At the end of October we moved back out to the BLM long term visitor area.  I started up a tarot website called orbweavertarotanddreamweb.com (yeah I know the name is long but it won't seem long once it is a favorite).  It's great to be tarot reading and studying dream imagery again.  I plan to set up a forum for discussing dreams on my site.  There is so much people can learn from one another.  If you check out my site, please let me know what you think.  I plan to be constantly improving it.

Ahhhhh, it's great to be back.

Old Freek and I just moved to an RV park that is right on the Colorado River. Every day we walk our dogs down to the boat dock so they can swim.  I don't remember if I mentioned it but we got a puppy last September.  He's a wire fox terrier named Finbar. Old Freek says the name means "fine whiskey served here." Finny was supposed to be Old Freek's puppy because Lulu is mine.  Both dogs are our kids though.  When Finny gets in trouble, I'm the person he runs to.  Old Freek says, "Stop coddling him." I can't help it though. He's the baby. He'll be 10 months old on April 19th. He's really smart like Lulu is, but much more energetic. He sleeps in our bed every night. Lulu would sleep with us too, but a 100 pound dog is a bed hog. Finny likes to sleep between Old Freek and I. I'll post a pic of him when I have more time.

I am still searching for a full time job. The winter season is the busy season here in they Yuma area because it gets so hot in the summer up to 120 degrees Farenheight. I still have been seeing job openings. I hope to find a job to stay at for a while. I would like to earn enough to buy a larger 5th wheel with pullouts to give us more space. As it is we will be buying a cargo trailer for storage. It will be nice to move some stuff out of this small 5th wheel to have more room. We are planning to buy a TV and I am excited. We haven't had a TV since 2003 and it is cheap entertainment.  Sometimes I am too tired to read. Anyway, we are progressing. I've been given' more hours at the gas station, so I'll be bringing home a little more money each month (and I do mean little). The job search goes on.

Well I'm back in the CA desert near Yuma, AZ for another winter season. I just couldn't keep up while in Oregon.  I'm still dialing up using my cellphone which means I have to do it either on the weekends or after 9pm weekdays. I worked my butt off up there.  At the beginning of the season I cleaned 35 pit toilets per day.  I also emptied the garbage cans and collected the money at the various campgrounds in my charge. Phew!!! Old Freek and I had a wonderful summer, both because of and in spite of all the work.  It is beautiful in the western Cascade Mt Range.  We camped around 40 miles east of Eugene, OR. If we don't go back there next summer, we will be going to WA.  Camp hosting is a total blast! Of course I was too tired to update my log. Now it's catch-up time.

We ran off the bears, but saw lots of wildlife.  Our Lulu dog loved all the squirrels.  Of course she wanted to kill them all.  Luckily for them, she is pretty slow.  She is 8 years old now. All we have to do is make a squirrel sound to get her excited.  She is very funny. People are supposed to leash their dogs in the campgrounds we manage.  Often they don't bother.  Lulu is our enforcer.  One time a dog ran out of a campsite snarling and growling while I was trying to hang the tag that shows the site as paid. Lulu is always on her leash when other campers are around.  This dog ran past me, and right for Lulu. Old Freek tried to use his walking stick to keep the dog away, but it was to fast.  She bit it.  I warned the owners that they need to keep their dog within their campsite.  I also told them that we'd be around early in the morning.  By the time we made the next mornings rounds, these campers were gone.  Good riddance. In some circumstances leashes can keep your dog safe from other dogs (like Lulu). The nicest dog can be protected by being on a leash. Anyway.

Business was actually slower than usuall last summer. They let the water out of Blue River Resevoir early in the season, so little money was made by way of day use fees.  Cougar Resevoir emptied early also, but people were able to launch their boats throughout most of the summer season.

I'll post some pics next time I'm online. It's a beautiful place.

  We found a free camping place near Rockville, UT.  It's called Mosquito Flat.  The ground is mostly soft sand and it has been raining off and on since yesterday.  The wetter it gets the firmer the sand is, so far anyway.
                                                                                 

This is the Zion Arch.  It's actually an arch in the making.  You see it when you approach the tunnel from within the park.  We took the photo on our way though the park on the 19th on our way to the Coral Sandunes.                               We think these dunes are really awesome.  Lulu had a wonderful time romping around.  She ran a lot which is remarkable because she is a very lazy person.  After we played on the dunes, we drove up to Bryce Canyon.  It is so wonderful there.  The forms of rock that look like human figures are called Hoodoos.
  We're going into Zion on the shuttle on Tuesday probably.  It's supposed to rain more tomorrow.  We both look forward to it, but just don't want to go in the rain.