Riders On The Storm: The Charlie Brown Syndrome

If you would indulge a brief Sonoran Desert pause, I'll whisk you back in time to our stays in the less lush Mohave along the Colorado River corridor... a series of unlikely, but eye-catching "ponds" that entertain as good as any childhood playground.

I'm beginning to understand how "Peanuts'" Charlie Brown feels. There seems to be a cloud over Goldie this winter, following her wherever she goes. Bobbie's mantra "don't let the weather keep you indoors" is being put to the ultimate test. 

Wise Susan, on a precious one year sabbatical from work, has been uttering "just one more day" ever since arriving in southern Arizona... anxiously awaiting the much heralded intersection of mild temperature, warm sun, gentle breeze and clear blue sky. The forecast today says upper forties and windy.  "One more day," Susan. That's what you get for parking next to the Johnsons. This should help explain the dark, ominous skies and jackets in todays post of January's activities.

Riders on the storm 
Riders on the storm 
Into this house we're born 
Into this world we're thrown 
Like a dog without a bone 
An actor out alone 
Riders on the storm 
The Doors

We found excellent five dollar Recreational Area camping and boondocking along the shores of Lake Mead, from Valley of Fire, Nevada, to Parker, Arizona. Someday, should a "normal" winter take a liking to Goldie, we will spend a couple of months in the "corridor," kayaking, biking and hiking in and around the "ponds." Here are a few reason's why.   

After leaving the "corridor," we met up with CowBoy Brian and Ms Heidi... boondocking near Bouse. Yes, it was cold there too.