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Monthly Archives: September 2011
Sept 24 – Time moves too slow, planning route home
Ugh! I have been sitting in one place for two weeks now and it is growing old on me. I get spoiled with a week of traveling, adventure, excitement, and ever changing scenery only to arrive at my destination which …
Sept 19 – Idiotic CA state parks, Pipi Valley camping
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I was to take a single night trip to Calaveras Big Trees state park about 70 miles away this Sunday and Monday. Just as I was about to head out to Calaveras I checked on the camping options in the …
Sept 14 – The wasp killa!
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I spent the past two days working on these two wasp nests around the house. It is vital to eliminate the wasps here as my Mother is deathly allergic to bees (and wasps!). The first assigned target was handled, mostly, …
Sept 13 – Honey-do’s and trip planning
I’ve settled in and just been working through the list of honey-do (“Honey, can you do…) items that Mom has been compiling since I left in July. All are minor jobs which I can handle easy enough and give me …
Sept 10 – McArthur family BBQ
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Today was dedicated solely to getting all the California families together for a BBQ while I was in the state. My nephews and nieces came out for some swimming and food and I got to hang with my two brothers …
Sept 9 – Day off of life
After the long drive of the past week, I took today off. I didn’t do much other than some catch up on work stuff and some grocery shopping in preparation to tomorrows BBQ with Tobias, Steven and both their families …
Sept 8 – I am awake, rock slide, ah… bed
6:30 AM – Alarm sounds and I actually wake and get moving only to find out that my alarm (cell phone) changed to Pacific time. My body is still under the assumption that it is 7:30AM… dang it! Only 280 …
Sept 7 – Driving thru NV, Holy Hamburger!
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Yea, so the truck stop didn’t do it for me, and it was full of flies! By the time I finished my evening work and dinner, I must have had a 100 stow-away flies in my van. I left the …
Sept 6 – Delicate Arch hike
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Again, the alarm sounded at 5:30, but I didn’t get around to moving until 6:30. As much as I want, I just can not bring myself to get going that early. 7 am – After my two cups of coffee, …
Posted in Hike, Outdoors, Road trips
Tagged Hikes, Hwy50, I70, mpg, National Park, Utah, Weather
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Sept 5 – Negro Bill Canyon, Moab, & camp
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Well, I didn’t move very far west-ward… only about 50 feet (different camp at same campground). However, I did get out and have a pretty decent day in the Moab area. My alarm went off at 5:30am and I promptly …
Sept 4 – Colorado Ntnl Monument
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This morning started off as any normal Sunday, with work. The difference today was that I was working out of the van in a Walmart parking lot a few miles out of the Colorado National Monument. By noon, I was …
Posted in Camping, Parks, Places, Road trips
Tagged Camping, Colorado, I70, National Monument, People, Utah
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Sept 3 – Westbound to Grand Junction
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Once again I am heading West towards California. Nothing special, comparatively speaking, but a different route than the past few trips; back to the I-70 / Hwy-50 route so I can re-visit some places as well as visit Colorado National …