Tag: cold weather
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Dinosaur Tracks!
After a successful day on BLM land surrounding Fort Pearce I slept well at my little campsite. Although I woke up in the night to the sound of rain and high wind, by morning the clouds has mostly blown away and I made coffee and breakfast in bright sunshine. When I packed up my camp…
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Fun At Fort Pearce
Where I debate my toughness (or the lack thereof) In my last post I was camped in the parking lot of Parowan Petroglyphs, about 15 miles from the Utah town of Cedar City and at an altitude of almost 6,000 feet. The overnight low was 38o, or so the Weather Channel told me. I slept…
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We Camped at Sequoia National Park!
I left off the last post describing the Giant Forest in Sequoia National Park. I’m not done! I’ve loved all the National Parks we’ve visited, and Sequoia was no different. Picking back up – we went out to see the General Sherman tree in the fog. That was cool and all, but we had even…
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Dammit, Idaho!
Idaho, you are making it so very hard for me to like you. STOP RAINING ON ME! Well, at least I can now calculate the odds of me living in a place like the Pacific Northwest. And those odds are zero. Ever since we left Riggins, it’s been cloudy, super-cold at night, with daily rain…
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The Idaho adventure continues
I left off the last post as we were setting up camp along the Red River, at a site called French Gulch. And we’d heard that the temps were supposed to drop that night. Maybe as low as 30. Well. There is a saying that there’s no such thing as bad weather, only bad gear.…
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Beautiful Bozeman
We came up to Bozeman via West Yellowstone and Big Sky. A beautiful drive, and I was excited to see a new city in Montana. We have friends here, Brian and Sarah. Brian owns a bike/ski shop in Bozeman called the Gear Wizard, and they’ve lived in Bozeman for years now. We set up the truck…