Hopefully, things are finally back to normal.
The inverter crisis of 2024 is apparently over, and things are now back to normal, or at least as normal as my life gets.
My current location is Leesburg Dam State Park, about 12 miles north of Las Cruces, New Mexico. I ended up here because I wanted to be near a fairly large city in case my Harbor Freight inverter didn't solve my problem; I figured I would stand a better chance of solving my problem in a larger town. But things are working as they should so far; I'm just enjoying my new surroundings instead of worrying about my inverter. I can now add pictures to my blog effortlessly and put photos of my daily blogs where I had the pink placeholders during this kerfuffle.
I had to make a reservation at Leesburg Dam State Park since they don't have any first-come, first-served sites. In fact, I got the last open site, which means this place is pretty crowded. I signed up for four days, and my only costs were four dollars a night for my electricity and a $10 registration fee for that %^&&** ReserveAmerica.
And speaking of reservations, I talked to the head ranger here at Leesburg Dam State Park, who gave me some information I hadn't heard before. According to him, they will raise the cost of the nonresident annual camping pass to $600, but they will base the price on when you buy the pass. The new way will be that all passes expire in January, but you can buy a pass whenever you want during the year, and the cost will be prorated depending on when you buy the pass. So, purchasing an annual pass in June may cost half of what a yearly pass would cost in January. He didn't know if they would prorate the pass biannually or every month. He told me that was all he had heard, ending with what I've heard from Rangers before.... "The honchos don't tell me anything."
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Cloudless sunrise at the Leesburg Dam State Park.
My boondocking neighbors at the Deming New Mexico Walmart. All the boys bring all the toys.
Sunrise at City of Rocks State Park.
View from my boondocking site at the City of Rocks State Park.