I was wondering what kind of vehicle to get. I want to be able to get out in the boonies or drive cross-country if I need to. Back on the Eastern Shore of Maryland when weirdos and hippies could rent old houses on the water for fifty bucks a month, my old friend and fellow [...]
New Mexico
Take a good look and don’t forget
Behold the magic piñon! Do you have any idea what you’re looking at? The dark areas are crystallized resin. You can see it extending in a shallow curve across the cut face of the wood. This particular piece is about five inches wide. It came from the top of a mountain and was probably here [...]
Had to go all the way to Albuquerque for this, I’ll have you know
As you can see, I’ve got the hat, and now I’ll always know just where I am. I wasn’t wearing it the last time I hiked—much too new to get it sweaty—and as it turned out, I covered half of the outbound leg without even realizing it! What I’m saying is, I found myself in [...]
I know, I know… Just do whatever the hell it says
The wind howled long and hard outside last night. Every now and then a dead branch from the giant elm growing out of the side of the old adobe clattered against the roof or just missed the kitchen window. If it wanted to get loose, however, it would have had to fight a whole lot [...]
New Mexico’s 33rd highest mountain
This was the view from about sixteen miles away today. I shot this with my trusty Pentax K-x and a 55-300mm telephoto lens. The 12,115 ft summit itself is farther back up in the shadows. Lobo Peak is in the Columbine/Hondo Wilderness Study Area, so there must be a lot to see up there. I [...]
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