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hey ara and spirit.. . just seeing that open road makes me want to get up and GO! .  . take care...looking forward to the next update.. . 
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01-12-2007, 09:29 AM
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Really cool adventure... good reading..
Thanks...and keep it coming.. now did you say 3 to 4 month of knobbies...  
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01-12-2007, 11:09 AM
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The Magic of the Chiracahua's
 Nothing should ever stop anyone from going where they want and need to go!... one way Journey here... and yes, I did say 2 to 3 months of knobbies... I just got it about an hour ago... I only need a rear... sitting in Tucson at a Starbuck!... WOW... civilization!!! It rained all night, we, I say we!... slept late... kept raining and there was not much sense going to Tucson trying to find another place to camp... 80 miles away, I thought, leave early tomorrow morning and have a do nothing day! Well, the skies cleared up, and actually for the first time I cannot write it all in one Blog! So this is part one of what end up being a full day... Be well... Ara & Spirit Bloghttp://www.theoasisofmysoul.typepad.com/ |
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01-13-2007, 08:26 PM
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Part II of the Magic of the Chiricahuas...
 A quick overnight in Gila Bend, AZ, and here we are now in Anza Borrego, California! I will spell it for the first time... A day, or was it two days ago?... returning from the Chiricahuas the sunset was magical... as so was the ride up, all in the Blog. Feeling always like a kid in a candy store... that is me today... new maps, new roads with the knowledge that I will be here, in this area anyhow, till it starts warming up a bit... Be well... Ara & Spirit My Blog...My Blog... |
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01-14-2007, 08:05 AM
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hey there ara and spirit... . i had a squint at the latest photos and yer write-up... . the last snap with the mountains gleaming red is awesome... .
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01-15-2007, 06:51 AM
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Anza Borrego Desert State Park (ABDSP)
 Leave some space I always think... with a load like mine the braking effect is just not the same... specially when second in line to a minor fender bender... What was really funny and I wish I had a picture of it, but we had to move along as this happened... We had to wait a while for the accident to be moved. A cop arrives coming the other way... parks and crosses the median by foot... They are making some space for us to move along... as we leave... he sprints back to his car as I almost run over him, I look... and the brushes under his car are on fire!!! flames are shooting 3 to 4 feet by the time he reaches the other side... myself wondering what he is going to do... he jumps in the car, gutsy move... and drives it forward! Gets his extinguisher and puts the fire out... his car was not burning... yet! Wonder... wonder... I bet he will never throw that cigarette again down when getting out of his car!!! It was down to 19 degrees last night!... I will not complain, I know I am at about the most southern point there could be and everyone else has to be colder. So you will not hear about it... anymore! Instead I will write my day in the Blog, my first day in this unusual State Park... Be well... Ara & Spirit My Blog... |
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01-16-2007, 07:14 AM
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This is real Desert, a reminder!
 I have not been able to settle since I have been here, unlike other places that I have been, I have dug deeper and deeper and very slowly some mental answers are, vaguely I have to say, taking some various shapes. I watched a short movie this morning at the Visitor Center about the Marshall Family that lived here on Ghost Mountain for 15 years... hiking for 14 miles they brought wood piece by piece to built their home... their water came from miles away 12 gallons at the time... They had 3 children and they end up with a divorce in later years. Can we change so much, from one extreme to another? I miss the simpler years... of course I can go back to them as right now nothing prevails but truly the matters of the mind... ABDSP is an enigma to me as I wonder why it has brought up all these questions in my mind? Is it because it is so vast?... so much land with the freedom to live on it anywhere one likes?... the invitation sure is there... I will probably take it after my stay here in the Park... that is what I have been longing for... I got to ride some of those areas today... much land... and much sand! The Blog. Be well... Ara & SpiritThe Blog. |
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01-18-2007, 05:25 AM
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Beautiful Southern ABDSP
 We had a blast today! Literally... my best day since in ABDSP... and, as someone mentioned it, the Southern part of the Park is it for me! No doubt... I am finding out slowly what attracts me to the land... Vast open spaces, the solitude and the lack of a crowd, unlike Borrego Springs itself. Having commitments from the 26th of this month to be in Death Valley and Mojave Desert and backtrack to Gila Bend for a couple days, I know... thanks for the support, it is a tough schedule... I decided to come back here afterward but camp in the Southern part which you will read a bit of it in today’s Blog. You be well... Ara and a tired Spirit... snoring as we speak!!! My Blog... http://www.theoasisofmysoul.typepad.com/ |
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01-18-2007, 09:42 AM
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more brilliant photos of your surroundings and of course spirit.. . he looks happier now!. . . ps..whoever put the sign post out there has a great sense of humour..
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01-19-2007, 08:51 PM
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The first bloom in ABDSP...
 Busy, busy!... maybe I will take a vacation and “do nothing” someday, and then again, that is just not me! From meeting locals in Borrego Springs to picking my next campsite in the wilderness... finally... and getting stuck one more time... it is all in the Blog with of course, more pictures! Be well... Ara & Spirit Blog |
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01-19-2007, 09:15 PM
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01-21-2007, 09:44 AM
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Camping East ABDSP
 Out of Borrego Springs this am... into the camping spot I was checking out yesterday... time to put everything to test... and even managed to take a little ride toward Salton Sea... A beautiful HOT day, not a good one for pictures as the haze was real thick, still managed to save some for your viewing on the Blog... Be well... Ara & Spirit Blog |
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01-22-2007, 08:57 PM
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ara..if i could picture the planet arrakis with a mountain range, that second snap in yer blog would do it justice. . very compelling photo... . best to you and spirit.. .
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01-23-2007, 08:14 AM
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A ride to Salton Sea and more...
 Heavy winds, deep sand... a couple more days and I will be out of here. Thursday, assuming it is Tuesday today... I will spend the day in Julian, nice black top going up and heard that it is a very cool town... In the meantime I checked out Ocotillo Wells, Salton Sea, dinner with new friends... All in the Blog. Be well... Ara & Spirit The Blog... |
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01-23-2007, 10:40 AM
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Niiiiiiiiice shot!
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