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Southwestern US 2019 Travel

We are home

A post-trip write up with photos. You know the typical stuff.

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Southwestern US 2019 Travel

New Mexico: Rubber Chicken Ride, and Carrizozo

In addition to enjoying the travel and sun, we also have been riding our motorbikes, so this post is dedicated to that. We have trailered our small 250’s from home, so far we’ve travelled approximately 7,000 kms with our truck. This will be out of chronological order, I thought I would start us off with […]

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Southwestern US 2019 Travel

Windy, with a chance of tarantulas…

We’re six+ weeks into our trip now, and we’re still feeling like this trip is a new experience. We’re still tweaking things, and thinking of how we can reduce the stress and work of this kind of travel. Truly work in motion. When the newness diminishes, if we start to get tired of things; the […]

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Musings Southwestern US 2019 Travel

Ridiculous, sublime and the in-between

It was only last week, but seems like much longer, when we had back to back days that really amplified and accentuated the types of travel and travellers we have had contact with over our years of travel. To give a bit of understanding of us, we aren’t terribly interested in the typical touristy places. […]

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Southwestern US 2019 Travel

First Post!

First Post! We have been away just over three weeks, and in a way it seems like a lifetime. After four days of travel from home, we were camping at Sunglow Campsite, Fishlake National Forest, near Bicknell Utah. It’s very close to Capitol Reef National Park, which is a place we visited last year, and […]

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Musings Southwestern US 2019 Travel

Looking back, going forward

So, we’ve been back home for quite a while now settling in to a normal routine. I’ve never done so many home renos and fixits, tiling, caulking, drywall patching, painting, stripping, moving earth and moving it back! Two bathroom renos and a major fence build. Enough, time for something else! Of course we also have […]

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Sixtieth in the south

We are repeat customers! In 2018, we were on what was principally a motorbike trip, from Victoria heading to the southern states. I have written about that experience often, you’ll find posts of that trip on this site. We just got back from another trip there (via air travel) at the end of Jan 2019. […]

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Found the dog, not the thanks.

We were out for a walk the other day, down to the gym for a workout then our continued walk home the long way around. It wasn’t a terribly warm, about 6-7 degrees c. After a workout at the gym we walked up Mt. Tolmie, and as we did, an enthusiastic dog ran up to […]

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Home, done, still a little dusty.

We’ve been back home for two weeks, and I’m trying to get this post completed before the experience just turns into a mushy memory. I do need to hurry. Well, what a trip indeed. Our first extended motorbike trip. We are still reflecting, thinking about our adventure, and adjusting to life back home. We spent […]

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No Retreating Here.

We’re in the last week of our almost three month motorcycle trip, and according to the plan, I’m spending the end of the trip on an Insight Meditation retreat. Lars is camping and staying nearby. He is a long time practitioner and participated in a similar retreat last fall. So, this one is mine and […]