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About ralph

Just another blog to share some thoughts with the world. Want to comment? If you know how to contact me, I can manually set up a commenting account for you. Sorry, commenting is not open to the general public at this time.

Kofa Views Cholla Pain

Posted on Tuesday, 2020-Jan-14th by ralph

I only had time for a little hike for my first afternoon, it was about one and a half hours before sunset. But I wasn’t going to let that stop me, plenty of time to hike up the valley accross … Continue reading →

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Kofa Spirits

Posted on Monday, 2020-Jan-13th by ralph

It was time to leave the Roadrunner BLM camp, time to move on, time to discover a new area. My planning this trip has been absolute shit, yet I don’t care. I seem to have fallen into a pattern of … Continue reading →

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Life of a Youtuber in 2020

Posted on Sunday, 2020-Jan-12th by ralph

After a very sober New Year’s celebration that ended before the beginning of the new year, we were actually fresh and ready for a hike this first day of the new year. Carolyn was interested in seeing the Petroglyphs we … Continue reading →

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Test Pits and Blue Rocks

Posted on Saturday, 2020-Jan-11th by ralph

The day dawned quiet and peaceful. No road noise, no people yapping, no generators. About the only sound is the distance whistle and hum of trains passing, about two miles from my site. My plan was to do a hike … Continue reading →

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Sitting among the Cholla

Posted on Friday, 2020-Jan-10th by ralph

I wasn’t even halfway to Vicksburg, and already having adventures. What would await once I found my campsite? I drive off onto Vicksburg Pit Road, my first drive off into the wilds of BLM land on my own!

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Proselytism by Math in the Pass

Posted on Thursday, 2020-Jan-9th by ralph

It was time for me to leave the camp Carolyn had invited us to. She had left the previous day, not even saying goodbye to me, but not for lack of trying. She caught me in the classic awkward RV … Continue reading →

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Petroglyph Hot Tip

Posted on Wednesday, 2020-Jan-8th by ralph

In socializing around the fire, you find that among kindred spirits, secrets are shared that you just wouldn’t tell someone you’ve only known for a short time. There is something in the human DNA that tells us if they’re OK … Continue reading →

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Unexpected Discoveries are the Best

Posted on Tuesday, 2020-Jan-7th by ralph

I have not really talked about what the desert is like here yet. In my defense, it was Christmas, there was more socializing, and less blogging – a good thing! But let me fast forward to two days after Boxing … Continue reading →

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Two New Stars are Born on Christmas Day

Posted on Monday, 2020-Jan-6th by ralph

Let me start with a real time (as of a day ago, by the time I post this after coming back online tomorrow) update. I’m in Kofa National Wildlife Refuge. Cell signal is shit. SMS only, but that has allowed … Continue reading →

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BLM Dry Camping aka Boondocking Around Quartzsite

Posted on Thursday, 2020-Jan-2nd by ralph

I left Quartzsite, heading south for “BLM Roadrunner” Campground. BLM is the Bureau of Land Management, the US government department that manages public land in the USA. “Campground” is really not what this area is, other than the sense that … Continue reading →

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