Author: Van-Tramp

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Borrego Springs 2016

That’s it, it is official. A new tradition is born. You may ask yourself, “what tradition?” The tradition of having too much fun in the desert of Borrego Springs and neglecting to take any photos which then forces me to just send everyone off to another blog which better documented...

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2016 travels

In 2016 the plan is to visit Baja Mexico for the winter, Colorado Rockies in the Spring and Summer, then back to Grand Teton for an early Autumn kayaking/backpacking adventure. As the year comes to a close we will travel down the Northern Sierras in Oregon and California then spending...

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Borrego wind tunnel

After an early Xmas with Kerri’s family in the South Bay last weekend, we did make it down to Borrego Springs in one and a half days of driving. It is nice to be back in Borrego Springs as it holds a special place in both our hearts as the...

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John Muir Woods

John Muir has always been somewhat of a hero to me. Not only was he a minimalist and naturalist, he was easily the loudest voice in the creation of our National Park’s system in America. If it were not for John Muir, Yosemite would not exist today at all, and...

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Point Reyes National Seashore

For most of my life I have lived within a few short hours drive from the North Bay and Point Reyes National Seashore. Twice I drove right past it on my way to other places. Never had I thought to even pop in to see what all the excitement was...

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Blog-dammit

I am not going to start this post off with an apology for my lack of activity these past few weeks. In fact, I am just going to ignore that fact and pretend everything is normal – because it is, other than I have not been blogging. So, to catch...

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Empire Mine

Empire Mine is “one of the oldest, largest, deepest, longest and richest gold mines in California.” It also happened to be right down the road from us, show Kerri showed me around her local state park. While the mine shaft itself was cool and all, it was the Estate and...

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Changing plans

Yesterday as Kerri and I were driving down the highway we started discussing the possibility of drastically changing our route (planned more than 18 months out). One of the great things about this lifestyle (living on the road) is that you can change your plans on a whim. After a...

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Nuttin

The title pretty much says it. It has been a full week of nuttin’ doing, at least in the adventure department. Instead we are hanging out in Grass Valley with Kerri’s parents (which are quite nice I might add), eating home cooked meals, taking the occasional hot shower and dodging...

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Dog-iversary

Today is the second anniversary of Moose and I finding each other in Gold Hill, Oregon while camping at the Moose Lodge (hence his name). He was just 3 months old at the time he found me (pictured) but has grown up so much in these two years. You can...