This morning we got to see blue skies for the first time this week.  Micha’s RV is keeping us company:

It’s amazing that solitude and views like this are free for the taking on public lands all over the American West:

Pretty sunset:

Trish went grocery shopping this evening, and when she came back she found this sign up where the road to Jean Lake joins up with the highway:

Looks like we have to be out of here by noon tomorrow!

Last night, after the rain stopped, three trucks came out onto the lake bed and drove around in the mud, using our RV as their center pylon:

They splashed quite a bit of mud on to our RV in the process:

In science class, B experimented with yeast:

Continuing their Geography Through Art class, the kids made Chinese trees by blowing ink on paper:

M decided his would be more manly if it had blue blossoms:

This afternoon, our friend Micha brought his new RV out so we could babysit it for a few days.  We will also be installing batteries and I will be giving him a tutorial in all things RV.

Shabbos was really windy. I was wondering why more people don’t disperse camp here and now I know why. Visibility was down to five feet at times. At least it was nice and warm.

Today we had more wind, but not as bad as on Shabbos. Tuan showed up and briefly flew his PPG trike, but he said it was bumpy so I didn’t go up. Later in the day, I reorganized the basement, and the kids did homeschool.

For all the wind and dust, I’d still rather be here than New York:

Tonight Trish and the kids drove into town. I rode my bike in, and we all went to dinner with my parents:

Today we headed into town for groceries, water, and PPG fuel. We also got rid of our trash and picked up a couple items at Lowes and Michaels.

When we got back to the RV, we pumped the water into the RV from the bladder in the pickup:

Good Shabbos from Jean Lake, Nevada!