Taking the Road Less Traveled

EOkay, moving again. Does not take long to go from awake to drivin. Change clothes, heat some water for tea and to wash my face. Fill the water bottles up, transfer everything to Bill and away we go. Then again, sometimes it takes me hours. The first 40 miles this morning is county road, paved…

Goodness gracious, I roll out of bed at 8:30am. Don’t feel any pain, hmmm, maybe my right knee. A bit. I guess I’m getting a bit fitter. That was a long walk yesterday. Another bike flat tire on the same wheel, the rear. Dammit, WITW. I want the bike ready to go. It still isn’t…

Happy Birthday Sully!   Up by 8am. My thermometer said 31F. No sense getting going to early it’s cold. I think I’ll hike the Holly Ruin Trail today. Four miles one way. I may go the whole way, I may not. Class A hike. Day pack, chair, binos, cell phone, both poles. No camera because…

Wheels rollin’ 7:15am. It’s a couple of hours to Farmington. Little over a hundred miles. Forty of that on 2-lane, frost heaved, poorly paved, road less traveled. Nice. Sunrise had some potential to begin with, but turned into glare before to long. Shiprock is a gigantic rock formation that you can see for miles and…

Another beautiful morning. I can see the sunrise out the schooner front window. Nothing worth staying awake for so I turn over and get another hour sleep. No heater this morning, predicting 80s today. Wash a few dishes, sweep the floor, wipe the mats down. All systems are operational and in order. I have been…

Up and dressed by 8am this morning. A cup of tea, a game of where is the spot for the solar that I don’t need to move it and a decision to do the Hovenweep loop counter-clockwise. Not a bad start to my morning.   I have also decided to walk with both trekking poles…..no…

  Hovenweep has to be in my top 5 of places to camp.  A short hike down the Holly Trail takes me down the canyon wall, scrambling over rocks and side sliding my way thru a split rock. The first 500 yards are as nice a start to a hike as you could ask for.…

My goal was 7am. Bill pulled out at 7:30. Short drive to the showers. Showers are open 24 hr/day. There wasn’t any COLD water this morning. Decided not to go get tools and troubleshoot it. The water was HOT but I managed to get everything clean. Fresh set of clothes and away we go.  …

Well eight o’clock came and went and I was still snuggled down this morning. Got up made some tea, cleaned up a bit, walked down and filled a gallon jug at the potable spigot. I keep 5-1 gallon filled plastic jugs for drinking water. I’ve broke into the third jug a time or two but …

Little bit of rain last night. It was light or the noise would of woke me. I put everything away every night. What’s everything? A nice fold up chair and a folding table or two. I have a 6×8 outdoor rug that is right out the schooner door with a portable step and a doormat…