Out the door at ten-oh-four, various goodbyes to neighbors on the street and into the beginnings of valley and up the hill Memorial Day Traffic, pausing at Eagle Lakes to let the dogs out; interstate done at Truckee. After a minimalist lunch along Highway 89, Sierra Valley [Sierraville, Loyalton], fuel at the junction [Hallelujah] of 70 and 395, off pavement at Doyle trailing a booking Nevada flatbed hauling jerrycans and acetylene who catches a slow Idaho Dakota and doesn’t pass, but I do; the ‘ho flipping me off; what, we all supposed to eat 30 mph dirt? Sure, dude…
Rain at Sand Pass [it rained just before Donner, too], dogs out again at the sad remains of Bonham Ranch, then up the desert and in the gate, trying for gentle unloading at 3:30…
Around four Linda shows up, just in time to help pull out the heavy stuff using the towstrap and a tree…we get it all in, mostly unpacked, and are over to Planet X for pre-sale paella [a worthy and hilarious event] by seven, sort of all in ourselves…
Saturday the back and electricity were both out but so was the sun; we gave an afternoon tour of the sculptural park and, forever chasing rainbows, slowly eased into the life…
Sunday; sun, owls, and a brother-in-law, wandering the Wasteland in search of electrical outlets at day’s end…or Monday morning, anyway;
Monday presented dusty streams of Memorial Day Recreationalists heading down the dirt, local objects and the usual light shows at the end…
More of the same, to come..most likely soon.
Maybe.
M