December 27, 2025
Kofa Wilderness, AZ
I guess it’s not much of a blog if you go nearly two years between posts, but I’m catching up now, so perhaps I can be forgiven. Or not. Whatever.
Category Archives: Desert
Puerto Agua Verde
January 14, 2024
Agua Verde, BCS, Mexico
While eating out with friends in Loreto, Mark mentioned that he and his wife were headed to the remote beach at Puerto Ague Verde. This would involve 20-25 miles of rough dirt road, but they were going for it, intending to air down their tires for a smoother drive. All three of our rigs have compressors, so airing back up is no issue. Plus, while their wive’s rolled their eyes, all three of us guys agreed that it would make us feel quite manly to later say “The road was rough, but I aired down and handled it easily.” So I decided to go for it.
Rancho Santa Domingo
January 12, 2024
San Javier, BCS, Mexico
About an hour drive up into the mountains west of Loreto is the pretty little mission town of San Javier. In addition, I had scoped out another nearby locations that looked interesting called Rancho Santo Domingo that would allow you to stay and also offered to take you to a couple of cool nearby sites. So that was my first stop.
San Felipe to San Ignacio
December 25, 2023
San Ignacio, BCS, Mexico
The road south from San Felipe (Mex 1) leads past a number of good size “resorts” that seem to have been started, but never completed. Far enough out of town to be on cheaper land, I suppose, but also not very convenient to getting into town with a car.
Farther south the road is about a mile west of the coast and you can see many stretches of a single row of homes along the beach, but no infrastructure like markets, restaurants, or gas stations.
Just North of Gonzaga Bay
Cibola Road and the Mysterious North Yuma UAV Airfield
February 9, 2023
Kofa Wildlife Refuge, AZ
I’ve always been intrigued by backroads in remote places. So Cibola Road, off US-95 south of Quartzsite, AZ, which seemingly leads right into Yuma Proving Ground, caught my attention.
Colorado and Utah by Van
March 29th, 2022
Spokane, WA (via Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, and Idaho)
For my first trip in the van I decided to head south to Colorado, hoping the weather would be nice enough to see the area around Canon City, Salida, and Buena Vista. The weather did not cooperate.
Continue readingQuarantine Day Fourteen: The Last Day
May 8, 2020
FOB Westbrook, NM
We’ve eaten our last meal here. Our bags are packed. Tomorrow we move to main post, then a week later to Honduras. Where we will quarantine for another fourteen days. Don’t be jealous. Only an elite few qualify to live this life of excitement and danger.
