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The Peter Miracle
Miracles never cease. Someone sent me a picture of a stray gray tabby hanging out just outside the radius I had searched in San Antonio. I couldn’t tell from the pictures whether it was Peter or not, because unfortunately one plain gray tabby looks a lot like another unless you can see them in person…
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Skye
Say hello to Skye, newest member of my vehicle family! (Toddler provided for scale.) Update 11/10: Fixed up for flat towing!
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Oops
How my day is going. Not only did my tow dolly tire blow out, but I managed to lock myself out of my RV with the engine running on a very narrow shoulder at the side of the road, about 100 miles from anywhere. Thank goodness for friendly Texas State Troopers who broke into the…
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Big Bend
In Big Bend, I had the opportunity to visit the Chisos Basin (an amazing high-altitude oasis in the middle of the desert), Santa Elena Canyon (though I couldn’t hike into it because the creek was too high), and a slot canyon (where I could hike down to the bottom and look up at the steep…
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McKittrick Canyon
It was a gorgeous day for a hike in Guadalupe Mountains National Park! I hiked McKittrick Canyon to Pratt Cabin, and got to enjoy the beginnings of fall foliage (which won’t peak for a couple of weeks yet probably). The Guadalupe Mountains are a desert environment, but the canyon shelters a whole different ecosystem with…
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Shake, Rattle, and Roll
I am discovering that this weather forecast is much more significant in an RV than it is in a house.
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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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