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How to Train Your Adventure Cat or: How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love The Harness
Our cat, named Asha, is a seven pound gray tabby that we brought home from the Humane Society twelve years ago. On past long trips, we’ve left her at home with a house sitter instead of taking her with us. On our recent trip earlier this year to the desert southwest and Baja we decided…
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Dirt, Snow, and Good Company: A Week Well Spent
The past week was a perfect microcosm of how I want to be spending my time in this next chapter of life. It included service and habitat restoration, music and dancing with friends into the wee hours, meaningful work on the land with people I care about, and a great day of adventure in the…
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I Left My Tech Career at 46: Here’s the Honest Truth Three Months Later
There’s a memory from our recent trip through the desert Southwest and Baja that I keep coming back to. We were in Kofa Wildlife refuge at a spot we’ve been to twice now. I had woken up early to hike up the hill behind our camp to look for Bighorn Sheep. I walked out onto…
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Notes from the trail #7: Homeward bound
Stocking Up in Ciudad Insurgentes For our trip back North, we decided to circle around the Pacific side of Baja to see some new territory that we hadn’t encountered on the way down. Our first stop was Ciudad Insurgentes to restock groceries, water, and of course, tortillas. The city is named in honor of the…
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Notes from the trail #6: Loreto, carnaval, and the best beach camp yet
We left our beach camp on another bright Saturday morning, the sun warming us as we packed up. We said our goodbyes to our new friends and made our way back to Mex 1, bumping along the 6 kilometer dirt road for the last time. We drove South along the stunning Bahía Concepción with it’s…
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Notes from the trail #5: Taking it slow at Santa Ines
As our first week at Playa Santa Ines came to a close, we were faced with a choice about what to do and where to go next. We could either continue our push South and try to get down to the Loreto area for our next work week and then to the Southern end of…
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Notes from the trail #4: Whales and Oases in Baja California Sur
We left Bahia de Los Angeles early on a Friday morning. We were bid farewell by another beautiful sunrise that followed one of the best sunsets we saw in our time there, which itself followed a final dinner of fresh caught Barracuda. The Bay of LA treated us well and we’ll definitely be back. Our…
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Notes from the trail #3: Our first week in Baja California
We’ve now been in Mexico for a bit over a week, but it seems like we’ve been here longer. I mean that in the best way. The people have been warm and welcoming, the weather perfect, the food incredible, and the scenery beautiful. We’ve settled in easily and felt comfortable quickly. We spent our last…
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Notes from the trail #2: Sonoran Slowdown
Our second and third weeks on this trip saw us returning to work, which necessitated slowing down and staying in one spot for the week. We spent a week each in Anza Borrego State Park in Southern California and Kofa Wildlife Refuge in Southern Arizona. From Joshua Tree, we pushed South on Highway 86 leaving…
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Notes from the trail #1: Baja bound
I’m starting a new series of “notes from the trail” posts that will first highlight our two month trip down to Baja and back at the beginning of 2026 and then, going forward, the series will highlight our other trips, big and small. We’re making some big changes in our life this year, one of…
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