Covid Interuptis Walk

Posted on Sunday, 2020-Apr-19th by ralph

We have left decorated rocks for you to find. Each with a message that is friendly and kind. Look side to side, forward and behind. Please leave them in place if you don't mind.

I’m not quite done talking about my adventure to the desert, but the latest post is taking longer to gel. My muse is more difficult to understand than usual. But in the meanwhile while we are all COVID-19 isolated, I have a little story, from much smaller travels: my walkabout in the neighborhood.

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RV-less in Phoenix for a night

Posted on Monday, 2020-Mar-30th by ralph

I have left my RV behind, walking down the sidewalk with my luggage in tow. It is a warm afternoon and I am starting to sweat a bit with the exertion. My plan was to hit the Motel 6 at the first major intersection, about a 10 minute walk down the sidewalk back at the first major road.
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De-RVing

Posted on Thursday, 2020-Mar-26th by ralph

Sunrise at Burro Creek Campground 7D2_5943

I had arrived back from Hells Half Acre later than I had hoped. It now was time to start the process I had come to think of as “de-RVing”. That meant getting everything ready to return my RV, retaining only what was going to fit in a suitcase and carry on bag. A quick canned dinner, then I start in on the process.

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Hells Half Acre

Posted on Sunday, 2020-Mar-15th by ralph

Burro Creek Bridge in Early Light 7D2_5757
It is the last day for me to hike in the desert, let’s hope it will be a good one! Hopefully I will not be blocked by a canyon in getting to my destination: Hells Half Acre!
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No Way From Here to There

Posted on Friday, 2020-Mar-13th by ralph

Highway 93 Bridges of Burrow Creek 7D2_5734

One thing I have noticed on this trip is that I plan ahead way less than I thought I would. I seem to be happy just looking at what is up ahead of me, doing a little poking around on my maps. Perhaps I do a little research on the internet. Then I just go, and figure out the rest when I get there. That was not going to work out for me today.
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The Not so Abandoned Mines?

Posted on Saturday, 2020-Mar-7th by ralph

Ocotillo Flowers 7D2_5674

After my morning discard discoveries, I finish a good lunch. Now, it was time to travel up Signal Road, behind the hill and find the other mine my topo map said was behind there. What would I find back there?

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Discards in the Desert

Posted on Sunday, 2020-Mar-1st by ralph

Wash Near Camp 7D2_5643

For my second day here, I had resolved to check out the second mine on my map, having been chased out of the area by bad weather the previous day. But there was to be other strange discoveries this day as well.

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South on the 93

Posted on Friday, 2020-Feb-28th by ralph

Route 66 Sign SR602202

I leave the Grand Canyon reluctantly, not only because I am leaving behind such a natural wonder, but that I am going on to my last travel leg – heading south towards Phoenix and my return home. I had no plan beyond that, due to lack of internet signal. I decided that I would head towards my “plan B” site from my planning to get to the Grand Canyon, then south on the 93. Once I had some Internet, I could plan more specifically.

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Walk It to Appreciate It

Posted on Sunday, 2020-Feb-23rd by ralph

Red Trail Down to Cedar Ridge 7D2_5460

Returning to the rig from my Sunrise view of the Grand Canyon, I pack three bottles of water. I also pack my three heavy lenses, lunch, rain gear, map, bean bag tripod. Ugh, this pack is heavy. Ditch a lens? But it’s the Grand Canyon… Although my 70-200 F4 is a top notch lens, I’ve got a 18-135, do I really want to schlep this thing around for the little extra reach? But it’s the Grand Canyon! When am I ever going to be among this kind of grandeur again? The lens stays, we will see how much I like it when I’m hiking back up the canyon carrying all this gear.

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Sunrise on Top of the Grand Canyon

Posted on Saturday, 2020-Feb-22nd by ralph

Pre Sunrise Grand Canyon 7D2_5300

I decided today that I was going to see the Grand Canyon at sunrise, then do my walk down into the canyon. One of the rangers had advised that Mather Point was a good place to see the sunrise. So I manage to drag my ass out of bed early, an extraordinary thing for what I hoped would be an extraordinary sunrise.

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