Tuesday, February 16th, 2010
Special delivery: yesterday I realized that a package I picked up 2400 miles back still had another 175 miles to go before its destination. This is a fun story about chance meetings on the road. It’s also one that might make my mother squirm. On the way back to Canada after the Route 66 trip, […]
random encounter at the hot springs
Tags: All-American Canal, BLM, canal, Colorado River, Eva, farming, Holtville, hot spring, Imperial Valley, LTVA, Raimund, salton sea, water
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Monday, October 19th, 2009
This is me at work the other night: I am really liking this camping on BLM land thing. El Malpais National Monument was a few miles off the Route but it was well worth the drive. Primitive camping, but then again so is Walmart – and which would you rather have? Besides, Walmart wouldn’t allow […]
best office ever
Tags: campfire in a can, el malpais, gallup, indian, ipod, navajo, new mexico, technomadia, window rock
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Saturday, October 17th, 2009
Seriously. Do not take plumbing for granted. Believe me, if you had spent 99% of the last month driving in a Jeep, sitting in front of a computer on a thin foam pad and sleeping on an air mattress, you would know what it means to have a hot bath. My back and neck are […]
half way there and in hot water
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