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2018 Far East Trip

The 2018 Far East Trip is officially “ON”!! In general, New Mexico to Minnesota for a family wedding and some time at the home office. Then to near St. Louis to visit more family. Then, who knows… Maybe to Ohio to visit more family… Or… maybe I’ll have had enough of the far east and… [Read More]

Another Backcountry Flying-Camping Trip

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Three airplanes and five folks (including me) headed to the Idaho backcountry on June 22. This is a bit later than normal for us due to job constraints. This actually worked well for me as it provided a bit of time to get the Grand Rapids EIS engine monitor installed. We weren’t sure what to… [Read More]

Too busy to share??

The past couple weeks have been busy, busy, busy… Afraid I don’t have time to give details right now but a few photos may give you a hint as to my activities. Don’t worry – I’ll fill you in on all the gory details soon! 🙂

Satellite TV – Antenna Installation

I’ve been without satellite TV since I sold my last motorhome – JBAM – in November 2016. That has been very good for me. Of course, I have been able to receive over the air TV in some places. I also have a reasonably good movie & TV show digital library. However; after watching each… [Read More]

The Windsock Flies!

I have some amazing friends!! I don’t talk about them enough but I am VERY blessed! Three of those friends brought their RV’s up to the Hacienda recently for a weekend visit. Apparently, this was to celebrate some important event – I’m not sure what that was all about. I’ll call them “Dave”, “Ann”, and “Cathy”… [Read More]

It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas!

I think I have mentioned that it has been cool way up here on the Continental Divide. A couple days ago, I woke up to this sight! Where are the Christmas decorations! I took those photos before sunrise so the lighting is not the best. Sorry about that… It went away pretty quickly but the… [Read More]

Cycling Water Pump

Short cycling is the term used to describe a water pump coming on for very short, quick burst, then back off and repeating – over and over and over. Missy’s Shurflo water pump has ran great for months and months – almost a full year. Recently, however; it started short cycling. Why?? It happened at the… [Read More]

Introducing the New Hacienda – New Mexico Property

Surprise!!! I am the proud new owner of a wee property in west central New Mexico. It is a wonderful place! VERY quiet! Sorta remote (depending on your definition of ‘remote’). Lots of trees. Nobody within sight. The stars are absolutely fantastic!! I like names and am still searching for the right one for this… [Read More]

RV Holding Tanks vs Composting Toilet

The motorhome/RV “sewage” topic – particularly composting toilets vs holding tanks – seems to garner a lot of interest. It has been beaten to death and it is one of those topics that elicits a lot of passionate opinions. It is almost dangerous to respond to the topic on an Internet forum. I figured I’d… [Read More]

Busy! Or Lazy….

I’m not sure if I’ve been very busy lately or very lazy this past week. I’m hoping for the former but suspecting the latter. I’m traveling to Missouri via RV-4 this week to spend the holiday with family.  In the mean time… here are a few photos from the last week. Parked at Reserve, NM… [Read More]