Karin Bartsch's Journals

Home is where we park our RV, our "house on wheels".......

This is my little room to talk to you - about This and That.....

Does this look familiar to you??     Dieter thinks I am suffering from  a strange addiction. I am thankful that he not categorises it as a sickness!

 Since he is nothing missing as a spouse, he has no reason to "pull the plug" - Hahaha..

 

This is the truth......

 .....not only my friends but relatives, which are glad now to hear more from us than ever before.

This page is not about philosophical tidbits or essays, it is more of a diary, just to write down what hits me and what I have to tell you.

It is like e-mail sent to all of you. And when you open my website and find an article not finished on any page, then you know that I HAVE A LIFE - and will finish it later.  Karin.

Cactus Flowers on Lot 15 in Tierra del Sol

Our former "landlord" and friend Dick in Florence, AZ, sent us this picture from our rented lot. When we left there on March 23., we observed many buds on that "Prickly Pear Cactus" Dieter planted. Now it is in bloom....

Here in Susanville, CA, the    Willows along the Susan River started to develop long and big buds. Other trees get the hues of green now. Spring has sprung !!!!

Our Mail and Packages....

When we arrived here on April 16., we were glad that we could order things online again having a "physical address" because UPS won't deliver to General Delivery. I could order  Vitamins and Supplements from SWANSON.com, which came today and were picked up in the BLM Office by Dieter. Next week a package from Lulu.com will arrive with 10 books of mine I ordered. And yesterday our weekly mail arrived, sent from the Post Office in our "Rainbow's End RV Resort" in Livingston as a Priority Mail package. The Mail-Forwarding Service from our Escapees Camping Club works to every member's satisfaction. We ordered it to be sent every Friday and it arrives every Monday. If you want to send us a "snail mail letter", please, send it to our Livingston address and keep this delay of sending time in mind. The address of the Eagle Field Office in Susanville would be held back by us, we don't want to bother the staff with single letters to sort out for us. I check my e-mail inbox every day.  Should you want to send us a package, then contact me and I will give you the address. We would pay alot for the forwarding of a package.

April 23., 2008

We are in Susanville 7 days now. It has been a busy week overall. We had to get used to our work here. When we did our daily round yesterday, Dieter climbed the river embankments to pick up trash while I looked after the restrooms. There are so many trash cans conveniently located in the picnic areas but we picked up more trash by now than there is in the cans. - When we travelled in Europe, visited Scandinavia, Austria and Holland, there was no trash anywhere. When on the roads here, in the USA, we see trash being picked up from the median and shoulders and frequently we observe that car passengers flip their cigarette butts just out of the window. Paper cups, aluminum cans and bottles go the same way, obviously.  Dieter and I cannot understand that at all. We teached our kids not to litter and we would not dare to throw a candy paper around. It is rolled up, put into a pocket which will be emptied out when home. It is a matter of education.... 

Besides our work, we had a satellite technician here for one entire afternoon to install the Dish Network. We had DirecTV for several years and were not satisfied anymore with their service and cancelled it. Another half of the day was dedicated to figure out where we could have our propane gas bottles refilled - and we learned about the configuration of streets in the city in the process.

This morning I made an appointment for Dieter in a doctor's office, which is nearby, just around some corners, to establish to get his blood checked monthly because he takes Coumadin (Warfarin). Right now he just went out to even out the forest floor a little with a shovel, after a working crew had our area cleaned out of small trees and shrubs before our arrival to prevent the spreading of potential fires. And then he will also rake the pathways. The long pine needles can get very slippery when wet.

We are not spring chicken anymore but deal wonderfully also with the new climate and elevation. It was so cold this week, freezing during the night and moderate temps and cold winds during the days. Dieter had to buy insulation for our waterhose, we had to use the stored water and the internal pump when the water in the hose was frozen in the mornings. We used our electrical room heaters in addition of the furnace to keep us warm. The trailer is not retain warmth so good. If it is freezing outside, it would freeze inside if the heaters and furnace would not be running. I hope the government can deal with the readings of the electric meter and forgive us. They wanted us to start working so early. If it would have been our choice, we would not be here yet. We are traveling for years now with woolen sweaters and pullovers without having to wear them - now we are glad we did not give those away. The difference of elevations in between Arizona ( 1220' ) and here in northern California ( 4800' ) let us feel our chests a little in the beginning while walking, but otherwise we are fine and have adjusted by now. We cannot remember when we had the last cold, must be a couple of years ago.

 

May 4. , 2008

By now we had really nice days of spring, when sitting outside we had to move our chairs out of the sun into the shade. The daily hiking tour is not an affront to our lungs anymore, it is a joy. Every day the trees at the Susan River are more green.

Last week we visited three food stores. Safeway is very elegant and too expensive for us. One very good one is the original Susanville Food Store, which is IGA, the other one is "Grocery Outlet", a big store to buy out of the boxes, like Aldi. Very good prices. I was very happy to be able to buy 2 bigger bags of ends from Italian Salami for a couple of bucks. I love this garlic-flavored, dry and almost non-fat sausage. I eat snippets of it like other persons enjoy their candies. Of course, I like chocolate also, but having to choose, i would opt for the Dry Salami. 

Beer is a bit more expensive here in California than it has been in Arizona. On the other hand, Red Wine of all kinds is about 2 Dollars less per Gallon than it was there. We are in classic wine country here, of course. Cheese is not expensive here either, so - when it comes push to shove, and when all food prices go more and more up, at least I would know what to live on: Red Wine and Cheese, like the French! And not to forget the Salami. Dieter needs his "real meals", wheras I can live from the trimmings alone. :) :)

Oh, by the way, yesterday I wrote a letter to Dream Works ( Steven Spielberg), which will go out tomorrow, on Monday. I suggested to him that my book is the material good movies by him are made of. Either it will be laughed off or it will be concidered. I let you know. "Wer nicht wagt, der nicht gewinnt" ( The one who never dares, never wins ). When I told Dieter yesterday what I am writing, when he asked me, he made a face like : "Do you still have all your cups in your cupboard?"  Yes, I have!  My letter must have sounded reasonable to him, when he handed it back to me, he was very quiet. - -

May 8., 2008

On May 6. we had a class to attend in the Eagle Lake Field Office, lead by a very friendly lady police officer - about traffic questions and regulations on the streets. That took one half of the day. After a little shopping our Florence, AZ, friends, Bob and Arlene visited us on their way to Oregon. They took also a walk with Dieter down to the river and the picnic area. They said that they can understand why we like it here. They liked it too. I had a big pot of Stew ready for dinner.

Yesterday, on May 7., we had to be in the office for another class at 9 AM. We were encouraged to participate because of our job here. It was CPR (Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation) and First Aid. This class lasted 8 hours, one lunch hour included, were we ate only one slice of bread and drank water and a cup of coffee. We had to go to several rounds of chest pumping on dummies, which tired us out a bit. We went straight from the office to the Susanville RV Resort, where Bob and Arlene were located. They had invited us for dinner to the "Sage Hen", a very exclusive restaurant. We said Good Bye after a wonderful meal. They hit the road this morning. When we were home, our day was not done, we went down and inspected the picnic and restroom areas. Dieter hiked up to close the gate and at 9 PM we had a knock on the door, 2 cars were closed in. Eventhough Dieter delayed the closing for 30 minutes after sunset, which was 7:58 PM, we are asked to open the gate again when it is totally dark. People have no concept of sunset. So - he drove up with the truck and opened the gate for them. This happened several times already since we do the job.

This morning went as usual. I installed my webcam and Dieter set up a mosquito tent. When it will be warmer, the mosquitos will be here for sure. Then we will sit inside the big tent and enjoy the evening there. The mesh lets us have a clear look to the outside. 

Now I will feed my bread machine with the ingredients necessary to produce a nice bread. And Dieter and I will have a coffee with trimmings ( little sugar and milk and shot of Whisky...)

A Mother's Day present from the World Wide Web(www):

My laptop computer was very sick ! It had a crashed Add-On and Spyware and some other maladies. The Internet Explorer was useless. Nothing worked anymore. We drove to town to look for a computer clinic. We found one. The diagnostics were free, and we were advised that everything could be repaired as good as new for a very good fixed price. That was good news because we thought that a costly repair estimate would force us to buy a new one. This guy has the most clean shop I ever saw, he is very friendly, and according to his wife, he is a genius. I fully agree. I work on it now and it seems like I have a new computer. He even exchanged the obviously not so good Anti-Virus program against a tough one from Germany. Everything works very well, I kept all my Favorites and Documents. If you are ever in need of computer repair or diagnostics and you are in the Susanville, California, area, you have to visit this computer doctor:

ON TIME Computer Repair  Doug Sims

530-252-1772

84 N. Lassen St                                                    Susanville, CA ( across from Post Office)                  open Mon-Fri  10-6 , Sat. 9-1

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My Favorite Singer/Songwriter                     Rod Stewart

 

Rod Stewart's Lyrics

All about Rod Stewart  

http://www.rodstewart.com/

Please, click on the links above and the     URL of his own website to learn more about  "Rod the Mod".

  

 

Rod Stewart is not your daily background music fix. Either you love him or you don't care for his music at all. I belong into the first mentioned group. Music really touches my soul. According to my "Scorpio" nature,  it can be naughty at times, very seductive and suggestive. I cannot name any other artist who fits perfectly into this category, especially displaying two sites: a very rocky one ( 70's and 80's, like Blondes have more Fun, Let's go dancing and Tear it up ). The other side is the soft Rod, like Tonight's the Night, Shelly my Love or If Only. Did you ever listen into his 4 CD's "The Great American Songbook"? When I listen to his songs, I feel the passion he so very often sings about. There are many other singers I like very much too, like Brian Adams or Elton John, or others. But touching something inside me is Rod Stewart's busines only. Did I mention I like also his looks ??

 

May 17., 2008

Finally the weather we were waiting for arrived yesterday!! It is summer! About 94 degr.F. today, blue sky, a little breeze, some white puffy clouds - and sun! Wild Apple Trees were blooming last week, every bush there is puts on its best outfit - in all colors. Even our cat Susi was in the mood today to hike. I had her on the leash and she "hiked" down with me to look where all that noise came from, at least from one directions of two: people with permits could gather fire wood today, which the forest rangers and their fire department had staked out. There is also very much private traffic. Families come down to picnic, teenagers do their swims, and fishermen try to catch some trout. We have some bird residents around our trailer, also a pair of Robins and Steller Jays, but the prettiest of all is the Western Tanager. The Ground Squirrels love the wooden boards underneath the trailer stabilizers. We can hear that chewing noise and can see the teethmarks in them. It can be easily identified by its quick quivering tail, which is not long and bushy like that of a tree squirrel.

 

 

 Dieter is missing something.... He always takes good care of utensils after grilling, he hangs up every item on its usual place and puts the grill brush next to the propane gas bottle on a shelf. Now the wire brush is gone. I didn't take it, neither did Susi. The only explanation we come up with, is, that a racoon liked the greasy smell of it and carried it off...maybe to impress a potential bride - or to eat it? Or to clean his toilet bowl ??........  In any case - we had to buy a new one, which is a shorter version of the old one, so Dieter can put it into the covered grill. The lid is too heavy for a racoon. But not for a bear! Oh my....A bear would prefer to visit when the meat is still on the grill. Well, we can do without meat at that projected day in the future.

Are you ready to learn more?

I get a newsletter by email about paranormal topics. This newsletter has so many interesting links that I don't have time to subscribe to more newsletters about other interestic topics. I have them stored in a mail folder and open those up when I have time to read. You will be astonished how many topics there are....   Here is the URL :             

                                                    http://www.about.com

Just one click on it - - and you are there.  Enjoy!  My tip: Set the alarm clock !           

May 22., 2008

We have again visitors here in Hobo Camp, friends from Tierra del Sol on their way up to Washington. They experience the approiate weather, it is raining since yesterday and more in the forecast. It is Memorial Day Weekend! Yesterday we two women went on the Bizz Johnson Trail to the west and walked all the way up to Devils Corral - 6.2 miles or 10 kilometers - on the dirt road. We called our men, and Dieter and our friend came via Hwy 36 to pick us up with a car. The rains started already on the last third of our hiking.

May 28., 2008

Micky and Tom left 2 days ago. We had a good time. - - Yesterday Dieter installed a Tension Rafter & Center Support on our travel trailer. It prevents fabric ruptures of the 20" long awning because the water cannot pool on it. High winds used to whip the awning with a boom, now it is nice and straight - and quiet. The Center Support stabilizes the long heavy roller tube. We don't have to roll the awning up anymore every time the winds pick up. I helped a little, by holding things while Dieter was drilling holes into the trailer. In between I was baking a Pound Cake with Poppy seeds and an Almond Cake. Today I continued by baking 2 Fruit Cakes, the Christmas kind. I post the recipe of the latter in "Karin's Kitchen".  When we were visiting the Eagle Lake Field Office to take home our weekly mail and a package, I left part of my cakes there as our "Thank You" for taking care of our mail and deliveries from UPS and FedEx. - - The sun was shining on and off today. The rains - mainly passing us by or being more of a drizzle - were strong in other areas. Nevada is glad about it.

June 6., 2008

It is still springtime. On May 17. I posted that the summer made its entrance, that was an error on my site. We had winter in the meantime with cold winds!! When it is cold, I can dress in layers, put hat and mittens on to get comfy - contrary to the heat in Arizona. All I was wearing there was a tank top ( no,no - I had pants on also), and what then?? I had to stay indoors. Yesterday we had a wonderful day, clear blue skies and sunshine. That was fitting for some school classes arriving in a schoolbus at the Railroad Depot. Dieter and I informed the children and their teachers about the history of the Caboose, which is sitting on a stretch of rails saved for that purpose of displaying it as a museum piece. The most fun part for the kids is the inside, they are allowed to climb up into the copula, where the conductor once did his job, making sure the train was running smoothly and there was no debris on the rails. Our boss Stan was there yesterday to take a lot of pictures and observing Dieter and me. I think we graduated <smile> .

 

 

 Tomorrow, on Saturday, we have to be there for the shuttle service of bikers (scheduled first Saturday of the month). They will be transported to Westwood, so they can ride back with their bikes to Susanville 27 miles. It goes slightly downhill, the difference of elevation on Bizz Johnson Trail (former rails) is 1800 feet. They pay $ 12.50 for that convenient service per person. I have to list the people participating and handle the money.  Dieter will drive the vehicle which carries the bikes, so tomorrow he drives it the first time, following the shuttle bus. I will be a passenger in the bus, listening to Stan and learning to be a Tour Guide. From now on to September, the Chamber of Commerce is closed on weekends, but the Lassen Land & Trails Trust (BLM) is operating the Railroad Museum. Dave handles the Depot usually by himself, but now he needs assistance, because he also manages the Farmer's Market on the Depot premises every Saturday from 8 - 12. We will be there at 7:30 AM helping him arranging things, bringing the lawn furniture outside, opening the outside shutters of the windows and erecting the tent for a local folk music band.  On Sundays during vacation and summertime, Dieter and I will be alone in the Depot ( from 10 AM to 2 PM) to serve visitors and sell items in the gift shop. In between visitors I will read a book or start knitting a sweater for our greatgranddaughter Oulie while Dieter is outside, watering some plants and talking to campers who stop by for info. Friends on facebook, if you read this, you know that my time is limited now and understand why I said Goodbye for a while. I will be ever present here.

 I just took that picture with my webcam, sitting in front of the computer on our desk. - A little bit grainy, but I'm still learning to make the best out of all these modern gadgets. A big hug from your Karin.

June 15., 2008

Just a short note to all of you that everything is o.k. and runs smoothly Dieter and I enjoy sitting outside in the evening, having a fire in the fire ring going and sipping Red Wine. The moon is waxing right now, and the scenery in the woods after sunset is wonderful, the long tree shadows on the moon-lit forest floor give the trees a 3-dimensional substance in the dark.....

I wished I had my photo camera with me yesterday...When Dieter and I parted at the end of Hobo Camp at the trail to take different routes ( Dieter to the right to go looking underneath the bridge for trash and I going the trail west to the next restroom ) I suddenly spotted wolfes. I stood there frozen and called out for Dieter, telling him: "Come fast up again, I see wolfes". It was a black one and 5 grays, sturdy, muscular animals. They stood for a moment, waiting for the 5. and 6. one coming up from the river. Then they turned west on the trail and when I called out for Dieter, they ran very fast and orderly up the trail. When Dieter appeared, he could only see the last ones disappearing around the next bend. We informed Stan in the Eagle Lake Field Office, and he reported to the Game and Wildlife division. It is the first reported sighting in this area.

June 18.   A single deer is around many times, grazing just some meters away from us. When it was standing there for about 10 minutes, listening to Dieter talking to him, I opened the little sliding door in the trailer door ( access to the opener ) to take a photo of it.

June 21.  2 days ago we had a double whammy of fun: Stan had organized a potluck dinner at 6 PM at our place, bringing some friends of German heritage and some staff members, including their ladies. I cooked Red Cabbage, Sauerkraut and Potato Salad and we enjoyed also every other food brought onto the table. Delicious! The second fun was that Lynne and Sherm from Florence, AZ, came with their motorhome that day to visit us on their way up to Washington. We had a very enjoyable evening, with grilling and fire going in the ring. The Heathers were here for one more day of talking and relaxing, and they left this morning. Sherm could only walk slow because his right ankle is still healing from a very bad sports accident and a follow-up surgery. He would have loved to walk with Dieter on his duties.

Our "boss" Stanley Bales has our admiration. He was and still is instrumental in the "Rails to Trails" program, and he works for BLM ( Bureau of Land Management [Department of the Interior] ) for 30 years now. We think he is the busiest guy in northern California!!!! He created this piece of paradise we call home this summer.

 

 

June 28., 2008

We have 90 degr.F. ( 32 Grad C.) inside and outside of the trailer. All windows are open and a nice breeze is going through.

Please, don't worry about us being near fires. None of them is near Susanville, and since yesterday we have clear skies. The wind is blowing the haze out onto the Pacific right now.

The deer are back, not fawns but the others. The wolfes seem to be out of this area. But we received warnings about mountain lions being aggressive in California. We are educated about what to do in case of an encounter. Before reacting with sticks, stones or pepper spray and standing tall and yelling and waving and never loosing eye contact or bending down - I think I would start to talk to the cougar first and telling him to go away. You know - "sweet talk"  from cat to cat. Since i talk to other animals and they listen and answer, it might work with a big cat too. I just try to be funny, you know me. I am together with Dieter on the trail, and he carries a knife on his belt. Since we would never carry a fire weapon, we are entitled to a sharp blade.

July 12., 2008

You know that part of a song: "It never rains in southern California" - well, we are in northern California and it did not rain since May 23., since 50 days, and there is no rain in the forecast. Do we miss it? Not really. It would be nice to get all the dust removed.....

p.s. Well - I must have felt it coming = a few big raindrops on July 14., just enough to create funny big rings on everything outside, especially on our truck.

July 17., 2008

This afternoon we were invited by Gerry to drive with him to Eagle Lake, he had business to do there. We gladly accepted because we were able to thank Jim, the host of the campground at Eagle Lake, personally for the wonderful fish fillets he had sent us with Gerry on one of his former field tours. The fish meat is pink, like Salmon, and we were guessing what kind of fish that was. In the meantime I bought a postcard showing Eagle Lake telling on the back that Eagle Lake Trout is a different kind of Trout and only found in this lake. It tasted wonderful...The haziness today was pretty thick, but the pictures I took are not too bad. To see those, please, go to the page "Photo Gallery".

July 24., 2008

Yes, we were blessed with a rain shower recently. On the 20. we had just the amount to get rid of the dust....there were some thunderstorms around without hitting Susanville.

July, 25., 2008

Eventhough this is a wonderful location here in Susanville, we don't want to extend our time here for another "tour of duty". We want to "move on", see more of the West.            Organized as we are, we applied early for a similar job in the                                         Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area, which is located on the Oregon Coast, stretching approximately 40 miles north from the Coos River in North Bend, to the Siuslaw River in Florence. The park is part of the Siuslaw National Forest and is administered by the United States Forest Service. We received e-mail today confirming our jobs there as volunteers. We talked with Stan about it and he was ready to release us here as soon as the forestry in Oregon needs us in fall. According to the e-mail, it is most likely sooner than later. We were asking for hosting a campground this time. Will see what happens. We do not know the date yet, but we would be eager to leave here earlier than mid November to avoid icy roads. A plus would be also to drive on Hwy. 36 west all the way to the coastal Hwy. 101 and then north on it to reach our location of volunteering, this way we would save a lot of gasoline, rather driving only about 520 miles than doubling that that all the way down to Arizona, as we had planned initially. The winters on the Oregon coast are mild and instead of snow they have rainy days, lots of them. I let you all know where we end up when we get the destination. If you are interested, you can look up the following link:  

http://www.fs.fed.us/r6/siuslaw/recreation/tripplanning/oregondunes/index.shtml    

The following image I retrieved from Wikipedia.com , I don't know where that is exactly. 

Dieter and I decided to drive back to Arizona for the winter 2008/09.       Please, see our itinerary on the page "Travelblog".                                  

Oregon is "out".    

                            

August 6., 2008

On Aug. 1. the last little bit of snow in one of the deep crevices at the top of the surrounding mountains wasn't there anymore - it had finally melted.                              

Yesterday evening we received the second time 4 nice fish, Rainbow Trout, from a couple living nearby. Before they drove away fishing to one of the smaller lakes farther away, they stopped at our trailer on my request to get a home-made bread from us. Actually 2 halfes, one white bread and one whole wheat with molasses and cocoa. From the first batch of trouts, our cat Susi enjoyed her "sushi" and we fried the 3 others in a pan ( they were really delicious! ), and from the second batch yesterday, Dieter smoked 2 in his little smoker oven, which has the form of a shoe box and takes not too much room in our trailer. The other 2 were put into the freezer.

More and more people acknowledge Dieter's nice work by keeping the trail, the parking lots, the picnic area and restrooms clean, as well as the paths next to the Susan River. Users of the trail just tell Dieter that, when they see him. Lately I had to stay home and Dieter went alone. I ran out of breath by hiking and walking, felt tired and weak. My only explanation for it is the elevation. As I remember, when we hiked in the Austrian Alps, when I was about 35 years old, I had the same difficulties, laboring breaths and circulatory problems. So we decided not to come back here for another term of volunteering, rather try out the Oregon Coast, as you might have read in the article above

08-08-08

I have to write that date down - another one like it will come up in 13 month. Doesn't it look good?  Things are fine here and I hope you all are enjoying life!  Love - Karin.

August 16., 2008

The "dog days of summer" arrived here. Since a few days we have over 95 degrees, yesterday it was 99 degr.F, which is 32 Grad Celsius. In the evening we sat outside, as every day, and enjoyed the moon illuminating the forest. Our cat Susi was occupied by that scenery too. She loves to sit on the table in our mosquito tent, an elevated seat for her to be able to look down into the picnic area and have a better sight overall. When the sun goes down, she sits in front of the zipper and waits until we open it for her. When Dieter returns from closing the gate, we also go inside the tent, we have 2 chairs and a little table in between next to the camper table. That is the moment when we pour us a glass of Red Wine. We went inside at 10:15 PM.

During the day we enjoy also the Hummingbirds ( Kolibris). We had bought 2 feeders, one hanging on the front awning and one on the window awning of our seating area. This morning there was so much traffic, that I tried to catch images with my camera from inside. Hard to do, they are flying faster than my camera's buttons can ever work. I post 3 pictures of Hummingbirds in the "Hobo Camp" Album in the Photo Gallery. To see the little birds clearly, please, click on full size underneath each picture, when you don't have the slide show working already....

Dieter just came home from collecting blackberries (Brombeeren), about 2 pounds. After he returned from controlling the trail and picnic area, he grabbed an empty ice cream bucket - and off he went!!  Now they are cooking with sugar, so we have something fruity to spoon over Yogurt or Ice Cream. Yummy!!!!!

September 16., 2008

I cannot believe that I posted nothing since exactly 1 month! Work as usual. Dieter received praises. He was told by visitors that Hobo Camp and the Bizz Johnson Trail never looked as clean as it does now. Some even sent e-mails to the BLM office concerning the same matter.

Last week Dieter harvested about 10 pounds of apples from a wild apple tree near Hobo Camp. I cooked Apple sauce which has more the consistency of apple butter, so it holds up longer. And we had another potluck dinner here, which we enjoyed. We also received small plums (Zwetschgen) and I baked several cakes on yeast dough with them. HHmm. We also got several batches of trout, which Dieter smoked in his little smoker.  

We don't have to volunteer hours at the museum anymore, the traffic slowed down conciderably there - David said he can handle it alone now. Today we had a little rain, nothing substantial. Fall will be here in a couple of days....it is still warm during the days.

October 05., 2008

Two days before we got a gift from above, the rains started, it is very cool outside and yesterday we had strong wind gusts. Couldn't this weather wait a little until the "Rails-to-Trails Festival" is over? It is a 3-day affair at the Railroad Museum with live music, Chili Cook-out etc. Yesterday Dieter was on stand-by to show visitors the caboose at 3 times during the day. We received a dinner coupon and had a nice ribs meal. Today, on Sunday, he has to drive the trailer with the bikes to the trailheads and the bus is transporting the bikers. Next weekend we have a yearly marathon on the Bizz Johnson Trail with different Starts and Finish at Hobo Camp, where Dieter and I have to cater to participants with snacks and drinks, when they arrive here at the Finish. This marathon run is famous, there are runners from all over the world.   

 We had 2 very busy weeks when we started our job here, and we are pretty busy 2 weeks before we leave. As you can see in the Travel Log, our route is staked out, resorts confirmed - and Dieter started already loading items from the shed back into the truck bed. The travel fever takes slowly hold of us.

October 12., 2008

It is very cold since 3 days, a coldfront came from the north, bringing snow to higher mountain peaks and to the Reno area in neighboring Nevada. This morning we had 20 degr.F. (or minus 6 Grad Celsius). The sun is shining, but it will take a while until our waterhoses are defrosted. Dieter had the hoses insulated with foam rollers but it didn't help today. Our freshwater pump system in the trailer is working fine, our freshwater tank has 110 gallons capacity. Dieter had it filled about 1/3 one week ago. We never travel with more because of the weight. Because of the cold we are allowed to stay home instead of participating as hosts in Hobo Camp when the Marathon runners come in. They have younger folks to take care of the snacks being ready.

Nov. 26., 2008

Finally - we experienced rain again! The last rain we had in Susanville, CA, in May!! Yesterday it started here, in Indio, Ca , with some drops, and during the night it really came down. The air smells fresh and crisp. I am looking forward to having guests tomorrow ( on Thanksgiving Day) - so is Dieter.

December 21. 2008

Merry Christmas!

                          Happy Holidays!

 

 

Dieter and I wish you also the best for the coming year, especially good health - and more peace in the world!

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To learn more about happenings in the last 1,5 months, please, refer to the Travel Blog.

We will be in Florence, AZ, on Dec. 25. to have a festive Christmas Dinner in the club house of the resort Tierra del Sol.

On Dec. 29. we drive with our RV unit to that resort to stay there - you guessed it- until we travel again. The Travel Blog will keep you updated.

A big hug to you all

                           from Karin and Dieter.

 

 

 

 

Introducing a new page "Aspartame - Sweet Poison"

Happy New Year, everyone!

Today I came upon a website which I simply have to share. I did not read everything yet but I know that I will learn a lot. I knew already that most artificial sweeteners are poisenous and that Hydrogen Peroxide is a "wonder". Since quite some time now I "prescribed" my husband Dieter L-Arginine because I knew that it is an all important amino acid. When he started to fight his blood condition, I searched many websites and my monthly natural doctors newsletters. Maybe that alone - or together with the curcumin complex saved his life, because it is also an Immune System booster....

Please, read on - and please, start to turn your life around by shunning the toxic artificial sweeteners, they also are a cause for Alzheimer's Disease.

February 8., 2009

I came upon another very interesting website, which I will share with you. It is all about the Aura. Please, click on the page on the left side of this book. Bring a little time, it is a lot to read.

Don't forget to look into my blog often because our plans for summer 2009 start to take form. If you are in the wider Corpus Christi area in Texas, please, visit us on Mustang Island!

Introducing a Calendar.

One of the pages of this site will be a calendar. I am not going to bother you with simple daily things going on but pointing out work days to you, in case you have a visit in mind. On those days we work from before sunrise to almost midnight as hosts on the RV Resort. And I point out some doctor and hospital visits.

This Horoscope seems to nail it......

May 27, 2010

  1. ScorpioScorpio (10/23-11/21)

     

    You're a seeker of knowledge of all kinds, from the physical to the emotional and mental. You need to realize that you're still a student in many ways, no matter how much you may know or how old you (or your soul) may be. This humble attitude serves you well when it comes to facing a new challenge in your life. Allies should flock to help with what you need, and you may make friends for life.

 

Alternative Cancer Treatments

Johns Hopkins  Update FINALLY!

AFTER YEARS OF  TELLING PEOPLE CHEMOTHERAPY
IS THE ONLY WAY TO TRY ('TRY',  BEING THE KEY WORD) TO ELIMINATE CANCER, JOHNS   HOPKINS IS FINALLY STARTING TO TELL YOU THERE IS AN   ALTERNATIVE WAY . 



Cancer Update from  Johns Hopkins : 

1. Every  person has cancer cells in the body. These  cancer  
     cells do not show up in the standard tests until they  have
    multiplied to a few billion. When  doctors tell cancer patients
    that there  are no more cancer cells in their bodies  after  
    treatment, it just means  the tests are unable to detect the
    cancer  cells because they have not reached the  detectable
    size. 

2. Cancer cells occur  between 6 to more than 10 times in  a  
    person's  lifetime. 

3. When the  person's immune system is strong the  cancer 
     cells will be destroyed and prevented from multiplying  and
    forming tumors. 

4. When a person has  cancer it indicates the person  has
    nutritional  deficiencies. These could be due to  genetic,
    but also  to environmental, food and lifestyle  factors

5. To overcome the  multiple nutritional  deficiencies, changing
    diet to  eat more adequately and healthy, 4-5 times/day  
       and by including supplements will strengthen the immune  system. 

6.  Chemotherapy involves  poisoning the rapidly-growing
     cancer cells and also destroys rapidly-growing healthy  cells
    in the bone marrow, gastrointestinal  tract etc, and can 
    cause organ  damage, like liver, kidneys, heart, lungs etc. 

7.. Radiation while  destroying cancer cells also burns,  scars 
    and damages healthy cells,  tissues and organs. 

8. Initial treatment  with chemotherapy and radiation will often
     reduce tumor size. However prolonged use  of
    chemotherapy and radiation do not  result in more tumor
     destruction. 

9. When the body has  too much toxic burden from
    chemotherapy  and radiation the immune system is either
     compromised or destroyed, hence the person can  succumb
    to various kinds of infections and  complications. 

10. Chemotherapy and  radiation can cause cancer cells to
       mutate and become resistant and difficult to  destroy.
      Surgery can  also cause cancer cells to spread to  other
      sites.

11. An effective way  to battle cancer is to starve the  cancer
       cells by not feeding it with the foods it needs to  multiply. 

*CANCER CELLS FEED  ON: 

a. Sugar  substitutes like NutraSweet, Equal,  Spoonful, etc are made
    with Aspartame and it is harmful. A better natural  substitute
     would be Manuka honey or  molasses, but only in very small
      amounts. Table  salt has a chemical  added to make it white in
    color Better  alternative is Bragg's aminos or sea  salt

b. Milk causes  the body to produce mucus, especially in  the
    gastro-intestinal  tract. Cancer feeds on mucus. By  cutting
    off milk and substituting with  unsweetened soy milk  cancer
    cells are being  starved. 

c. Cancer cells  thrive in an acid environment. A  meat-based
   diet is  acidic and it is best to eat  fish, and a little other meat, 
     like  chicken. Meat also contains livestock
     antibiotics, growth hormones and parasites, which  are all
    harmful, especially to people with  cancer. 

d. A diet made  of 80% fresh vegetables and juice,  whole
    grains,  seeds, nuts and a little fruits help put the body  into
    an alkaline environment.  About 20% can be from  cooked
    food  including beans. Fresh vegetable juices provide  live
    enzymes that are easily absorbed and  reach down to
    cellular levels within 15  minutes to nourish and enhance
    growth of  healthy cells. To obtain live enzymes for  building
    healthy cells try and drink  fresh vegetable juice (most
     vegetables including be an sprouts) and eat some  raw
    vegetables 2 or 3 times a  day. Enzymes are  destroyed at
    temperatures of 104  degrees F (40 degrees C).. 

e.  Avoid coffee, tea, and chocolate, which have  high
    caffeine Green  tea is a better  alternative e and has cancer
    fighting  properties. Water-best to drink purified water,  or
    filtered, to avoid known toxins and  heavy metals in tap
    water. Distilled  water is acidic, avoid it. 

12. Meat  protein is difficult to digest and requires a lot  of
      digestive  enzymes. Undigested meat remaining in  the
      intestines becomes  putrefied and leads to more  toxic
      buildup. 

13. Cancer cell  walls have a tough protein covering.  By
      refraining from or eating  less meat it frees more enzymes
       to attack the protein walls of cancer cells and allows  the
      body's killer cells to  destroy the cancer cells. 

14. Some  supplements build up the immune  system
      (IP6, Flor-ssence,  Essiac, anti-oxidants, vitamins,  minerals,
      EFAs etc.) to enable  the bodies own killer cells to  destroy
      cancer  cells.. Other supplements like vitamin E are  known
      to cause apoptosis, or  programmed cell death, the  body's
      normal method of  disposing of damaged, unwanted,  or
      unneeded cells. 

15. Cancer is a  disease of the mind, body, and  spirit.
      A proactive and  positive spirit will help the cancer  warrior
     be a  survivor. Anger, un-forgiveness and  bitterness put
     the body  into a stressful and acidic environment. Learn  to
     have a loving and forgiving  spirit. Learn to relax and enjoy
      life. 

16. Cancer cells  cannot thrive in an oxygenated
       environment. Exercising daily, and deep  breathing help to
      get  more oxygen down to the cellular level.  Oxygen 
       therapy is another means employed to destroy  cancer
      cells. 

1. No plastic  containers in micro

2. No water  bottles in freezer

3. No plastic  wrap in microwave.. 

Johns Hopkins has  recently sent this out in its newsletters. This information is  being circulated at Walter Reed ArmyMedical Center as well.  Dioxin chemicals cause cancer, especially breast  cancer. Dioxins are highly  poisonous to the cells of our bodies. Don't freeze your  plastic bottles with water in them as this releases dioxins from  the plastic. Recently, Dr Edward Fujimoto, Wellness Program  Manager at Castle Hospital , was on a TV program to explain this  health hazard. He talked about dioxins and how bad they are for  us. He said that we should not be heating our food in the  microwave using plastic containers. This especially applies to  foods that contain fat. He said that the combination of fat,  high heat, and plastics releases dioxin into the food and  ultimately into the cells of the body. Instead, he recommends  using glass, such as Corning Ware, Pyrex or ceramic containers  for heating food. You get the same results, only without the  dioxin. So such things as TV dinners, instant ramen  and soups, etc., should be removed from the container and heated  in something else. Paper isn't bad but you don't know what is in  the paper. It's just safer to use tempered glass, Corning Ware,  etc. He reminded us that a while ago some of the fast food  restaurants moved away from the foam containers to paper The  dioxin problem is one of the reasons. 
Please share this with  your whole email list.........................  

 
Also, he pointed out  that plastic wrap, such as Saran, is just as  dangerous when placed over foods to be cooked in the microwave.  As the food is nuked, the high heat causes poisonous toxins to  actually melt out of the plastic wrap and drip into the food.  Cover food with a paper towel instead. 

This is an article that  should be sent to anyone important in your life.  

 

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