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Happiness at Tucalota Springs |
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As I mentioned on the Abode page, I currently live in a travel trailer. However, this is not the first time I've lived in an RV. During the Fall of 1987, I experienced the happiest four months of my life living in a 30-foot travel trailer with my wife and two small toddlers underneath the old oaks at Sage, Ca. We bought the trailer (which had a tip-out in the living room) and had it pulled to Tucalota Springs, a wonderful RV park in the hills of Sage, about 15 miles south of Hemet. The Sage-area is beautiful, and I became intoxicated with it; all I wanted to do was be outside, under the trees, or sitting around a campfire at night. It was the closet to Nature that I had ever felt. It was a very magical time in my life!
The experience was so magical, that I jettisoned just about everything that had to do with electronics and technology: We got rid of our 20-inch television, Atari player and video games, a hundred video discs and a video player, most of our music albums and video tapes; just about everything. We bought a small 13-inch black and white television just to keep up on the news. Sage was paradise found!
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Top: Giant oak tree located in front of our trailer; Below: Desert Pirate's home circa October, 1987. |
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One of the most wonderful experiences I remember was waking up to the sight of cougar tracks marking up the area right in front of our door! During the night, a male and female mountain lion with a small cub had come for a visit just feet from where we were sleeping! In another instance, I was taking the trash out to the garbage bin on the other side of the park; it was dark and as I was walking beneath the oak trees, I saw a large cat sitting on the dumpster. I remarked, "Wow, what a large cat!" It didn't occur to me that it might be a wild animal! As I got closer, the feline jumped down off the bin and ran off; as it fled under an arc light, I couldn't make out a tail; it was a bobcat! And of course, the sound of a pack of coyotes "whooping" it up just on the other side of the hill from where we stood one night, was an eerie experience. |
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Unfortunately, Tucalota Springs now appears closed. On June 2, 2006, I visited Hemet briefly while I was on vacation and made the drive up into the hills to experience Tucalota Springs once again. I was shocked to find a locked gate at the entrance to the RV park. How disappointing. |
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Personal Facts: |
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Home |
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More Pictures |
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Abode |
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Desert Pirate |
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Birthdate: May 18, 1959
Birthplace: Salem, OR
Height: 5'10"
Weight: 250 lbs
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Brown (graying)
Favorite Story: To Kill a Mockingbird
Favorite Movie: American Beauty
Favorite Movie on New Orleans: Zandalee
Favorite Foods: Fried chicken, fried shrimp
Favorite color: Red
Favorite Trees: Bald Cypress, Russian Olive, Oak
Favorite Cities: New Orleans, San Francisco
Primary Career: Radio D.J/News Reporter
Current Vocation: Legal Clerk
Favorite Weather: Blue sky, no clouds
Favorite Holiday: Halloween
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Gates of Dixie |
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Tempter |
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Gil Davis |
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Influential People |
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The Otherworld |
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Volcanoes |
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Daimons |
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Spirit of Lafitte |
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Doctrines |
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Trip to Globe-2004 |
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Movies |
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