The Guadalupe Mountains is actually part of an ancient under-sea reef which just happened to be in the way as the mountains were being formed millions of year ago. As the mountains pushed up parts of this reef was exposed and is now the Guadalupe Mountains National Park. One sense...
I travel alone for the most part so stocking the shelves with food is a selfish process. I only need think of my own wants and needs. At times my son is with me though he tends to eat the same foods as I do. Perpetually skinny, I am also...
Finally, I can check the box that I visited Carlsbad Caverns. This trip was planned two years ago but I did not make it, then again last year but a vehicle breakdown prevented me from making it. This year I only just made it and with only hours to spare....
I woke this morning to slightly colder temps but still well above freezing. Still, my older sleeping bag is all I need (rated to 20 degrees) but I have my zero-degree mummy bag if things start to get real cold. I must say, since returning to sleeping in the van...
I drove to within a few miles of the Caverns only to turn around and rive nearly all the way back to Carlsbad. I found a dirt road just outside the city limits to hang out for the day and night. Once again, my requirement to be within a Verizon...
In Jan 2011 I began the first road trip of the year from the SF Bay Area over the Sierra mountains and began heading South into Arizona where I stayed for a month before and passing through New Mexico and turning Northward in Feb. I stayed in Colorado while Tim...
For the most part, I spent the day driving. After my morning workload, I left the truck stop which I stayed at last night and drove only an hour before stopping for lunch near Fort Sumner, NM. Bosque Redondo Lake showed up on my GPS not far out of town...
Not long after entering New Mexico this morning I spotted the brown sign which lead me 30 miles off the Interstate to Capulin Volcano. Normally this would not have slowed me much, but after getting the chance to climb a volcano near Mono Lake, CA a few months earlier, I...
In December of 2011 I have left behind the comforts of a life that was no longer allowing my happiness. While my immediate family continue living in Colorado, I have chosen a more primitive route in life; to travel in my van and explore my country. I do this without...
Already, the shifting winds are changing what little plans I had. This morning I woke to the realization that if I did not run as far south as possible, I would wake tomorrow to 20 gallons of ice in my tanks. The simple fact is that anything North of Albuquerque,...
