Tuesday, August 8 The next morning we began our 4+ hour drive to Yosemite. With 140 still closed due to a landslide, we took the windy 120 with hairpin turns high above a valley into the park. We pulled over at a couple of scenic overlooks and did the short hike to the base of Read More »
Here we are in Tres Orejas (three ears) 1/2 hour west of Taos, New Mexico–just west of the Rio Grande River Gorge. Tres Orejas is on the eastern slope on Tres Orejas Mountain. It is a small off-the-grid community of hippies, PhDs, entrepreneurs, natural builders, artists, crafts persons, retirees, Buddhists and more–quite diverse! Dirt roads–no Read More »
Here we are in Tres Orejas again (see Trip Date: Sep 24 ’06)—writing about our Mexico (and beyond) adventures. Waiting in the lush weather of northern New Mexico’s late summer, early fall weather. No floods, hurricanes or other natural disasters, just nice, cool afternoon rains, greening up everything. My house, Casa Juan Galan, looks like a tropical Read More »
Up And At ‘em! As scheduled, we met Stephanie’s Aunt Mary, and her son, Matthew, at a local eatery named Wecks at 7:00 am. Mallory spent a week with Aunt Mary and Stephanie’s Mom in Albuquerque this summer, so Mallory was especially excited about meeting up with them. Mary has a German Shepherd named Snickers, Read More »
