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.
This morning I went up for a flight (solo flight #9, I think). The wind was mild and kept changing directions, but after moving the wing a couple times I was able to launch on the first attempt. It was too bumpy for my liking up there, so I came down after 5 minutes of flying. Here I am getting ready to land, the RV is in the center of the frame:
During homeschool, it started to rain a bit. We toyed with the idea of moving the RV out of the dry lake bed, but the forecast called for scattered showers, so we were confident that the lake wouldn’t flood with runoff from the surrounding hills. By this evening, it looked like 50% of the lake surface is covered by puddles, with the other half being gooey mud. It will be interesting to see how long it takes to dry. We have enough water for about 10 days, so we don’t have to leave any time soon.
This morning, M and I replaced the tube in his motorcycle’s rear wheel. The tubes we found at Walmart are for bicycles, so they are designed for a tire with a slightly smaller diameter. To reduce the inner diameter of his motorcycle tire so it matched, we cut the stem off his old tube and left it inside the tire to be used as filler. The new tube held, and M had a great time zooming around on the lake bed.
During homeschool, I interrupted to show how a brushed motor works:
Trish and the kids made chops as part of their Asia study in “Geography through Art” course:
My parents had saved my childhod BB gun, and we brought it out to the RV from their house last night. We will be leaving it here when we leave Las Vegas, but M wanted to learn how to shoot it. After a brief test, and gave it to him, and he tried all sorts of different firing positions:
Conditions looked favorable to fly, so I got out my PPG motor:
As I got ready to fly, the winds picked up quite a bit, so I decided to just kite the wing:
Not a bad sunset:
Tonight I helped B mount a metal plate to the underside of her bunk so that her magnetic chandelier, designed to be a school locker accessory, can hang over her desk. Here I am waving the measuring tape about:
Another beautiful high-60s day in the Las Vegas area!
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:
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