This week is all about dirt.
It began yesterday, when I joined seven other Desert Fossils for a hike into the Muddy Mountain Wilderness. We had to drive about 1-1/2 hours, a lot of it on rocky, barely passable B.L.M. dirt roads to get to the trailhead. And, then, we hiked 4.7 miles through the desert dirt and rockscapes to get where we were going.
Lots of neat-looking sandstone (i.e. million year-old dirt):
Finally, we got to our destination: a large sandstone “arch” at the end of the valley. It’s called the Muddy Mountain Arch.
(My new hiking pack doesn’t fit right: I ended the hike with a sore neck and shoulder. Bummer. I will need to adjust things, or I will become an old man, fast. It’s a dirty shame!)
Speaking of dirt:
You can start shoveling it on the Lakers: they’re dead.
Even though he’s dead, folks are still dishing the dirt on Michael Jackson: the new “Leaving Neverland” documentary spills the beans on his dirty little secret (pedophiliac lifestyle).
Another big name bit the dust this week: King Kong Bundy. He used to be a dirty, “heavy” villain in the WWA fake wrestling circus.
While President Trump was away in Vietnam attempting to convince the North Koreans to shut down their nuclear weapons program (not going to happen!), former Trump personal attorney/fixer Michael Cohen was dirtying up his former boss’ reputation.
While I was away hiking on Muddy Mountain, our landscape guy, Darrell Garlick, began
(Darrell has already scored an $800 change order. He sweet-talked Charlie before talking to me. That’s dirty pool, in my opinion!)
Darrell’s crew began by cutting a hole in our fence, moving in some tractors, and relocating dirt and existing rocks. Then, they brought in a lot more large rocks. It’s beginning to take shape:
Darrell’s guys should be here for a week. Part of the job will be building a patio out of block pavers. Later, we will have a pergola built on that patio to give us a large shade structure for relaxation in the sun and barbeques with neighbors.
I’ve also asked him to come up with a plan to finish off our front walled-in entryway garden. Nothing much there now except dirt and gravel.
More $$, I’m sure, but we need to FINISH this phase of moving in, and move on.
Later in the day, Charlie and I attended a Mardi Gras party put on by the Desert Fossils hiking club.
One of the attendees is my new friend, Jim Olen, known as Big Jim. Here he is:
Jim recently purchased three of the dirt cheap DroneX mini-drones that I fell for. He has succeeded in flying one of them, to some degree. He is also baffled by the “Chinglish” instruction manual. So, he and I are going to get together and “learn” each other what we can…so that I can show off to Dan Quinn when I see him in May.
Update: Did I recently rejoice because Winter was “over”? Uh, I spoke too soon…it’s raining like Hell today!!!! Our backyard, which is under construction, is now a big muddy mess. OMG)