Guadalupe Peak
Guadalupe Peak is the highest peak in Texas. It is also a National Park. And it is on the way to Colorado. We got up early and slipped away from our camping spot around 6:30am for the drive back to…
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McDonald Observatory
Near Fort Davis is McDonald Observatory. There is quite some history at this site, as it dates back to 1939. We took a tour of the site and enjoyed walking around. Molly again started to act up, so the visit…
Big Bend National Park
With the Solar Eclipse over, it was time to head off. We said goodbye to everyone and headed to Big Bend National Park. This park is on the very southern border of the Texas, the United States and the northern…
Solar Eclipse 2024
It took us several weeks, but we finally made it to Comfort Texas. Here we rendezvoused with friends and other earthcruiser owners. The weather forecast was not good, but we decided to stay put instead of chasing better weather. And…
NRAO Very Large Array
A few hours outside of Albuquerque is Very Large Array or VLA. Stephen has been wanting to go this engineering marvel for decades, and finally got the chance. Caroline visited the VLA back in 2005 with Deirdre, and was special…
Petroglyph National Monument
Headed north out to Albuquerque to Boca Negra Canyon, which is just one of the Petroglyph National Monument sites. There are hundreds of archeological sites and an estimated 24,000 petroglyph images carved by Ancestral Pueblo peoples and early Spanish settlers.…
4 Corners
We made a small side-trip to visit 4 Corners, the only place in United States where there is a confluence of four states; Utah, Colorado, Arizona and New Mexico intersect at a Monument and tourist attraction. Apparently the monument is…
Capitol Reef National Park
This little National Park has managed to elude us over the last 20 years. We arrived late to the campground as we made the decision to spend most of the day enjoying the amazing scenery of Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument.…
Red Canyon
Between Great Basin National Park and Capitol Reef National is the Red Canyon.in Dixie National Forest. It was a good spot to stop for the night. We headed up a dirt side road to find a secluded wild camping spot.…
Return to Cape Reinga
Day 33 (20 to 0 kms) After a few days rest and relaxation in Kerikeri, it was time to head North to Cape Reinga to finish the first 20 kms of Te Araroa walk. When I started from Cape Reinga,…
Auckland Airport
Day 32 (652 to 623 kms) Feet are sore and have blisters on both feet now. I applied some Compeed to the left foot, to see if that helps. I suspect it will not. Another hot day. At the half…
Over the Hill to Drury
Day 31 (688 to 652 kms) Did not get a great sleep. Seems like the folks in Mercer like to drive their loud and throaty cars all night. Fortunately I was exhausted from the previous day, so when I finally…
No Mercy getting to Mercer
Day 30 (722 to 688 kms) Today was brutal. I have declared this the hardest day on trail so far. I was warned it would be a hard day, so I was a little prepared. Unfortunately the hardest bits were…
To Huntly Golf Course
Day 29 (747 to 722 kms) The day would start with a climb up to the viewpoint on Hakarimata walkway. I knew the climb would be tough, but it was a little tougher than I expected. One of the WWOFers…
Returning to the Trail
Day 28 (777 to 747 kms) Janet and David fed me breakfast and drove me to my starting point. I could start anywhere, but planned to start about 8 kms outside of Hamilton, meaning I would walk first towards Hamilton,…