I Can't Find my Car Titles

I was going to transfer my cars and license to California, today. I couldn't find the titles to the car and trailer; not to mention the motor home. I guess that I'll have to get copies.
I've still been too tired to go looking for gold. It't hotter than heck, here. It's hot but I think my not going after gold has more to do with schizophrenia than anything else. I've been spending a lot of my time fantasying about things that never happened. That's me.
I was also going to look for a job; but that didn't happen either. I'm afraid that if I find a job I'll lose my nice apartment. It's subsidized and I can't make too much money or I'll lose it.
I did get signed up for Bitgold today. So I guess I got something done. You can Google Bitgold; but it's Bitcoin backed up with gold. It seems like the best of crypto-currency and gold. I'll be able to store my gold in Zurich and transfer it easily.
I haven't had much to say lately. I'll see about uploading a picture of Mt. Shasta on my next blog. I took it with my phone camera the other day. I need to get it to Google Drive.
I succeeded. Here is Mt. Shasta.

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View from My New Apartment

I'm uploading a picture from the balcony of my new apartment. I really like it here. The scenery is awesome and it's a pleasant place to be.

You can see why I liked this place.

I applied for a job at the local VA office, today. I think I'm qualified; I hope I get the job. 

If I were employed I could look for gold on the weekends. 

Well, that's all that is happening for now. I'm busy with my move and panning for gold.

Later.

I Found Gold; Then I Lost it.

I went to the claim that I've been digging at this morning. I'm still dowsing; and I noticed that the target moved from the hole to the pile of dirt.
I couldn't find a nugget but I noticed that a lot of the grains of sand were quite shiny. Therefor I panned out a pan of the dirt.
While I was panning I saw a streak of gold that was on the bottom of the pan. I should have taken it out right then and there but I thought I could pan out more gold by keeping on panning. Of course, I'm new at this and I washed out the gold.
There were two things I learned:

1. Always pan into a tub so if something washes out you can repan it and retrieve it again.
2. When you see gold, collect it right then. 

The important thing is that there is gold where I'm looking for it. Dowsing seems to be working; if it's not, then there is plenty of gold to be found on that claim.
I'm having trouble with my diabetes. I know that a Christian Scientist would basically say to ignore it or pray it away.
I was watching something on PBS today that recommended a diet change. I will go with what they were recommending. I've already cut out a lot of sugar from my diet by not drinking sodas. I'm afraid I'll have to quit eating ice cream as well. That is a major thing to me. I already feel better. Of course I'll call a practitioner as well.
Well that's all for today.
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Getting an Apartment

I haven't given up on finding gold; but I have given up on moving my motor home out here to live in.
It's just too expensive to bring out the motor home, right now.
I'm debating going back and picking up the stuff that's in the motor home with my van and maybe bringing it out, later.
I don't know what I'll do with the motor home; but for now I'm getting an apartment. It's a subsidized thing. So I'll be limited on my income or I'll lose the apartment.
I don't know why I decided to get an apartment; it probably has something to do with always taking the path of least resistance. Getting the motor home out here would not only be expensive but it would be a hassle to travel to and from Iowa as well. It would cost at least $800 in gas alone to bring the motor home out here. I would also have to spend $200 to $300 in bus fare to get back to Iowa. That is not even considering the difficulty of driving a motor home through the mountains. I had a hard enough time driving a van with a small trailer over all of the mountain roads.
The apartment that I'm applying for is really nice. It has free internet access, a pool, and a community center as well.
I'm a little disappointed with myself for not getting out and looking for gold more often. I'm spending more time filling out forms for the apartment and such.
I'm listening to Jesse Ventura on RT right now. I think I'll sign off.
Later.

I Still Haven't found any Gold

I'm rather disappointed with my self. I haven't found any gold. I went to two places this morning.
The first place (Fort Jones) I went to because of a rumor that gold had been found there recently.
I asked about it at a coffee house. They had good coffee and cinnamon rolls but hadn't heard anything about gold.
The other place is the same one that I've been going to. I hoped to improve my dowsing technique. I decided to use a pendulum for closing in on gold nuggets.
It didn't work. It turned out that the pendulum doesn't have the range that I thought it did.
The dowsing rods get me over the gold but I don't know how deep I have to go for it. The penulum only picks up on the gold if it's within 6 inches. I experimented with my gold coin at Starbucks.
I feel that the dowsing rods are getting me over the gold but it might be 6 ft. deep for all that I know.
The metal detector is worthless since there is so much wire and metal garbage in the soil. With the metal detector I end up spending all of my time digging up junk.
I'm doing research on going back to Iowa to bring out the motor home. I'll go by bus. It's cheaper. Dan isn't done with the motor home, yet, so there is no hurry. I'm having troubles with the Greyhound website. You have to figure out how to get to where you are going by yourself.
Apparently Greyhound doesn't travel on Interstate 90; I'll have ;to go on Interstae 80 instead.
Starbucks is closing.
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I'm in Yreka

I pulled into Yreka last night. I got a motel room for a week; so much for sleeping in the van.
I'll be on my way to Happy Camp this morning. I hope to do some prospecting today, yet.
The roads to get here last night were terrible. I couldn't go faster than 55 most of the night. I've never driven through so  many mountain roads. It was pretty while there was light but I can see how it would discourage most people from coming here.
Well, I've got to watch Troy on Do it Yourself World and drive to Happy Camp.

This morning, I went to Happy Camp.
I picked up a replacement membership card and a gold pan. I also picked up a map of the claims.
I'm hoping to get out to the claims today. Maybe I can find some gold.
The trip to Happy Camp is a very long and tiring effort. I'm having a hard time getting used to driving in the mountains.
Twenty years ago I was used to travailing on mountain roads; now I have to get used to them again.
I've got a motel room for a week so I'll be here at least that long. I hope to fly back and then, drive the motor home out here.
If I don't find any gold I'll just drive the van and trailer back. If that happens I'll have my tail between my legs; like a licked dog.
Now I can't find my dowsing rods. I tried to keep the things I needed for actual gold prospecting separate from my other stuff. Apparently I did too good of a job of it. Now I can't find the box that I had my gold hunting stuff in. I had two sets of dowsing rods; now I can't find either one. Maybe I can find a pair to buy, here. I'll have to shop around. Maybe I'll take everything out of the van and go through all of the boxes. I'll need that stuff.
On a more positive note; it looks like some of the best claims are near Yreka. I just need to get my dowsing rods.
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I'm Halfway Through Nebraska

I'm making my sojourn to California. I'm at some little town east of Grand Island. I'm making  good time; but I got tired.
I don't know how long I've been up; but it's over a day.
I saw some of my old classmates from 50 years ago, this morning.
I got there early and ended up driving all over the place looking for Internet and decent coffee. I finally found it at Storm Lake.
The Harbor Freight trailer and the van are both running great. I might push through tomorrow and the next day and complete the move without stopping much.
Well, I've got a comfy bed and I'll get up tomorrow and hit it hard again.
Later