01.08.09 Thursday
Birthdays,
scorpions, thunder storms, brush fires and heavy equipment. Just another
day on the Hualapai Playa.
By 10 am,
I was fed up with the random power supply at the ranch house. Each time
the generator takes a nap, it means another chance at frying the hard
drive. So I stormed out and made a B-line for Reno to get a battery back-up.
You know, any expedition to Reno is an 8-Hour tour. So I made sure to
get hair dye at the mall and some personal reserve snacks. Writing goes
so much better with chips.
By the time
I got back, electrical storms were conducting an unfriendly takeover of
Black Rock. After dinner, we discovered that one of those lightning bolts
started a fire in the mountains over Garret Ranch. Sunset was once again
fabulous with the cherry red accents added by the smoke. We completed
the evening watching the lightning effects from the First Camp deck. "Look
what's on the overhead channel tonight"
Oh, and
we passed the BLM inspection!
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