News From
Joshua Tree,
Year 7

 Year 1: The 2002 journal


  Renovating & moving the house trailer, Palm Springs Thanksgiving, rock theory, Laguna twice,

  Capistrano hat, moving the steel tank & water collection, Mo, Lightfoot, Missy, music, mouse pee

   Year 2: The 2003 journal


  Creeping crud in Nashville, a post & beam deck, burning the past, first water line,

  taping the roof, a 1992 Cadillac Deville

     Year 3: The 2004 journal


  Eileen into San Diego, Molly the puppy, stone retaining walls, car & generator power,

  more deck, invisible CO

       Year 4: The 2005 journal


  18 month hiatus, 117 Amazon tools, 1 eBay RamVan, Desert Rosy Boa, Road Runner,

  Tempe, Laguna again

         Year 5: The 2006 journal


  Cougar, Lynx, box trailer roof, more stone wall & fill dirt, finding borders,

  moving Tom's trailer, the wonderful Prius

           Year 6: The 2007 journal


  Lake Havasu & the London Bridge, TomTom GPS, Solar power & electrical renovation, a refrigerator,

  propane heat, a carport over the trailer, new teeth, Laguna, new Capistrano hat, Blakeman history


Table Of Contents:

Page 1:    Snow in the desert

First grandson
Renovation and remodeling
Connecting to the internet by Blackberry

Page 2:    The original water system

The 2600 gallon water tank, a pad and a rock wall
A self-sustaining web site

Page 3:    No Trucks!

To Ensenada and Cape Cod
Another search for the 4th corner
Honey bees, Desert Tortoises and birds

Page 4:    East, by northeast

A GPS learning experience



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