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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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Grass roots campaigning in Texas

Posted on Monday, 2024-May-13th by ralph

Texas so far had been good. Free camping at a nice park was great, the highways were good and the gas was cheap. This really should be Nirvana for RV travelers, at least if you can give up being out … Continue reading →

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Campground decompression in San Felipe

Posted on Wednesday, 2024-Feb-14th by ralph

So our first boondocking spot was a bit more adventurous than we would have preferred. No RVer likes unexpected soft sand trying to take their rig into the abyss. But a day of relaxation at our hard won spot had … Continue reading →

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Baja stuck baby

Posted on Saturday, 2024-Feb-10th by ralph

I decided to skip ahead from Summer 2023 to Baja 2024. I may come back with some ‘what I did last summer’ blog posts but don’t count on it. Baja is just too good to not talk about closer to … Continue reading →

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Solitude between the people and the aqueduct

Posted on Tuesday, 2023-Jan-17th by ralph

I decided for my second week in the desert that I would check out a new area, but nothing too far away from Bouse, where I had some vague plans to camp with Carolyn and friends over the Christmas holidays. … Continue reading →

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Solar at last

Posted on Friday, 2023-Jan-6th by ralph

My only real goal this winter was get my solar upgrade done while I was in the Quartzsite area. I had set up an appointment at Discount Solar, a place that has a reputation for doing good work, but not … Continue reading →

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The original original Route 91 found

Posted on Saturday, 2022-Dec-24th by ralph

As I was now far enough south to be out of the cold and snow, I was not motivated to travel long distances to get to warmer climes. So today I had the luxury of only an hour and a … Continue reading →

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At the northern end of the warm zone

Posted on Thursday, 2022-Dec-15th by ralph

I left my abandoned campground, expecting that as I headed further south there would be less snow and warmer weather. That was not true, the weather stayed about the same temperature, and the snow cover got heavier as I approached … Continue reading →

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