Emergency Rooms and Me….

Three times in the last 18 months……..

That being said, It is a much lower rate than when I went through that weight loss fun and games in the period from 2015 to 2017.

The one that I have been to lately is at Adventist Health Tehachapi Valley. Awesome place. The staff is great. I will not have to submit myself to those eleven hour and plus trips to Palmdale.

I have not kept count of the total number of ER visits in the last five years as that is a bit on the morbid side, ya know. The fun with the diverticulosis and the issues with the digestive tract is not something I enjoy. The imaging technician at Adventist and I are now on a first name basis. Nomar is my bud, ya might say.

Yeah, ER visits are a part of the normal for me these days……. It sucks bigtime……….. Oh, my blood pressure was in limits. OK, it was toward the high side but nevertheless it was in limits.

The photo is for attention only……….

Desert Wanderings: 5 May 2018

No Cinco de Mayo for me……..

I did the usual pop run to Mojave this afternoon. I have more important things like the Stanley Cup Playoffs…….

I did take the Trusty Nikon with me…..

Included is a picture of Missus ORPO’s new car that she won at the last home game of the Bakersfield Condors.

I think these may be ex-United airframes.

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Desert Wanderings: 21 April 2018

I had to go to Mojave to get things at Stater Bros Market for Missus ORPO. I took the trusty Nikon along. I got some shots of the yard where the components for the wind turbines are unloaded from special flat cars for movement to the area where they are assembled and put into service.

I have included random shots of other stuff as well. Enjoy.

#desertwanderings

China Lake Air Show

It was a small show. I was impressed by the way it was run though. The Blue Angels were there for their first show on the road. I have seen them so many times that I spend my time wandering through the static displays.

The Brits and Dutch had their Test F-35s under the canopies on the line.

BTW, I have disabled person plates on my vehicles and I parked about six spaces from the entry control point for ADA and VIP folks.

Erskine Fire.

This is near Lake Isabella to the NNW of us. We just got a High Winds-Dense Smoke Advisory.

Desert Morning

Grabbed a few pictures on the way home this morning. The sky was clear and punctuated by the sound of jets overhead.

I had to get up in the bed of the Titan to get them as the shoulder on this part California City Boulevard drops off at a substantial angle. Not to mention that I am only 5’3″ tall……………..

Getting some heavy weather

Mother Nature is at it again. We are in for some rain and very high winds this afternoon and evening.

Our immediate forecast includes winds up to 75 mph according to the Wind Warning, with the rain. For those who think the desert is a dry and warm place should come here at this time of year………….

It has snowed a handful of times since we came to California. When I was working the ballast trains, it snowed at Amboy out there along the old 66/A T & S F in December of 2007.

California City Forecast for 31 January 2016

It may be Winter?

I was doing a couple of quick errands for Missus ORPO and I during a lull in the ear and head aches that decided to hit me yesterday. I didn’t work last night as a result.

This was too hard to resist and the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 has a really good camera in it.

Storm Moving Through

Smart phone camera, is good………

We got a dandy of a storm!

Storm 13 — Through the windshield at one of our two traffic lights…………….

Mojave Desert Morning………………………………Sunrise

I left for work a bit earlier than usual this morning. I keep the Nikon in the Titan for opportunities…………………………..Today was excellent. I am no Pinch Paisley by any stretch but I have fun with my basic D3000.

The sun had just peeked over the Rand Mountains and I even got the purple that is a desert thing over the Rocket Lab on the mountain near Boron.

I love the desert. It has a certain quality of silence in the morning. I do enjoy the drive into the base in the morning on days like this. It is a very awesome place.

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The Air Force Rocket Lab in a longer shot.

The Air Force Rocket Lab on it's mountain. — The Air Force Rocket Lab on it’s mountain.

That small sliver of the rising sun over the Rand Mountains.

Today’s Desert, brought to you by the Mojave-Rosamond Landfill

I finally got rid of some junk that was taking up yard space. A treadmill that quit with me using it, three broken fans and a broken patio chair.

I also got a couple pics of lonesome railroad…………………..

UPRR Main and Industry Lead to a Petroleum facility

UPRR looking toward Rosamond

The Southeast Kern County Desert 10 June 2015

After a trip to the doc in Tehachapi, I ran to the commissary and The Panda Express on Edwards AFB. The Desert was a bit photogenic this afternoon.

Taken with my Samsung Galaxy Note 3.

Today in The Fremont Valley

I had to remove all the stuff I had done in the front yard so the landscaper can do his thing on Wednesday. The Landlord had the landscaper over the other day and we are getting a rock front yard with a tree.

We also had a thunderstorm to the Northwest and West at the same time.