Taking the Road Less Traveled

Saturday 11/6Not that i don’t take it easy everyday but today i have nothing planned. Ended up sitting in the sun listening to a book on tape about the Boston Red Sox manager Terry Franconi. Reading a book about the Indian Wars “The Earth is Weeping”. A very interesting book if you want to know…

Friday 11/5Going to hang around this spot for a couple more days. Nice walks and a nice CG. Heading in to play nine, upload some TTRLT stuff and pick up a few things at the market. Verizon lobby was packed, so i set up in a chair outside their front door and updated my ipad…

Thursday 11/4Beautiful morning. I’ve been going to bed early and getting up late. Usually have my cup of coffee( in my found Yeti cup!) outside depending on the wind. Plan out my walks/rides for the day and walk down to use the shitter and fill a couple of gallon containers of drinking water. This morning…

Wednesday 11/3I was hoping my sunglasses were in the cab of Bill but no go. Best guess, put them on my hat while hiking and they slipped off. Damn, those were my prescription glasses. Oh well. Completely pulled everything from inside Bill, just in case my glasses fell down somewhere and that gave me a…

Tuesday 11/2I changed sites when i came back yesterday. Moved closer to day use area because that’s the best access to the Gila River. Leisure morning. I’m surprised at times how i can piddle away a morning. Washed some pots,, filled some water bottles,took the trash down, walked down to the river. I left for…

Sunday 10/31Halloween! I dressed up all day as a retired guy! Pretty much a repeat of yesterday. Some hiking, some reading, a safety meeting, the usual. I have a couple of nice 2 mile walks/hikes. By the water on one and top of the mesa on the other. I don’t carry my new green chair…

Friday 10/29Nice slow day. Did some reading, did some audio book listening, did some walking, did some bike riding. These are the types of days i think about when getting ready to go. The weather is high 70’s low 80’s. Lots of sun. Almost 5.5 amps from solar panel. You get that 8-10 hr a…

Thursday 10/28Blaze and i are off on a bike ride today. This dirt/gravel road in this Ripirian area leaves the campground and goes up. No flats, no downhill just a gradual climb up and over the mesa. It’s 21 miles total and is the old road from the copper mine to Safford. Did i tell…

Wednesday 10/27Beautiful morning. Wind has slowed to a breeze. Got my hiking boots on and walked up a couple of arroyos and around the tops of the canyons. Never really out of sight of the campground. Lots of butterflies! Walked down to the picnic area and crossed over the Old Safford Bridge (1913). Not much…