Cardboard Solar Oven

 This is a Solar Oven I made a few days ago. It is made out of 2 cardboard boxes with crumpled newspaper stuffed between them. I used a picture frame from Goodwill for the door with a duct tape hinge. Used aluminum foil taped to cardboard for the reflectors. I inserted a thermometer in the back to check the temp. It has made it to 278 degrees so far. Today I cooked hot dogs, some small rolls and used a ceramic pot inside and cooked a beef stew with baby carrots, onion, corn, turnips, a potato and some spices. Turned out great, and NO fuel costs.

Stuffed the small box into the big one.

Hinged glass lid with duct tape, foiled inside and taped seams.

Cut and foiled reflectors.

Cooking a couple hot dogs.

278 degrees. Not bad for an almost free oven.

Rhyolite Ghost town



This is a house made of beer bottles.

The only complete building in town.

Lots of stuff

The Bank

I couldn't find any tracks near here.

Very interesting fire place.

Weather worn ladder.

Inside of caboose.

Downtown.

Parts and pieces.

Road to a mine.

Dusty day

             We went for a hike today and while I was taking pictures of a coyote we noticed a dust storm headed our way.We got back to camp in time to see tents flying by and awnings ripping.

Death Valley

   We have been in Death Valley for a few days now. Weather has been in the high 80's. We camped at Furnace Creek campground a couple days then moved down to Stovepipe Wells.

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Oatman AZ

  We made a trip up to Oatman AZ today. The town has wild burro's running loose all over town. They shut down the main street for gunfights a couple times a day. It was an old mining town that has turned into a tourist town.

Patty trying to mail Ebay package.