Recent content by desertrat

And I have lots of visitors.

Legal here any time. Prohibited in some places.

View from my home in Oregon. I don't hate it here .:)

Good. Keeping busy and enjoying every minute. I almost forgot how much I loved the wide open spaces.

Hey bud! How ya doing?

Yes, Irene was bad, 2006. Lots of houses got smashed, mine included. $76K and a year to totally repair. Some were way less lucky, especially in Calvert. One house very near me was condemned.

For one great year I was. Moved here a year ago.

Hi bud.

Lots of bike paths. Now if the bikers would only learn to use them. lol. Best thing about Oregon..no sales tax.

I don't live in Portland. Close enough for me though. Seems a pretty cool city from what I've seen of it. Been to a few events and they were ok, saw a bagpipe playing guy dressed as Darth Vader riding a unicycle riding around during the food beer one. Bicycles and hiking/ running are very big...

Not really, just keep a low profile and use an obscure trail. lol. We camped overnight near Yuma point after finding out on the trail there were a bunch of rangers where we had planned on going. The trail was a bit hard to find in some areas having been wiped out by rockslides.

Driving from Phoenix is a much prettier trip, especially if you take the route through Sedona. From Vegas you get to see Hoover Dam though and that is very cool. Either way get away from the main overlooks and take a short hike to a spot along the rim. Worth it.

I have been wanting to do this. No rotisserie for the smoker though, then I want to rotisserie it on the grill until done.

Guess I'll wait until August, thanks, kind of what I thought may be the case.

And kicking. lol