January 2, 2024
Mulegé, BCS, Mexico
I spent a week here as the campground was green and lush and had hot showers. The pretty little town is a ten minute walk from the campground and also a ten minute walk from the beach and lighthouse.
Category Archives: Hikes & Explorations
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.
Alberta Part 1: The Prairie and Jasper
June 20th, 2022
Jasper, AB
After being rather skunked by weather in April in Washington and Montana, then not exactly blessed by gorgeous sunshine in May in B.C., I had high hopes for great weather in June in Alberta. Hopes that were not fulfilled. This from the morning I left.
Overlanding in Stormy
March 15th, 2022
Spokane, WA
I have been looking for some kind of 4WD camper vehicle for years. More seriously for the last two, and decided about a year ago on a van conversion. I looked diligently for the last six months, but the pandemic made campervans even more popular, so scarcer and more expensive. Everyone and their uncle are converting vans, but the more reputable companies are booking 18-24 months out for delivery of new conversions.
In my research, I developed fairly specific ideas about what I wanted. Sportmobile has been doing van conversions for decades, but their styling seems rather dated. A favorite was Outside Van out of Portland. They do some sexy conversions, if you have a cool quarter million to plunk down on it. Yes, seriously.
I finally found something very close to my ideal in a used 2018 Sprinter converted in 2019. The sellers called her Stormy Vaniels, and so shall I.
Getting Out
May 30th, 2016
Watertown, NY
After the long coolish spring, it has finally warmed up and I had a four-day weekend for Memorial Day, so decided to get in some hiking. So, by this afternoon, I’ve hiked 11 miles and ran 4 miles this weekend. Not bad coming off a lazy winter where I got next to no exercise.
Of Cheese, Cows, and Worms
October 4th, 2015
Watertown, NY
After a hike in the Tug Hill State Forest yesterday, I drove to Lowville to visit the Lowville Producers Dairy Cooperative cheese store and to witness, with my own eyes, LeWinDa, New York’s largest cow. I tell ya, there is never a dull moment here in the North Country!
Maiden Voyage
August 16th, 2015
South Sandy Creek, Lakeview Wildlife Management Area
Ellisburg, NY
Saturday I went out on the maiden voyage of the USS Kayak With No Name (KWNN). I had been told there was a place just thirty minutes south of Watertown called South Sandy Creek where you put in at a bridge and could easily paddle down to Lake Ontario and back, as there would be almost no current this time of year. I arrived about 9:45 and the only other people there were some folks fishing.
The Put In