August 19, 2006: Ashurst Lake area, northern Arizona

A bus-warming gift from ex-neighbors and great friends Jeff and Sarah. These fine folks know how to pick a gift for people living in a small space! A real, brand new antique bottle opener. This thing is so well-made, it pops the cap off a (for example) beer bottle, but leaves the cap resting on the top of the bottle for disposal in the appropriate container. Sublime, refined...and not made in China.

The workspace, complete with dogs-playing-poker mousepad.
On the bottom shelf is the work PC. Above that, lots of tunes, waiting to be burned to an MP3 player. Above that, the printer and satellite modem. The small gadget on the right side of the top shelf is a tiny wireless router.

Looks like *someone* can't handle her beer... :-)

This makes me a little nervous...they sniff and give a probing lick to the tripod leg, but beyond that, no problems from these ladies.

Now about my cow level...

Sunset. San Francisco Peaks at left.

Yuck. I don't know how much more of this I can take.

Ugh. No better from up on the deck.

Absolutely foul!

The Wilson "Trucker" antenna makes yakking with the outside world possible from remote areas.
EDIT: We also added a Wilson wired amplifier to boost signal strength in areas with a weak cell signal.

This is why I invert & shake my boots before putting them on!

(Actually I'm more worried about the black widow and brown recluse....but I'm also happy to NOT find this gal in our bus!)