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About ralph

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Super secret Colorado River camp

Posted on Friday, 2025-Nov-7th by ralph

One advantage of having a motorcycle with you is that you can go exploring around your environs and see what other spots might be available near you for boondocking. I typically look at the aerials of my surroundings while I’m … Continue reading →

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Fire follies

Posted on Saturday, 2025-Nov-1st by ralph

I was camped beside a power plant, not far from the Colorado River with Needles being opposite of the river there. I was low in the valley, so that helps with the temperatures being warmer too. My hope was to … Continue reading →

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New discoveries in familiar territory

Posted on Thursday, 2025-Oct-23rd by ralph

I was camping in Pahranagat NWR, enjoying the warm weather following a challenging trip south this year. I planned to spend a week at Pahranagat. I have been here before, so I knew this was a nice area. There were … Continue reading →

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Winter storm catches me

Posted on Monday, 2025-Oct-20th by ralph

I’d had a long day driving and shopping, getting a furnace part, then heading south to the Twin Falls area where I planned to sit in warmer weather to rip out my furnace yet again to install the part. The … Continue reading →

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Heat and power issues traveling south

Posted on Monday, 2025-Oct-13th by ralph

I left Lethbridge with fall in full swing. My plan was to stay in Canada until after Remembrance Day, then scoot into the States, heading as far south as needed to escape the cold. But the cold was slow coming … Continue reading →

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Fall discoveries and surprises

Posted on Wednesday, 2025-Oct-1st by ralph

I was free to wander wherever I might want to go. Being late August 2024, it was too early to be going south, so I would start by heading north west of Calgary, exploring along the Clearwater River, close and … Continue reading →

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What I did last summer

Posted on Sunday, 2025-Aug-24th by ralph

I’m not talking about this summer (2025), I’m talking about last summer (2024), as in I’m writing this one summer ahead of the one I’m talking about. But one post for the whole summer does a lot to get me … Continue reading →

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Last boondocking before visiting friends

Posted on Tuesday, 2025-Jul-15th by ralph

I decided I would spend one more week in BC before heading to Lethbridge to visit friends. BC is pretty in the spring, I might as well take advantage of the improving weather to see one more area I had … Continue reading →

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Trying to stay warm traveling north

Posted on Sunday, 2025-May-18th by ralph

The weather had continued to stubbornly stay cool north of me, but my time in the USA was almost up. It was time to head back to what was a still too cold Canada. As a traveller, you at least … Continue reading →

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Texas to Utah: lotta empty spaces, lotta history

Posted on Sunday, 2025-Mar-30th by ralph

After an overnight in Waxahachie, I left in the morning. My visiting time was done, it was back to solo travel in an RV for me. Spring had sprung; I was working my way west and north for a return … Continue reading →

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