August 2012 – too darned hot

This year’s Escape Reno Heat adventure has been kind of disjointed so far.  These are the things I hoped to accomplish: get my 30,000 mile van service visit Martha vacate in somewhere cool (as in not middle of August f-ing … Continued

So… this campground – Castle Rock – is a tents-only campground.  It comprises a parking lot, a pit toilet and a big grassy field, and that’s it.  A rollicking family picnic is going on around a cluster of tents on … Continued

It was quiet in the  morning – the clanging, yelling 13 year old boys next door have gone to the river, or at least gone away somewhere.  I soak up some quiet before heading off to find food and wifi … Continued