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Great South Carolina BBQ out in Ludlow

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 This morning when I left Buffalo Bill's Casino and Hotel out at Primm, Nevada, it just seemed a real good day to take the long way through the Mojave National Preserve. The route took me through the Ivsnpah Valley and down to Kelso Depot, then over through the little town of Amboy and points west on Old Route 66. When I got to Ludlow, I saw this man working his magic on a BBQ grill. We talked for a few minutes while he made me a pork meat sandwich with a little heat🤠 Here is a sandwich photo after a small bite😉 It was a fantastic bbq sandwich, actually cleared my sinuses a bit. He was setup to the side of the I 40 west onramp, lots of room for hungry truckers and buses to stop! We talked about people living out on public land and he mentioned that he lives on his own land, totally offgrid. Really cool. I also told him that I have said to my friends, if you see a brother cooking bbq by the roadside, you had better stop. Otherwise, you will miss some fine c...
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The greatest friend of the California deserts has died

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 Senator Diane Feinstein has died at the ripe old age of 90. There will be tributes from folks more eloquent and knowledgable than this old guy. But I would like to share with you my favorite Feinstein moment. Back in 2015, Senator Feinstein held a public, under the tent, meeting for comments regarding the three proposed national monuments; Castle Mountains, Mojave Trails and Sand to Snow. There was some controversy and one of the reasons for this meeting may have been to defuse some of it. What I mainly remember was the masterful way in which she ran the meeting and how the stakeholders all got a fair chance to speak. We all know what ended up happening. All three monuments were created and millions of acres have been protected. They sure won't be putting up any solar fields or windfarms in those acres. Personally, I believe I was writing the Morongobill's Backporch blog at the time. Although I quit that, I never forgot about protecting the deserts or who, in my opinion, was t...
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The "New" Pioneer Gambling Hall and Hotel in Laughlin

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First real post to this blog. I decided to do an overnighter over the weekend and the Pioneer had the best rate at $50. Having heard that it was a "new" Pioneer, it seemed like a good time to check it out. It took 5 hours of driving through the beautiful Mojave Desert to get there, not including a quick stop at Avi Casino, and prior to checking in, I made a quick losing visit to the Golden Nugget. I managed to check in early at my hotel and made my way to the room. Once inside, I discovered that no such renovation had happened to my room. The first thing I noticed was just how insecure my room was with the deadbolt not making contact with the door frame which basically had been rubbed away from years of use. There was no real privacy as the drapes wouldn't close all the way, something I fixed by jamming my computer bag over the drape edges. It just looked like the room hadn't been redone in several decades. But the shower worked, even if the sink draine...
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Welcome world

To my new blog. Like the backporch blog, it will have some desert content along with lots of photography, especially seascapes, my new interest. Politics may rear its head as well.
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