Dale discovery

On December 27 we joined a group of 4×4 geocachers for a caching run in the Dale mining district east of 29 Palms. This is a belated report on that trip—just after returning I came down with a serious cold that knocked me for a loop.

Desert mud

There were 19 vehicles on this […]

Distributed Christmas celebrations

Dump truck cargo

Our Christmas celebrations didn’t go according to plan due to unforeseen circumstances. Nevertheless, we had some good family times.

Because Mark and Annmarie were planning to be in La Grande, Oregon for Christmas day, we had our family get together on Saturday, December 20. We had lots of presents that […]

Annual Christmas Letter

Sending out a short family oriented letter recapping our year has become our custom. Here’s an edited version of what we did this year.

We’ve done a few interesting things this year. We spent a week in Bend, Oregon in July where the lingering snow pack kept us out some of our favorite trails in […]