It was my intent to stay a month at the Imperial Dam area near Senator Wash Reservoir, because it had all the conveniences a self-contained mobile home owner needed such as water, trash dumps and dumping tank stations. As well as, restrooms and outdoor showers to accommodate campers or mobile home owners that need these facilities.   

During my arrival, I did notice a lot of mobile homes parked at various angles close to the mountains and areas surrounded by medium and large rocks; trailers, chairs, pop tanks and other items to inform newcomers – those areas have already been claimed by him/her.

As a result, I and a few others parked in the center of the grounds where no one else was parked. Most people, who joined me in this vast open space was gone within one to three-days. At this point, I understood early comers were bunched near the mountains to lessen his/her exposure to 20-35 miles an hour wind gust.

However, prior to my departure the wind constantly rocked my mobile home, knocking all three recessed awnings against my vehicles’ exterior. Finally ripped the rubber molding that protects frame screws from rusting; from its track.  The molding was waving in the wind like a ribbon. I used scissors to cut the molding and threw in on the floor in front of the passenger seat where it remains.

The only good things about this BLM property that interested me were views of the beautiful mountains, the sky and facilities needed to dump my tanks and trash. Otherwise, the grounds were covered by large, medium and small rocks. If you usually walked for exercise; like me. You weren’t going to do it here.

I watched a guy trying to negotiate his way on a two-wheel motorcycle from the rocky grounds he parked his mobile home on to something you might call a road; he had one hell of a time but made it to the road using a running motion with his feet. Further, I have a Harley-Davidson Trike (a three-wheel) motorcycle but had no intentions of unloading or riding on/from this BLM property.