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Final Wanderful Post

As I’d mentioned in posts past, I moved out of Brandy’s house on May 7th. I took the following week off from work through the 14th, only to immediately leave for the camping trip from my previous post. After being gone for the 3 day weekend, I immediately launched back in to work and haveContinue reading “Final Wanderful Post”

Camping: Redondo Campground, Santa Fe National Forest

May 21 – 23, 2021 Well, it’s official. Alan and I took our first camping trip over the weekend of . This was my first time ever tent camping and the first camping I’ve done at all in decades. It was a life changing experience.

Travertine Falls

Less than a mile off of the Tijeras exit from Interstate 40, within a community known as Canyon Estates, is a trailhead that will eventually lead you over the ridge of Sandia Crest. Half a mile from that trailhead lies Travertine Falls.

Jackery Portable Power Station Explorer 240: First Impressions

I suffer from obstructive sleep apnea, requiring the use of a BiPAP machine (since your going to ask, here’s how a BiPAP is different from a CPAP.) In contemplating potential power sources for its use while I camp, I landed on the Jackery Portable Power Station Explorer 240. I ordered the battery on April 20Continue reading “Jackery Portable Power Station Explorer 240: First Impressions”

Cascade Mountain Tech Trekking Poles: First Impressions

I received my Cascade Mountain Tech trekking poles on Friday, April 23. Let’s take a look at the basics and how they performed on my first trip with them.

Prepping for Utah

The Four Corners National Monument is a scant four hour drive from Albuquerque. Since meeting Brandy, we’ve made a trip to the area, to Cortez, Colorado, but never visited the monument, nor the other two states involved in the intersection, Utah or Arizona. That changes this year.

My New Addiction

I’ve just come to the realization that I’m sick.