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Before heading out to Mojave I did a few DIY things after having spent plenty of time operating from the back of the truck bed. I started sewing a bug net which has become one of my favorite things I've made. I originally used a giant Coghlan's one and just stuck it up there. It was fine to...

Over the long weekend (Jan 2022) I took a short trip out to BLM and camped near Cabezon Peak, NW of ABQ. Night shot camped facing Cerro de Guadalupe It was fun to see the delta between the outside temp and inside the shell Brooks usually wakes up before I do Caught the sunrise...

To confirm how much I enjoyed that trip, I spent three days back home in ABQ and made plans to meet my friend in AZ's Kofa Wildlife refuge and eventually ending up back in Organ Pipe National Monument. This time we drove, a record distance offroad for me, from Yuma, AZ along the border crossing...

I've been back several times now to Organ Pipe and it is truly a special place to me. This first trip, alone, cemented it. I'm not certain how I settled on going to visit it but I knew it would be between 70-80 in late December so I was sold. ~9 hours from ABQ, I spent the first night south of...

In December of 2021 I planned to go west to Organ Pipe National Monument for the first time. I did an oil change and played with some of the set up before I left. I picked up some Reflectix for the camper shell windows and some organizational pieces that I'm lukewarm about.

Back in Nov 2021 upgraded from the Pixel 2 --> Pixel 6. Hooray clear images! Drove up to Mt. Withington near Socorro, NM to check out the look out, just a quick drive with Brooks Some pretty shots of the sky as we headed back down the mountain and home

Big fan of the tire tailgater for quick camps. Spent a night in the Ponderosa area in southern Jemez Mountains.

Things for the sleeping platform / drawer system came together over the last weekend in August (2021) - Carpeted the 3/4" plywood top - Lined the drawers with the rubbery / foamy - dontyoumovearoundonme and stapled them down, I'll eventually do the sidewalls too - Waxed the bottom of the...

The following weekend I was back to it, a short camping trip up to Jemez Mountains. Went in via 126 in Cuba and picked a trail that was almost problematic. Made it to milder roads but did more jumping out of the truck to check my line than I had in all prior trips combined. First trail...

Trujillo Meadows in Colorado, a cold, high elevation reservoir Lunch spot near Cumbres Pass A true water buffalo, Brooks the dog Went for a short hike once I found camp He sleeps hard when we go camping At nearly 11k feet, but also August, things got colder come morning than I...

August 2021 After watching 600 youtube videos on folks buildings sleeping platforms / drawer systems I finally start working on mine. I wanted to keep it simple and not put any holes in the truck. I had a circular saw, sander, pocket hole jig and drill. I hadn't done anything like this prior...

Fourth of July 2021 Trip to Silverton / Telluride The day I planned to head to Durango for the holiday weekend exploring the Million Dollar Highway, Last Dollar Highway and Ophir Pass, I get wonderful news! My snugtop camper shell arrived and the shop squeezes me in at lunch before I left. No...

Late June 2021 Pixel 2 camera is dying, photo quality continues to degrade until..... well you'll see Summer temperatures in ABQ don't lend themselves to time spent outside and I continue heading north in search of water, higher elevation and cooler temps. Back to Pagosa and the San Juan...

April / May 2021 I managed to get out camping multiple times, initially a short trip up to Jemez mountains. Using an air mattress the first night and then reverting back to the tried and true tent. Still operating out of my camping bins set up that I put together to camp out of the Audi. I...

Beautiful - I'll check it out

Weeks later I took Yell for a road trip up to Del Norte, Colorado - the pups were a big fan Initial modifications involved debadging and changing the tint of the fog lights from clear to yellow. In the coming months I ended up changing that to amber. It is a cheap, fun, silly mod but I prefer...

Although I grew up camping with my family (New England), it wasn't until I moved to New Mexico in May of 2019 that I fell hard for the outdoors and eventually with overlanding and the freedom / sense of peace associated with both. Initially I moved out with as much as I could fit in my...

Sad to be back home - lovely time up in the Conejos river valley up in Colorado

Spent the weekend up by the Conejos River / Platoro Reservoir in Colorado - seems like I should learn how to fish...

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