Tuesday, January 1, 2013

500 MILES OF PICTURES (Tucson to Earp)

New Year’s eve Jackie and I sat around a lava-rock fire ring as the sun dipped behind the western mountains wondering where all these many years have sped off to.  No going back, except in memory.  Hope I am able to keep that part of me working for a while longer. Earp, California, dry camping on BLM land. 

Here’s a bunch of pictures that I’ve meant to organize with some sort of story line but instead I’ve let  pile into an unsorted mess. So here they are, hoping their stand-alone posture is view worthy.

      My New Year’s resolution, “Keep blog updated.” 

$2.87 for regular, I'd say, "Not too shabby."  Tucson, AZ.   12-22-12


Friendly reminder at the Interstate rest stop east of Yuma, AZ.

Dateland Express.  Music to sleep by.

Real dates on a real Date tree in Dateland, AZ.

Bonnie and Dorris studying the map for new camping locations Christmas Eve.

Sidewinder sunset. North of Ogilby, CA

Sidewinder moon.  North of Ogilby, CA

Jackie's gourmet breakfast.  Okra, broccoli, soy hotdogs, and rice...COLD!....straight from the fridge.  I'm sure there is some sort of violation to the senses here but perfectly normal and scrumptious to Jackie.

Anna's Hummingbird

Anna's Hummingbird

Curlew, Long-billed.

Verdin

 Audubon's Warbler

White tailed Antelope Squirrel.  (Look close, he's there.)


This morning, sitting in the warmth of the rig, comfortable in the complete silence of the desert the camera reaches a dozen miles across the Colorado River into the sleeping town of Parker, AZ.  Of all the places we've been able to travel in the past four years, this is our home away from home.   Happy New Year.












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