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    Be careful rocks hurt vehicles

    I am living off of the worst road in Taos County lol... One neighbor and friend who lives another Mile up the hill is evidently more wealthy than I am as they are paying out of pocket to repair about 2 miles of the washed away rock laden road up to them. It is finished about 3/8 mile from the...
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    Illegal Obstruction of Public Land Access

    I owned a large parcel of land, 2 sides were Washington State Department of Natural Resources land... The other 2 sides of the DNR land were also privately owned. The road easements for private land ended at my property line. And the other side there were no easements. So 80 acres of DNR land...
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    Shingles

    I am sorry you are going through that man, that looks really painful. After seeing that I am happy to say that I have had both doses. It helps to have a primary care physician that rides your ass like I had. Yes I needed a prescription I thought for the first dose but I didn't to get the 2nd...
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    What are people like on the Olympic Peninsula?

    There is an old town site north side of the river above the sea that was platted as a small town a long time ago... They were selling 1/4 acre lots for like 12k a long time and I passed it up for the 5 acres I bought outside Hoodsport, a mistake I regret... It's Only accessible through a...
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    What are people like on the Olympic Peninsula?

    Hey... Sorry for the slow response. I am in intensive care at Taos hospital after a near respiratory arrest from getting stuck in mud, ice and freezing water and getting chilled. I read Frood post and most of what he wrote dittos what I would have told you. WA is really strict about fishing...
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    What are people like on the Olympic Peninsula?

    I moved last May from 12 years inside National Forest on Olympic Peninsula to NM. I lived in WA about 26 years. A little south of where you are mentioning but I will give you my general opinion of life on OP.... Yes Forks etc has a very serious Meth problem... Easily recognized by the PAT...
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    Winter Follow Up 😉 Made It

    Well.... I read every weather forecast for the winter and they all said, low snowfall. As it turns out... I used to live in Eastern Europe. My ex is Serbian. After I came home she had great stories about not getting paid at Radio DJ job and she was worried about hungry son. I sent money for a...
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    Winter Follow Up 😉 Made It

    Well.... After everyone here said I would freeze to death 😊. Including neighbors who now think I am a bad ass lol I am just not a campground person or in any way interested in Rangers and rules. After living inside National forests for 20 years I have no patience for them 😉 Feeling chased...
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    Readying for the Cold

    I have determined a solution and this post took a direction I was not really interested in... So thanks for the advice
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    Readying for the Cold

    I am not really sure how I want to respond to this but...... The post about the dog was referring to being in a campground with 9 RVs with dogs. He is trained quite well, but put your hands on me and that changes.... Putting the dog down is a stupid comment and really I am not interested in...
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    Readying for the Cold

    I see it is unanimous 😂 I know all about Rocky Mtn Weather.... 20 years in Colorado at high elevation. But the snow disappears fast unless you are higher up than I am. I am more worried about cold and wind, than snow. It averages here 45 inches, that's not much unless it all falls in a few...
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    stretchy mosquito net things that fit over car windows

    Hey... Nothing special... Bought 48“x 25' black fiberglass screen at Loews for like $25 Be sure to buy Black Gorilla Duct tape.. It's stronger and thicker... Like $7 at Wallys q And magnet tape $10 It did one sliding door... Had to tape 2 pieces You can do rear door in 2 pieces and leave extra...
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    Readying for the Cold

    Hey..... Looking for answers and ideas on surviving 5F (not counting the wind) Temps that are set to arrive December and January. I am in a Grand Caravan.... We kept pretty toasty with zero insulation in Last winters Seattle snowmageddon down to about 20f without issue. I know the general...
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    Looking to Repair or Upgrade Your Van?

    Hey.... I get UPS and FedEx Delivered to me at General Delivery... Since both UPS and FedEx have delivery to USPS.... If you have a PO Box there is a form to fill out and you can use the Post Office Address and UPS and FedEx can drop off. Especially done for people who have no street address...
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    stretchy mosquito net things that fit over car windows

    I made my own.. . The entire perimeter is covered in Gorilla Black Duct tape... The photos is before I got the black duct tape... The top and short front piece folds over the top of the door and holds them in place... . The bottom has a 1“ piece of roll magnet ($10 at Ace) sandwiched between...
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    Buying and using land without attracting attention

    As for year round.... We will see how it goes. 5F nights are pretty chilly and I have been in Taos in January and I remember freezing just getting into the car...I have pretty bad Asthma and it's been a long time since I did Rocky Mountain winters. Went to school in Boulder. The wind which is...
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    Buying and using land without attracting attention

    Hey I was thinking.... There is a woman on the trespiedrasestates.com page living in Taos has a few parcels further up.. With trees, I searched them out in Taos County pages by her name... They were pretty far up and in good spots. Access is another story... If you can't find her there drop me...
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    Buying and using land without attracting attention

    Hey.... Yes exactly where I am and it's a great story The Great Southwestern Land Co, that defunct corporation still owns about 6500 parcels, including the one next door to me ... Which is good I guess I know that you need 3/4 of an acre for a well... But from what I know drilling only goes...
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    Thinking about Van instead of dorm

    Just one California experience with sleeping in my then VW bus... I was coordinator for Bill Clinton in Santa Barbara in 1992... Made lots of friends attending UCSB. Maybe a year later I am visiting the area. Parked in Isla Vista I get a knock on the door.. A Sheriff threatens me with jail...
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    Addiction

    I am Medicaid patient... The Medicare Advantage will not fill prescriptions at out of state locations... I know zero about methadone rules... Mine are asthma meds.... But my local pharmacy has been sending my meds thru mail for several months until I decided whether I was permanently staying...
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