So we did it!
I set off in early January with great trepidation; was the truck up to such an ambitious trip, was I up to it or were we both too shagged out? The truck has done 180,000 miles and I will be 70 in a month. 11,000 miles, 3 and a bit months living in a camper.
The Gods did not give in easily and the last day was probably the toughest, blizzard coming over the Sierras and very high winds. I was also sick with extreme stomach upset and had to stop several times to join the bears in the woods. Not fun.
Anyway, I spend a few more days in Utah. So much scenery!
There are some old mining towns that are sort of hanging on.
I visit Bodie, a ghost town 8,000 ft up in the Sierras. Once upon a time, 10,000 people lived here, there were 60 saloons!
So I am back in San Francisco but, like many others, homeless. The renovations to the apartment are far from finished. I guess I will light out to Japan.
What a trip!
The Quiet Ripple Defines The Pond 
“A state of arrested decay.” May I borrow that and make it my slogan, Neil?
Please do!
and congratulations on finishing the epic. It’s been great fun reading you.
Hey HI! Seems you are having a bit of fun (at a minimum)! When will you be back in the SF Bay Area? Please let me know; I would love to get together, especially in SF but down here on the Peninsula will do. ~R
On Fri, Apr 15, 2022 at 10:33 AM The Quiet Ripple Defines The Pond wrote:
> spikekalashnikov posted: ” So we did it! I set off in early January with > great trepidation; was the truck up to such an ambitious trip, was I up to > it or were were both too shagged out? The truck has done 180,000 miles and > I will be 70 in a month. 11,000 miles, 3 and a bit mon” >
What a trip!