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Too tired to write the post tonight, but was able to upload the pictures. Enjoy and check back soon for the roadtrip recap!
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I just returned from my annual visit back East to visit family and friends, and once again, I had a great time seeing everyone and traveling around. Highlights of the trip include a long motorcycle ride through the countryside with my Dad, brother, and some other friends (in which I got to ride my brother’s Harley Springer 1200 for the first time), seeing my little niece Amelia and all of her cute antics, the Pennsylvania Farm Show, skating a vert ramp with some old buddies at their warehouse, taking a trip to FDR skatepark in Philly, seeing the DC monuments and memorials, the Spy Museum, the Holocaust Museum, the Natural History Museum, seeing the Hope Diamond, and taking my Mom to the movies. Of course, the best part of the whole trip was getting a chance to spend time with my family and friends and once again reaffirm just how lucky I am to have such great people in my life.
Eric, Chief and I take a road trip to Las Vegas, aka Sin City, for some gambling, tattoos, and birthday deabuchery. Overall the trip was a great time although the Ford starting breaking down which put some extra stress on my mind. I managed to get a great tattoo by my favorite artist Ryan Downie while Eric and Chief managed to get hammered and find their way through the Las Vegas Strip. Vegas is fun, but I’m always ready to come home to my own quiet, peaceful life here in San Diego for a burrito and a good night’s sleep in my own bed.
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Eric, Chief, and I tackled the Anza Borrego badlands this weekend. The desert is an interesting place: great for stargazing, the silence is deafening, and the sky is a deep, deep blue. The vast expense of open land allows the mind to wander and expand into the empty, wild space. We camped in the badlands, old sediment beds that are eroding into fingers of spiny mud with great crevasses between that have no bottom. Getting there was no easy task. We drove back a few miles of “primitive roads” which were no more than old sandy washes and rocky paths hammered out over time by off road vehicles. The last time I camped in Anza Borrego I was camping in the high desert at 6500′. This time we camped down in the desert basin at a few hundred feet above sea level. My mission for next time: hike in and camp beneath one of the towering 8000′ peaks, and then climb one before sunrise. Undoubtedly though, another great trip and basic adventure into the great outdoors of Southern California.
Just added some pics of my recent Anzo Borrego camping trip, old pics of trips to the Dominican Republic, and old pics of some winter expeditions in the Northern Cascade range. Enjoy!