WHEN YOU GO TO PARKER BE SURE YOU HAVE A FRIEND LIKE HANS WITH A BEAUTIFUL BOAT!

Julie gets a lesson on how to be a captain.

RETURNING TO THE CALIFORNIA SIDE AFTER A NIGHT AT THE CASINO, WE WERE SHOCKED TO SEE THE RAILROAD BRIDGE ON FIRE. IN THE MORNING WHEN WE HEADED HOME, FLAMES WERE STILL ALIVE.

DINNER AT THE PIRATE’S DEN ON THE RIVER

A STOP IN QUARTZSITE BROUGHT THE BAD NEWS. PAUL WINER, AKA THE NAKED BOOK MAN HAD PASSED AWAY IN MAY. SO SAD TO HEAR THIS. HE WAS A CHARACTER FOR SURE. A MUSICIAN, BOOK SELLER, COMMUNITY ACTIVIST AND NUDIST.

AND CLOSER TO HOME WE FOUND OUR LONG-LOST COWBOY. FOR YEARS WE VISITED HIM AT HIS STRIP MALL IN MECCA AND THEN – POOF – ONE DAY HE WAS MISSING. WE PUT OUT A PLEA FOR THE PUBLIC TO BE ON THE ALERT BUT WERE UNABLE TO FIND HIM. THEN, DRIVING HOME FROM PARKER, THERE HE WAS IN FRONT OF A LITTLE TOURIST SHOP IN JOSHUA TREE WHERE HE IS WELL LOVED AND TAKEN CARE OF. THEY RE-NAMED HIM “JOSH.”