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Carlsbad Caverns
Made it to Whites City, NM finally. Amazing how settling back into my RV after a night in a motel feels like “coming home.” Some photos from Carlsbad Caverns:
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West of the Pecos
Hanging out in the West of the Pecos Museum while I wait for a mechanic doing some work on my RV. I have to admit, I’ve been in a lot of museums in several countries, but this is a first for me in terms of interpretive signage. I don’t think I’ve ever had a road…
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Mystery Lights of Marfa
Preparing to investigate one of the Mysteries. Update: Ok, I saw the Mystery Lights. I definitely think they are related to traffic along Highway 67, but the atmosphere reflects and refracts the light in weird ways over the horizon to create some very odd effects. In my sunset pictures, you can see a couple of…
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Eyes Full of Stars
The McDonald Observatory Star Party was amazing. The sky was almost totally overcast when the sun went down and we weren’t sure we would get to see anything. A nice observatory employee took us into a theater and gave us an astronomy lecture, trying his best to make it not-disappointing. Then about an hour later,…
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Sing Me A Bug
Current status: sitting in the library again, listening to a field trip’s worth of kids in the back room singing a song about the metamorphosis of insects from larvae to adults. The Davis Mountains:
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Chatty as a Librarian
So I’m working out of a small Texas town’s library today because WiFi/ cell signal is poor at my campsite. Apparently nobody’s ever told this particular location that libraries are supposed to be quiet. Earlier, half a dozen teens invaded my corner munching Funions and watching videos on their phones at full volume, without being…
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My Rig, Heading West
My rig, in all its hitched up glory. I’ve moved on as planned to Davis Mountains State Park (really lovely!). It’s not easy leaving Peter behind, and I considered changing my plans and staying an extra day. But ultimately I decided to come on. I’ve already searched the immediate area where he disappeared, and suspect…
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Hip Hip Hippos
My two favorite zoo animals are giraffes and hippos. Unfortunately, the Houston Zoo hasn’t had full sized hippos in many years, so I took this opportunity in San Antonio to do the behind the scenes tour with Uma and Timothy the hippos.
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Peter Gets Lost
Well… I held off on making this post as long as I could in hopes of having better tidings to report. But with so many folks invested in how Peter’s doing, I’d better share the hard news. Wednesday evening, as we were on our way to the campsite, I stopped for gas in southwest San…
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Medina… Valley?
I’m staying at Thousand Trails Medina Lake northwest of San Antonio. The park is a lovely collection of Central Texas flora and fauna, including live oak, cedar, prickly pear, deer, and Texas jackrabbits with enormous ears. Unfortunately, this end of the “lake” dried up a couple of years ago due to drought, and is now…
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