Monthly Archives: August 2009

New Mexico

Driving on back highways through the mountains of Arizona and New Mexico was a pleasant surprise for both of us. With a mix of forested uplands still quite green from the summer rains and desert lowlands with the classic rock pillars jutting out everywhere, we decided the area was one of the most beautiful places [...]

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Air conditioner

This will be a short post. Since we moved out of our home and into the Landcruiser we have been using the A/C non-stop.  As residents of Arcata we rarely use the A/C if ever.  It feels weird to have it on all the time. Yesterday as we left the Gila Cliff Dwellings the weather [...]

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Show Low, Arizona

In 1999 I moved to Arcata, CA. I had just gotten out of the military and found a university with a great outreach program for veterans, Humboldt State University.   When I arrived the first person I met was Jason, he and I met with our veteran advisor who informed us he was sorry, but he [...]

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Grass Valley to San Diego

We have had a hard time getting access to internet and the time to write, so we are a few days behind. We should probably assume this will be the case for the duration of our adventure… We spent a night in the Santa Cruz mountains with Cinda and Larry.  They were wonderful to us [...]

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The Ramsey’s

As we mentioned in a previous post the Ramsey’s were kind enough to take us in while we spent a few days in Grass Valley.  We loved their home. Really…  a lot. We could have stayed there.  So here are a few pics that will not show you how cool a place this is.  Stay [...]

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Finally, a night in the tent

We have officially been on our trip for close to a month now, and last night was the first night that we actually slept in our truck. We have been visiting friends and family along the west coast and enjoying their hospitality, so last night we finally got to test out the diggs. Let me [...]

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A photo-less update…

Let us start by apologizing for our lack of posts, we have been having trouble posting pics… and our Facebook site has been getting the brunt of our attention due to the 233 subscribed fans. We are in Grass Valley, CA. We have been out of our House for over 20 days… It has been [...]

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