Luci light

I love, love, love my Luci light. It is an inflatable, solar powered light that is great for camping or backpacking. It weighs almost nothing and takes up very little room when deflated. When I am driving I just deflate it and toss it on my dashboard where it charges up. 

At night I inflate it, turn it on and it lights up my whole van. I have been using it every night for 3 or 4 hours. 

I can toss it anywhere, I can hang it, play catch with it, whatever. It has handles built in on each end so I can walk with it shining down on the ground to light my way. The bathroom in the last campground I stayed at had no light so Luci lit my way there and when I got inside I just flipped it over and Luci lit the stall for me. 

Great camping accessory. You can get it on Amazon. 

Life is good. 

Catching up

Since my last post I completed my trip to Tucson area, visiting my brother and his wife in Albuquerque on the way. I reunited with my Born Free on another brother's property near Tucson and settled in for a while.  On my last days there I watched a forest fire in the hills just east of where my Born Free is parked. 

I hadn't used my free week in a cabin with Thousand Trails yet this year so I made a reservation at the Palm Springs, CA location. So I set out in my van for a road trip to California and stayed the week in a nice cabin. 

After that, I went to Joshua Tree National Park and stayed in a campground there for 4 days while I explored the park. Took an almost 9 mile hike into Lost Palms Oasis. The palms are just above the sign between the big rocks. 

Leaving the park, I drove to the Salton Sea area. True to what I have heard, it was a stinky place so I left and came back north to the I10 area and settled into a nice, free campsite on BLM land where I have Internet access. I have plenty of food and water so I will probably stay here for a while. The days are sunny keeping my batteries topped up so my refrigerator and freezer are happy. It gets pretty windy in the late mornings but that just makes it interesting. Sunset last night was awesome. 

Life is good.