Kingman pictures

 September 2, 2011.  Highway 164, a 3 State trip to pick up Mean Streak pipes and seat from Jim Siegelaar.

 A pretty highway, lots of Joshua Trees.

 Baby Joshua trees are Skid's favorites!

 Buffalo Bill's Casino in the Primm Valley of Nevada

 This 1931 Lincoln was custom built for Dutch Schultz.  Lead lined doors, and 1 inch thick glass everywhere. It's riddled with bullet holes.  After Dutch was murdered, the Al Capone organization used this car.  Eventually the Chicago police confiscated it, and it was sold at auction.  It's here on the Nevada/California border in Whiskey Pete's Casino.

 This was the meeting place to pick up the pipes from Jim.  I was there early, so had a nice breakfast and wandered around the casino.  Paul Anka will be performing there tomorrow night, Sept. 3rd.

 Highway 68, between Laughlin and Kingman.  Climbing in elevation and getting cooler.  Almost home.

 Sunrise over Kingman, Sept. 3rd, 2011

 Jr.,   VROC'S  "The Quiet One", gave us a surprise call on Saturday night.  He had just pulled into the Flying J for the night.  Went down for some ice tea and a nice visit.

Inside the big Kenworth.  All the comforts of home.  That's a good thing, since he spends a lot more time in this cab than he does at home.

 Only 92 degrees at 9 AM.  We've been up early loading and hauling while it's cool.

We knew we'd need a moving dolly, so stopped in Stockton, CA on the way down and borrowed one from Don (VSP)  It's working out well.  Maybe a little hard on the back, but it gets the job done.

A tree is coming down in the back yard. This is where the new garage/workshop will go.

Marcus has a plan. He thinks he can get all the shrubs the removed, as well as this pretty large tree into the bed of his little pickup. He came close!

The load is coming together.


I suggested falling the tree, then limbing it, as any logger would. But, he wanted to climb up and cut branches before taking it all the way down. The truck was 10 inches in diameter.

Quite a load! He'll come back for the rest tomorrow. His girlfriend wants some of the shrubs to replant, and he'll use the tree for firewood.

There were two. Now this is one.

All tied down, with one small rope. If he doesn't get stopped, it will be a wonder, but he's not worried. He has to go through town, then about 10 miles out in the country with this.

He didn't know much about undercuts, but he didn't lack in strength and energy!

Hired a man to do some yard work and remove trash left by the old owner. He found these quail eggs under one of the bushes.

He has an incubator at home, will take these and see if they hatch.

The only good tree is a stump! This is a nice tree, but it would be right in the middle of the new "Motorcycle Vault" that will be built there.

Marcus is a hard working man. He did a lot today, will come back tomorrow to finish.

Putting plants and tree trimmings in his little truck.

These are the shrubs he took out, along with the tree. He also did a lot of trimming in front.

Camping out! We're bringing things in a box at a time. Probably be a few days before we start getting furniture in.

Sunrise from our patio in Kingman. About 6 AM, 31 August 2011