with
fair prices, found a real nice skill saw with a high dollar blade and several
other things for 35 green ones , NOT A BAD DAY
With the day being a bit cooler and 2 minutes of rain, yes rain it wasn't a
bad day a all
Later
adventure, if I would of sprayed a little water on the jeep I could of made
MUD balls, I haven't processed the concentrates I dug up yesterday yet.
Hell,I might have a flake of gold in those buckets.
This afternoon we drove up on Cohassett ridge to a old old junk store with
fair prices, found a real nice skill saw with a high dollar blade and several
other things for 35 green ones , NOT A BAD DAY
With the day being a bit cooler and 2 minutes of rain, yes rain it wasn't a
bad day a all
Later
Sunday, September 1, 2013
The Other Woman and day 12
Today we went prospecting, but maybe should have just went to a casino.
To start with I made a wrong turn and we went way out of our way. Then
the directions to the claim wern't the best and the area once we found
it wasn't any better than the direction . The drive up the Feather River
Canyon was very interesting and the engineering to get the R/R up
there was quite a feat. the highway is on one side of the canyon and
the R/R on the other with 4 hydro electric damns on a narrow canyon.
Later
To start with I made a wrong turn and we went way out of our way. Then
the directions to the claim wern't the best and the area once we found
it wasn't any better than the direction . The drive up the Feather River
Canyon was very interesting and the engineering to get the R/R up
there was quite a feat. the highway is on one side of the canyon and
the R/R on the other with 4 hydro electric damns on a narrow canyon.
Later
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