The storm passed through Havasu, so I looked ahead on my route west, through Barstow. High winds (40mph and higher) were forecast for the next few days. Then, snow was forecast for the pass at Tehachapi. If I continued as planned I would be battling weather for the next several days. The only safe spot until early next week was Q, so I'm sitting there again. I'll watch the California weather before trying again to head west.
I'm near Lake Havasu City right now, sitting for a few nights while a little bad weather passes through. I haven't spent much time here over the years, but I was looking for something different. I'm at Catnip Cove State Park alongside the Colorado, dry-camping in the overflow RV area. The big fireworks show is this weekend and places are full-up. My plan is to check out Mojave National Monument, then aim for Santa Rosa, CA.
Washington has very strict rules concerning who can and cannot hold a cannabis license, perhaps the strictest in the nation. Anyone associated with the licensee's business must have a WA driver's license, for example. Or anyone involved for $1 or more is subject to financial background checks and fingerprinting. The idea here in the original initiative that residents be given a head-start on the industry before grabby people from CA and OR came...
I've been watching the committee hearings concerning the pot laws in Washington. Five years into this thing, the elected reps seem to be getting it and are actually handling the issues in a rational way. There's recognition that legalization is working, the sky hasn't fallen, a number of horribles haven't happened, the business is thriving, and the tax revenue is flowing into the state. Almost all members of the House Commerce and Gaming...
The man-child's bullshit about a crisis at the southern border is, of course, fantasy. Yesterday I went down to San Luis, AZ to see if anything looked different. San Luis is a full-service port of entry 20 miles south of Yuma, always quite busy with trucks and workers mainly serving the agriculture industry. Busy, yes, but that's normal this time of year. The limited crossing at Los Algodones serves pedestrians and one lane of automobiles, but...
Steve and Sandy arrived in Quartzsite, bringing friends Dave and Shelley with them. We all sat around for a week or so while the tent show opened and the RVs poured in. I really like parking in the quiet desert and doing things in the town, but when the mobs come rolling in, I don't like it all. I had a spot that was close-in, relatively easy to find, and was big enough for 5 or 6 rigs, and had been sitting there for about 3 weeks. Just as my...
It's been 6 years since the cannabis laws were written in Washington state (Colorado, too) and like all man-made things, some maintenance is needed. The legislature convened yesterday, and I'll be watching what they do this year. The first bill filed deals with the oldest bone of contention, distance setbacks of cannabis businesses from places where children congregate. A couple of anti-pot representatives, there aren't many left, continue to...
Wow, I'm surprised. Fox News has run an opinion piece by Tom Basile on marijuana legalization, in which he invents a typical Fox conspiracy theory that the Democrats are hypocrites for ignoring negative studies on the use of pot. Specifically, he claims the Dems are getting money from "Big Pot", even though the science says it's harmful. First off, until this recent election cycle the Democrats (and Republicans) have been completely off the...
I'm back in Q for a while. Trump's shutdown has no impact on us here in the LTVA (Long Term Visitor Area), except the BLM isn't collecting data or money. I dumped on the way in today, got water, and the trash bins are being serviced. Business as usual here as well as in town, and at the 14-day places. The bad news is that the number of people is increasing fast. It is the town of Quartzsite's one month of money coming in.
A year in now, the situation in CA is mixed. The state system was reasonable, given it was California, but to have 500-something towns and counties come up with their own rules, sometimes just as complicated, turns the ability to do business into a joke. Those with an infinite amount of money and lawyers are clearly up and running just fine, but the many thousands of "little people" are still trying to navigate the licensing systems. Meanwhile,...
I'm back in Yuma for a change of scenery and access to better food. Quartzsite eateries are very, very mundane. As usual I'm at the VFW/BLM spot, but this time the WINS (an RV travel club) are here, nearly filling the place up. Every year I run into them at least once as we have similar routes in the SW. The hassle is that I have my solar panels set up for a direction that I couldn't match because of space. Extra work. The Trump shutdown has...