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Summer of 2025

You may have noted, we have not posted in quite some time.   We have taken the last year to re-center, to recuperate emotionally from a lot of stuff and to start some new projects.  As you might know, Kelly is a scientist studying biodiversity in a larger context.  Specifically, Kelly has engaged in a study […]

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Magic Magdalenas

Our day trip yesterday took us to the Magdalena mountains south and east of Albuquerque.  The drive was less than two hours, and the weather was fine. We found ourselves navigating up a steep road in Water Canyon.  The riverbed was dry at the bottom, which was a bit disappointing, as Kelly hoped to do

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Deep Canyons and Javalinas

Our January was incredibly cold this year, but February has been wonderfully spring-like.  We had some serious cabin fever, and really needed to get out, despite Riki still getting over a cold.  Heading south in New Mexico seemed like a great idea. Kelly’s thoughts… I knew about a remote canyon southwest of Socorro, in the

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Striking Gold in Colorado

It’s been really hot lately in our area, so we decided to escape to the high country of southern Colorado in a nice, air-conditioned pickup for the day.  Kelly’s thoughts… During Covid Rango and I often went north to explore, fish and hunt for mushrooms.  A couple years during that time were the best mushroom

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