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It’s Been Awhile
THURSDAYIt has been over a year since we took a roadtrip, the March and September ones of 2022 perhaps adding up to the distance we planned to cover in two weeks. Our friends, since 2016, just bought a home in … Continue reading
Dreams: July to November 2023
July 7 – I get into a theme park, very early, and am given access through the kids’ hole on a ride that starts with my legs like they’re strapped into a hospital bed, which has bears on some of … Continue reading
The Weekend After Thanksgiving
FRIDAYI start to pack the car upon waking and eat a biscuit from yesterday’s feast on the way to Cibbets Flat. It starts to rain. I eat a grapefruit in the driver’s seat while Caleb sets up the tent. My … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Food, Friends, Hiking, History, Military, Motorcycle, Places, Plants, Water
Tagged balboa park, California, clouds, Hiking, museum, outdoors, San Diego, transportation, waterfall, weekend, women
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Crater to Chollas and Pie
Getting to sleep was easy, but once dawn was near it grew harder to stay that way. We’re waking up at Amboy Crater, designated a National Natural Landmark in 1973. In 2016, BLM expanded the protected area to 5,700 acres … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, Art, Camping, Family, Food, Hiking, People, Plants, Travel
Tagged B&W, Joshua Tree, Julian, restaurant, Southern California, sunrise
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Lake Manly to Amboy Crater
It’s around 2am when I awake in Texas Springs Campground, in the middle of quiet hours, in a dark sky park. I’m grateful I acquainted myself with the location of the toilet earlier so I can stumble there quietly, and … Continue reading
Posted in Camping, Hiking, History, People, Places, Travel, Water
Tagged Amboy, Death Valley, desert, Mojave National Preserve, national park, nature, Route 66, sunset
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