West on Tax Day!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!

I am working two days a week in the Visitor Center at the Salton Sea State Recreation Area located in the Southeast of California.  Also do other things around the park.  Have to change the doors on a refrigerator to open from the other side.  I got here Oct. 15 and plan to leave at the end of Feb.

I just sent in my finger prints for an FBI background check for the a job at the North Rim of the Grand Canyon next year.  May be two months before I hear from them again.  I am confident about getting the job.

If so, I would start around mid April and leave here at the end of Feb. giving me six weeks.  Current plans are to drive to Florida, then to KY, then to IN. and then to the Rim.

Would like to see as many as possible on the round trip.  I do not have my itinerary  together yet.. I want to do FL first before the weather starts to warm up. Drive will be 5,700 miles over the six weeks, glad to see gas prices going down!!. I will have to head west by the 15th of April.

The FBI wants my finger prints???

Got an email from Jim, the title work is done on the Suzuki, cost
about $100, not too bad,  he was able to "replace" the tag that was
used for my Yukon.  Saved me about $100.

Got a call for NPS,  Have to send in my finger prints for a background
check before I will be coincided further for the job next year.  Lot
to go through.  Still working on cleaning up my credit report.  Have a
lot of invalid address on it.

12/03/12

  Got an email from Earlene this AM offering her driveway.  May use that for
a few days too.  Also will spend some time in Lexington with Lee, and
Bloomington with Aaron.

Got a call for the park service,  asked if I still wanted the job, I
said yes so they are ready to do a background check.  Just one step
closer to the job.  I talked to one of the temps I worked with in '01
that must have gotten a job in personal.  He said he did not think
that RV spaces were available for next year so I may have to find a
place to  park in for a few months, hopefully in the park.

Solar, Solar, everywhere...

Been here a month now, goes rather quickly, and starting to get
settled in..  I will be here at least until the end of Jan.
and hope (I think) to get the summer job at the North Rim next summer.
 It will start mid April, and I may make a trip east during the break
between here and there.

Having problems with my Solar setup.  Fried a charge controller, its
just not big enough.  Ordered a new one and its not working.  Have to
send it back.  Will send the original one back to the factory for
repair/replacement,  I would be useful to someone. I have full hookups
here but would rather be near the water and need solar charging for
that.

I am working in the Visitor Center at the Salton Sea three days a week,
just started that so that will take some of my time.

I have refinanced my RV with a company  in CA.  Got a rate of 5.61%
for 15 years and a payment of $496.  Will likely try to pay it of in
ten, maybe.  Working on getting the car and MH retitled in just my
name and in FL.

Settled in

I am at the Salton Sea working as a volunteer at the Salton Sea State
Recreation Area in south eastern California.

Will be here from two to three months. I work in the visitor center
three day a week.    It is about 150 miles east of LA  and about three hundred miles
south of Las Vegas

Settle down for the winter!

I have decided to come back to the Salton Sea this year.  Will be here
for two to three months.  Good place to spend the winter.  Also I have
sent my application to return to the North Rim of the Grand Canyon for
next summer.  I had a great summer there, if it is half as good next
year, it will be great.  And close to Las Vegas!!!