The website CalTopo has been a powerful, versitle and useful mapping program/website for a number of years. SAR responders will also recognize the usefulness of “SARTopo”. Those who have used Caltopo will know that its usefulness ends when you close your laptop or desktop. . . that is until last week, when […]
Monthly Archives: December 2018
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I’m a little behind in my writing right now, so here is a little amusement. I recorded most of my drive through Maggie Slot Canyon. I have never driven a slot canyon and it was something I’ve been pining to do since I got a driver’s license. Right now, […]
Turning north onto Nebraska Highway 67, the gray, squat monolith was readily apparent. It stuck out from the landscape with a spooky stillness. I pulled into the muddy gravel lot. A couple with their daughter were just getting into their car with bright smiles. It was sunny. The parking lot […]
All in all, the remnants of these societies, well preserved because of the hot/dry climates, make for some good exploration.
This month – we consider “On Whale Island: Notes from a Place I Never Meant to Leave “ After Daniel Hays and his father built a twenty-five-foot boat and sailed it around Cape Horn, he thought he’d finally put his wanderlust to rest. He went back to school, bought a […]
I recently purchased a titanium wood stove from Seek Outside. This stove weighs 46 ounces including the smoke stack, damper and arrestor. I intend (in the beginning) to use the stove with a Tipi Tent (RedCliff) for winter travel. The RedCliff comes it at 78 ounces. All combined, they weigh […]