We (the daughter and I) are starting to prepare for the Death Valley trip... there is a duffel bag and a pile of close in my bedroom... a bag on the kitchen counter... and a rapidly growing list…. A list that includes fire wood, lamp fuel, newspaper (to start fires), charcoal and matches… you
would think we were pyromaniacs (we might be, but that is not the issue…) There is a tent, an awing, two cots, two folding chairs, sleeping
bags and an oriental rug for the tent (this is not camping rough) along with
beer and wine and whiskey and steak and chili, and bacon and biscuits… Food is important… There will be a stove, with fuel… (they work
better with fuel…) a coffee pot (Coffee… if anything is important it might be
coffee) and pans…
We need
matches…
At least the
Jeep is ready, with half a tank of gas, three jacks, a tow strap, a sand
anchor, a chain, a couple of shoves and other “stuff” in case…
I need a
room for Saturday night… somewhere in the eastern Sierra… while I love to camp,
I do not like to arrive at a camp site late after a long drive, then try to
make camp in the dark… It isn’t fun… When driving some distance on a camping
trip, it is much better to spend a night in a room, presumably with a shower
and food available nearby… then travel a shorter distance, make camp, then
spend a leisurely day exploring… I
travel for fun, not as an endurance test…
Mean while…
there are other travel plans to be made… I will be attending conferences in May
and June… one in Tonapah Nevada… the other in Grass Valley… I need rooms at
each… and while I am looking at rooms in outback Nevada, for a different trip, my
wife is suggesting a hotel in Athens… Greece… a world away… but in reality,
only 5 months and a long airplane ride from here…
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