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See more current trail clearing post: Trail Clearing Again We put in a lot of hiking miles in the mountains each year and this year is starting out great. As the years progress, however, we’ve noticed a problem that has … Continue reading
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Recently, I read a Steinbeck quote – “It’s so much darker when a light goes out than it would have been if it had never shone.” Sometimes the absence of something is required to identify the nature of that “something”. … Continue reading
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We’ve gotten to know a “new” property adjacent to the Santa Fe National Forest over the last couple of years thanks to a friend and fellow aviation enthusiast, Rol Murrow. On a recent visit and after a couple of gritty … Continue reading
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In the last couple of years, we’ve visited the Aldo Leopold Wilderness a number of times by flying into a US Forest Service backcountry airstrip called “Me Own”. It’s a pretty unique spot, surrounded by mountains, that features a well … Continue reading
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We find ourselves on the Sandia Crest Trail often as it’s northern terminus is located a short drive from our house and it provides a beautiful, yet challenging place to get a great workout. These photos … Continue reading
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Recent political and viral (COVID) turmoil makes looking for ways to find a bit of solitude all the more important. Fortunately, New Mexico has seemingly unlimited opportunities at every point on the compass dial. We left town on a 270 … Continue reading
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As I was working on the property yesterday, I thought about comparing a picture of the ponds on the property today with what they looked like when I built them back in 2013. Here is today’s view of the same … Continue reading
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On a recent return to the MS Delta, I was listening to a young author and film maker being interviewed on the radio while driving my tractor. The interviewer asked the young lady if she had any advice for others … Continue reading
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A recent visit to the the San Pedro Parks Wilderness highlighted the incredible complexity of the geology of New Mexico. Follow highway 550 from Albuquerque up to a high desert plateau at Cuba, NM and one passes through hundreds of … Continue reading
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Millions of households in the United States (I assume other “advanced” countries as well) throw organic materials that they generate in their kitchens into the trash bin. This is another example of our departure from things related to the earth … Continue reading
