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Old 05-04-2015, 08:52 PM   #1
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It is raining like rip at my current location, Oasis State Park near Portales, New Mexico. It rained at my previous stop, Bottomless Lakes SP near Roswell (no aliens, just rain). It rained at my location before that, Oliver Lee SP south of Alamogordo. It rained in Big Bend (!). And it rained in Fredericksburg, Texas, while I was there.

All of these locations except for Fredericksburg are desert, mind you, or semi-arid, and Fredericksburg isn't a tropical rain forest. And it's not "monsoon season" either. I'm detecting a pattern here. So I am suggesting to our California members that they petition their governor to sponsor me for a while in their beautiful state. I will solve your problems. Your drought problems, anyway.
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Old 05-04-2015, 09:21 PM   #2
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Wow, I'm not sure if that's a good thing or a bad thing, but at least you have a good attitude about the weather Mike. I like the idea of the sponsorship too!

But, I'm glad it's you and not me!
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Old 05-04-2015, 09:55 PM   #3
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C'mon over Deputy Dowsing; we need a downpour or 10!
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Old 05-05-2015, 05:07 AM   #4
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I know the feeling too well. Do you remember the floods that hit Nashville a few years back? That was us. Happened so much I had bumper stickers made up with this little guy, and stuck it to the TV and the old trailer. Aztek weather god of some sort.
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OK, so put on your rubber hoodie, get out your Nikonos, and show us the pictures.
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Old 05-05-2015, 09:24 AM   #6
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C'mon over Deputy Dowsing; we need a downpour or 10!
Yup, and when you're done there you can bring the rain about a hundred miles south.
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OK, so put on your rubber hoodie, get out your Nikonos, and show us the pictures.
Okay, I don't have pictures of the rain, but here are a few touristy photos. Roswell hosts a couple of nice art galleries that would be at home in much larger cities. I've included a photo of the Anderson Museum of Contemporary Art.

Portales is home to Eastern New Mexico University. Science fiction author Jack Williamson lived and taught here, and I visited his special collection at the university. Below are photos of his Hugo and Nebula awards.

Finally, a couple of miles from Oasis State Park is the Blackwater Draw archeological dig, where the "Clovis people" were discovered. This is the oldest known settlement in the U.S., dating back 12,000 years.
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The Clovis people?
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Old 05-08-2015, 04:18 PM   #9
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Hi, neighbor. If it's any consolation, the weather back in your hometown is, and is predicted to stay, absolutely beautiful! The only thing keeping us from camping this week is a couple of wrens that have built a nest under the spare tire cover on our Escape, and my wife won't let us disturb them until the babies have left the nest. In the future I'm going to keep the cover off the spare until we hit the road.
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Hi, neighbor. If it's any consolation, the weather back in your hometown is, and is predicted to stay, absolutely beautiful! The only thing keeping us from camping this week is a couple of wrens that have built a nest under the spare tire cover on our Escape, and my wife won't let us disturb them until the babies have left the nest. In the future I'm going to keep the cover off the spare until we hit the road.
Ah yes-- critters in Florida, getting into everything you own. One good thing about being a Floridian is you get used to this, and are thus unfazed by animals when you're traveling. Moth infestation in your trailer? Bah. Snake sauntering through your campsite while you're sitting in a chair outside? Meh. That one would have made a good photo for the "what's outside your back window?" thread, but I wasn't quick enough on the draw.

Hopefully your little wrens will leave the nest soon and you can go camping.
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Old 05-09-2015, 12:42 AM   #11
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Hi, neighbor. If it's any consolation, the weather back in your hometown is, and is predicted to stay, absolutely beautiful! The only thing keeping us from camping this week is a couple of wrens that have built a nest under the spare tire cover on our Escape, and my wife won't let us disturb them until the babies have left the nest. In the future I'm going to keep the cover off the spare until we hit the road.
Hi: Ray N... Wren in Pensacola do as the Pensacolan's do... Keep the cover OFF!!! Even the birds like Escapes. Alf
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Ah yes-- critters in Florida, getting into everything you own. One good thing about being a Floridian is you get used to this, and are thus unfazed by animals when you're traveling. Moth infestation in your trailer? Bah. Snake sauntering through your campsite while you're sitting in a chair outside? Meh. That one would have made a good photo for the "what's outside your back window?" thread, but I wasn't quick enough on the draw.

Hopefully your little wrens will leave the nest soon and you can go camping.
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One night an armadillo wandered between Voe's feet as she was sitting around the campfire.
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Photo of the day! Thanks for the laugh.
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Old 05-21-2015, 10:12 PM   #14
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An update from my last whine:

- When I was at Storrie Lake State Park near Las Vegas, NM, it stormed. I thought the high winds would blow my trailer into the lake. Then it would be SS Escape, or rather HMCS Escape. (Is that right?)

- It rained hard at my last stop, Hyde Park near Santa Fe. The rain made a lot of racket, too. I guess the 8700-foot altitude lets the rain fall fast and hit hard. Makes sense to me.

- As I was leaving Santa Fe I heard a New Mexico state official say on the radio that the state parks' lakes were all doing very well, thanks to recent rains. Then she listed all the lakes I had camped near in the last month or so. The only one that was still down was Elephant Butte Lake. I didn't camp there. New Mexico, you're welcome.

- I'm currently at San Luis State Park in Colorado, near the Great Sand Dunes. It has rained on and off this evening.
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Old 05-22-2015, 12:15 AM   #15
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I thought the high winds would blow my trailer into the lake. Then it would be SS Escape, or rather HMCS Escape. (Is that right?)
It would only be HMCS if you give it to the Canadian navy... I don't know what ship prefix would be suitable - I guess not MY (Motor Yacht) since it has no engine.
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Old 05-22-2015, 10:45 AM   #16
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It would only be HMCS if you give it to the Canadian navy... I don't know what ship prefix would be suitable - I guess not MY (Motor Yacht) since it has no engine.
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AHT Anchor Handling Tug
AHTS Anchor Handling Tug Supply vessel
ATB Articulated Tug Barge
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C/F Car Ferry
CS Cable Ship
DB Derrick Barge
DEPV Diesel Electric Paddle Vessel
DLB Derrick Lay Barge
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DSV Diving Support Vessel/ Deep Submergence Vehicle
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FT Factory Stern Trawler
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RMS Royal Mail Ship or Royal Mail Steamer
RNLB Royal National Lifeboat
RV / RSV Research Vessel
SB Sailing Barge
SS (S/S) Screw Steamer driven by propellers or screws, often understood[clarification needed][by whom?] to stand for "steamship"
SSCV Semi-Submersible Crane Vessel
SSV Sailing School Vessel, Submarine and Special Warfare Support Vessel[4]
ST Steam Tug
STS Sail Training Ship
STV Sail Training Vessel or Steam Turbine Vessel
SV Sailing Vessel
SY Sailing Yacht or Steam Yacht
TEV Turbine Electric Vessel
TIV Turbine Installation Vessel
TS Training Ship
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What's ice-breaker?
Isn't that one of those vessels filled with BS.
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Isn't that one of those vessels filled with BS.
Just noticed the painting . Starry Night has always been my favorite as Vincent Van Gogh. Pat
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Yes, that would be me I guess.
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