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Paso and Pismo

What: Wine and Waves Where: Paso Robles, and Pismo Beach CA When: January 13-23rd, 2018 Got an invite to join some friends on their annual trip to wine taste in Paso, followed by a weekend in Pismo beach. We’d just purchased the

Introducing Serenity (also)

What: A new (to us) Airstream! When: January 4th 2018 After several long trips in the 19′ Bambi, we realized with two people, two dogs, varied weather, and trips over a week, the trailer was just too small. We had to take down

Jackson Airstream Rally

What: Jackson Airstream Rally Where: Jackson Rancheria RV resort When: October 5-10th 2017 Probably the biggest rally for the relatively unstructured Northern California Airstreamers. The group is very casual, no officers or dues. A wagonmaster volunteers to host a rally, they do all the

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Bourbon BBQ Sauce #1

A basic BBQ sauce recipe, I make the base with no hot ingredients so it can be used in a variety of recipes. If you want to kick it up for a particular use, just add your favorite fire enhancers. You can also eliminate

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Jambalaya, the sequel

I first made Jambalaya, based on an Emeril recipe, 8 years ago. I learned a couple things since then, and this is a much better version. Note, the various meats, and even most veggies, can be swapped with others or eliminated, and you’

Fishcamp

What: Fishcamp Where: Long Beach Washington Stops: Crescent City, California; Waldport, Oregon When: May 23-30th 2017 My brother in law bought and improved a bit of property in southern Washington, making it a wonderful fishing camp. He and many of his friends enjoy heading

Burney Falls

What: Annual Family camping trip Where: Mcarthur-Burney Falls State Park, Burney, California Stops: Durango RV Resort, Red Bluff, California When: May 23-30th, 2017 Description: My wife’s family has been doing an annual camping trip on Memorial day weekend for over 50 years.

Pin-a-go-go

What: Pin-a-go-go Pinball Festival Where: Dixon, California When: May 19-21, 2017 Description: My favorite annual pinball fest! Last year in Dixon, and last year it’s called Pin-a-go-go, and sadly, last year I’ll get to visit the British Car Rally that

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Slow cooker Carnitas

Ingredients: 2 pounds pork butt (shoulder) (2-1/2 pounds if bone in) 2 Tablespoons bacon fat (optional) 1 teaspoons cumin 2 teaspoons oregano 2 teaspoons ancho chili powder 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon pepper 1 large orange 1 large onion 4 cloves of garlic

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Sous Vide Cooking Times

Just a cheat sheet for me, since I often forget the min/max/temp for a particular meat I often Sous Vide. Time at temp assumes food has reached that temperature. Add at least an hour for frozen, and 30 minutes for refrigerated, depending

Olema Rally

What: Airstream Rally Where: Olema Campground, Olema California When: April 6-10th, 2017 Description: Annual Northern California Airstreamers spring rally, organized by Jeff Loughridge. Found out about it at the Pinnacles Rally, where I first met Jeff. Got on the standby list, and partially due

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Great Balls of Fire

Can prepare this so many ways, and customize it to your heat tolerance. Think of it as round chicken wings. Ingredients: Meatballs: 2 lbs ground chicken (or turkey) 2 eggs 1 cup Panko crumbs 1 Tbsp garlic powder 2 tsp onion powder 2 tsp

To Tucson, and Beyond! Day thirteen+, Pinnacles Airstream Rally

We arrived at our final stop Friday, the Airstream Rally at Pinnacles National Park. We’d planned to stay here 4 nights, but Sydnee got really sick. She spent

To Tucson, and Beyond! Day twelve, Visalia

Campground was tight, muddy, had people coming/going late and early, and a development right next door was getting roofing installed. At 7am. With radios and compressors. And one of those inconsiderate neighbors that for some reason needs to start their loud diesel truck

To Tucson, and Beyond! Day eleven, Calico Ghost Town

We’d been a stone’s through from here before, on day two, when we stayed at the Barstow KOA (which is closer to Calico than Barstow). Got here early so we could spend the afternoon at the “Ghost Town”

To Tucson, and Beyond! Day ten, Salton Sea and Joshua Tree

I’d never been near the Salton Sea. Saw it on travel shows, where everything looked dead and falling apart, and locals looked like folks who’d moved there, then couldn’t leave. That was not what we found. Yes, the

To Tucson, and Beyond! Day eight/nine, San Diego

Visited my sister, niece, step-nephew and great nephew. Good times, camped in front of my nieces’ house, which was convenient. Had a great visit hanging out, visiting town, sampling beers. I have remarkably few photos, will have to look into that. All I

To Tucson, and Beyond! Day seven, Winterhaven

Drove through rain all day long. Found a spot just outside Yuma, in Winterhaven. It was crowded, lots of long-term folks, was really soggy, sites were small, and one trailer had something beeping 3-5 times a second for our entire stay. Had to play

To Tucson, and Beyond! Day six, Mesa

Stopped by to visit relatives in Mesa. Had a lovely visit, fun dinner, great breakfast, then we hit the road again!

To Tucson, and Beyond! Day four/five, more Tucson

Had a great time visiting with Frank and Steph. Good and cheap margaritas at the KOA Cantina Plus, they had a decent selection of Pinball! They took us to the Sonoran Desert Museum, a place we’ll have to return to. Raptor free-flight,

To Tucson, and Beyond! Day three, Tucson!

Day three – Barstow to Tucson – 9 hours, 494 miles We got a great spot at the Tucson KOA. Had a gas fireplace, a nice table, and two adirondack chairs. The campground was clean, really well run, had a fitness center, a Cantina

To Tucson, and Beyond! Day two, stop in Barstow

Day two: Fairfield to Barstow – 6.5 hours, 430 miles The door issue meant we had to do two long travel days, with no side trips, so today was just a long drive, and an after dark arrival. Campground was convenient, but we

To Tucson, and Beyond! Day one, stuck in Fairfield

Summary: 14 Days 2876 Miles driven 54 Hours driving 12.5 MPG average (14.7 MPG Max, 8.5 MPG Min) 53 MPH average General driving observations: California roads are terrible. Just terrible. Other states would post “rough road ahead” on nearly

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Tom Yum Soup (with variations)

Prep Time: 15 min Cook Time: 1 hours Yield: 6 servings Make with chicken, shrimp, or no meat (can substitute tofu, if desired). If you use coconut milk and chicken, this is very similar to Tom Khaa Gai Ingredients Optional protein: 1 lb skinless

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Mongolian Beef (slow cooker)

Prep Time: 10 min Cook Time: 4 hours Yield: 4 servings I haven’t found a way to improve this one! It’s absolutely delicious just like this. Ingredients 1 pound flank steak or tri-tip, cut in thin strips on the bias