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Drifting in New Mexico & Colorado & Wyoming
More pictures of Wyoming/ Colorado. Camped New Mexico State Park. Lots of thunder and lightning the last couple of days in Santa Fe area. Colorado…..too crowded. Visited with John Geiger and Linda and Catherine and Honey the new English setter. Golfed with Bob Gaughen and stayed and visited at Jim Ridgway’s. More time in Wyoming…
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Drifting in New Mexico
Gosh it’s been three weeks on the road. Headed to Roswell today for some prescriptions and Carlsbad Caverns in next day or two. Parked on NM3 south of Las Vegas NM.
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Apache Country Part 1
It was nice at Pancho Villa SP but not much to do. So i decided to head for Arizona. I use a app called AllStays Camp & RV. The best app for finding secluded camping sites. There is a USFS campground call Sunny Flats in the Chiricahua Mountains of SE Arizona. The area where Geronimo …
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Texas Weather
Got everything taken care of at Jacks. It Sunday and i leave tomorrow. I was going to stay to the middle of West Texas but their is a Winter Storm Warming for the next couple of days so I’m going to go more south to stay warm and dry. Overcast on Monday and I’m headed…
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Palmetto State Park
Texas is a geographic nightmare. Everything meets in southwest Texas. The deserts of Mexico, the bottom of the Rockies and the plains of the prairie. It makes the weather crazy and the flora and fauna infringe upon each other. Palmetto is crazy. Nice but weird. Palms and wetlands and oak trees and cactus and the…
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Goose Island
Padres Island parallels the Texas Coast and Goose Island is to the north of where I’m camped. Looks like there is a road that crosses over to the mainland at the tip of the island. Except it’s a ferry. I’m not getting on the ferry. A pleasant drive along the island. But it’s windy and…
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Padre Island
On the road by 8:30. Need to fuel and hit the market. There isn’t a lot of big national chain grocery stores in Texas that i have seen. H-E-B markets is the king in Texas. I have been in enough of them to understand their layout and enjoy shopping in them. Fuel is in the…
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Lost in Texas
12/5 – 01/17 Six weeks in Austin,Texas and two weeks in Montana over the Holidays. Where does the time go? Flying back to Montana the week before Christmas it was cold. Lots of minus weather. Forgot how uncomfortable you can be when the wind chill is -25. Unfortunately i didn’t pay much attention to Austin’s…
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Wednesday 12/7
Ran out of propane last night. Hmmm, I knew I was close but thought I had another weeks worth. She completely empty so I’ll know exactly what she holds! Turns out 3.8 gallon instead of 5. The horizontal tanks don’t hold a true five gallons. Took the long way to Austin and got to Jack’s…
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Monday 12/5
12/5&6 Early start, about 250 miles today. Amistad Reservoir. The dam backs up the Rio Grande, one side US, the other side Mexico. Big! The further south I go the more overcast it became. Two days of no sun but it is finally warming up. Bought a Texas fishing license and fished a bit, nuthin’.…