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Incoherent Ramblings and Disjointed Thoughts

Why is it when you have time to get out and bum around you don’t have the extra funds? I guess I need to work more, huh? Then I don’t have the spare time to bum around. What a vicious circle! So this entry is just a disjointed series of miscellaneous thoughts and random events — none of which alone would meet my minimum word requirements for a stand alone

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Shedding the Yoke....

Fulltiming in an RV has different connotations for different people. Some seem to think it is an endless series of travels in a recreational vehicle; seeing wondrous sight after another until they recede into a blurry kaleidoscope of memory. Some use the RV to migrate south in the winter and then north in the summer; maybe a conventional stick house awaits them on one end or the other.  Hey, if it

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Texas Saturday Night

When the last 14 days straight have seen high temps of 100 degrees or above, you know you are in the middle of High Summer in Texas. Over in the poor section of town, folks are sitting out in the yard under the shade tree for some relief. Forget about cooking anything on the stove! Over in the well to do part of town; doors are shut, blinds are drawn and the

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A New Neighborhood for the Bee Tree

The bee population the the Bee Tree I discovered months ago while clearing dense forest for the lake has gotten used to our comings and goings over the past few months. Initially, any piece of equipment passing near or person walking past would result in a flurry of unwanted attention.

The New Neighborhood for the Bee Tree

These days it is routine and expected.   I was over there today to take these pictures and

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It is always something....

I was gone all day this past Saturday and only left the 6500 btu window AC unit running.  With the temps here in Texas close to the century mark, I knew the Old Girl was gonna be hot when I got home.

I was right about that!  The inside thermometer read 94 degrees when I poked my head inside the door.  Regular readers will know that I only have 30 amps available here in Calvert and

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The Fountain of Doom

Most RV’ers know about the dreaded Pyramid of Doom or you should! The Pyramid of Doom happens when you are hooked to a septic system and you leave the drain valves open on your holding tanks. Now, leaving the drain valve open on the gray tank is perfectly fine. It fills up quickest and it is much less effort if you just leave it open to run into the septic system.

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