Day 4 started as a cool morning with clear skies. We had a hearty breakfast of blueberry pancakes and bacon. With our new kitchen and pantry boxes from Kanz Outdoor making it easier to break camp we where on our way by 8:30, heading south on Old Ore Road. For today we had a number of…
Monthly Archives: January 2011
Trip Reports
A Lunar Eclipse as a Desert Wonder
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It is hard to crawl out of your warm sleeping bag in the middle of the night, however, this is just what we did on December 21st. With the lure of a full lunar eclipse on the winter solstice the invitation was just to great. I was the first one out of bed. I took…
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MyFJCruiser Online Maps – How I make them
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Being somewhat of a gadget freak, electronic mapping fits right in. With the on-board computer in our Toyota FJ Cruiser build, the GPS and mapping capability is built in. I have a number of applications that I run on the PC for real time use; Garmin Routing Software, National Geo TOPO! maps, APRS (Ham Radio…
Trip Reports
In the Big Bend Backcountry – day 3
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On our second day in Big Bend we started our back country tour. We broke camp in the Chisos Basin at around 9:00 and headed north on Hwy 385. We found our turn off the blacktop on to Dagger Flat Rd. About 2 miles along the Dagger Flat rd we took the right turn on…