The Rio Grande has been another spectacular view along my journey. I didn’t realize I would be crossing it. Last night my planned campsite was not-accessible due to a recent snowfall. I ended up in Taos, NM for the night. This morning I did some needed maintenance on the VW. […]
Entries from March 2006
Rio Grande!
March 31st, 2006 · 4 Comments · B's Blog
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Capulin Volcano
March 30th, 2006 · 3 Comments · B's Blog
Last night I made it to the Cimarron National Grasslands, where I camped out in a remote piece of desert. It was soooo windy yesterday driving that I could barely keep the VW going. My mileage sucked too. Today I left camp around 9:30 am, and on my way to the Sante […]
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Almost Vacation!
March 28th, 2006 · 2 Comments · B's Blog
It was really amazing when I got past Topeka, KS to see the landscape change so quickly and dramatically. It went from trees and green and urban to vast, uninhabited brown. It looks a lot like Colorado here. It was also amazing to see the sign “Denver - 500 miles.” I […]
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Allow yourself to be distracted
March 24th, 2006 · 5 Comments · B's Blog
It’s amazing how hard it is for me to get distracted from some things, and so easy from others. I’m a man of lists and schedules (thanks Mom!), and when travelling around I find it impossible to stray down an unnamed road or to stop too long in any one place. Hopefully I […]
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Biofuels?
March 23rd, 2006 · 9 Comments · B's Blog
It seems that biofuels are a really big thing up here in Illinois. You can actually purchase biodiesel at Flying J. Lots of the farm fields have signs promoting ethanol fuel. What is driving all of this? I guess that everyone wants to feel like they’re doing something good for the […]
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What can go wrong…
March 21st, 2006 · 4 Comments · B's Blog
Well, at least nothing really bad has happened yet. Yesterday when I stopped and got out of the van, I noticed a nail sticking out of the sidewall on one of my new tires. I plugged it, but it doesn’t look so safe having a plug in the sidewall. Hopefully I can […]
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Blackwater Wildlife Refuge
March 19th, 2006 · 2 Comments · B's Blog
Tonight we are camping at the Blackwater Wildlife Refuge near Cambridge, MD. I’m parked behind the CASTnet site BWR139, and I’m mooching electricity to run my electric heater. Tonight I grilled a sirloin, and also had salad and rice pilaf. Yummy Yummy. Oscar and Anna had the usual lamb meal and […]
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Sleeping Pups
March 18th, 2006 · 1 Comment · B's Blog
Well, the pups are finally figuring out how to comfortably sleep two in the front seat. Most of the time, there is one in the front seat and one on the couch in back. I’ll see if I can manage to take 25 pictures a day. It might prove interesting!
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On the road again…
March 17th, 2006 · 1 Comment · B's Blog
Well, Yesterday was my first official day on the road. I spent most of the day in Tallahassee taking care of a few things, and then headed up to Alabama. I spent a noisy night at a rest stop near Grady, AL along US 231. This morning was really nice, fixing breakfast […]
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WVO Vanagon
March 1st, 2006 · 1 Comment · B's Blog
I have decided to try converting my Vanagon to run on waste vegetable oil. By try, I mean that I’ll try to finish a project that I’ve started. You can keep track of my progress by visiting the link on the sidebar entitled 1982 Vanagon WVO project. I’ll update that page with […]
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