Friday, March 29, 2019

Six months out from open heart surgery....I swim a mile!

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We went swimming early this morning, to get it completed before my cardiology appointment. We had planned on swimming 1 1/2 hours. I am ...
Monday, March 25, 2019

The first cactus flowers in our new garden

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Friday, March 22, 2019

Bulldog Canyon: A rugged road in our Rat

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We took our new Rat out for a test drive in Bulldog Canyon.  It is a road for OHVs, not really for SUVs, but our Rat performed very well....
Wednesday, March 20, 2019

Camping with our new Toyota 4Runner Rat

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We were very excited to try out our new "Rat" (our nickname for our new Toyota 4Runner). So off we headed in it to the Eastern A...
Wednesday, March 13, 2019

Our first (mis)adventure with our Rat

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I can't believe I did this.  We are planning on taking this vehicle to remote areas of the desert where only something like it, or a Jee...
Friday, March 8, 2019

Our new Toyota 4Runner, off road TRD

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I am five months out of open heart surgery.  It has been a life-changing experience for both of us. In preparation for my surgery I had a ...
Friday, March 1, 2019

Out in the desert: Flowers are really blooming

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We found a camping/hiking spot only three hours away from Nuestra Casa, with almost complete isolation.  Nobody camped within miles of us, a...
Thursday, January 31, 2019

15000 miles in 7 years

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But not really 7 years.  For 2 1/2 of those years we were in our camper, unable to cycle.  In addition, we lost several months because of me...
Tuesday, January 29, 2019

Who are you? Please tell me you had a good life.

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In today's mail my sister had sent several photos of me as a baby, and of Jules as a baby. And in the Bloomington newspaper, the Panta...
Saturday, January 26, 2019

Back into our special, wonderful, isolated desert wilderness......with our newly repaired heart

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It has been a year.  Almost to the day since we have been able to camp in our beautiful BLM areas--under the stars, completely quiet except ...