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The Texas Panhandle!

Welcome to Texas!  After our day in Prison outside of Knoxville TN we decided to head west sooner than later.  It took 3 days to arrive in Texas.  We are Caprock State Park in Quitaque TX.  This park has free roaming bison that are direct descendants of the original free roaming bison herd. At one time there were as many as 30-60 million bison free roaming the plains until the “great slaughter” where professional hide hunters killed off so many bison the the herd was down to less than 1000!  We have had the opportunity to observe the bison in…

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Hell Hole Canyon Hike

Since we are back in Virginia, I am filling in with some sights/activities from the last 6 months!  We took a hike in Hell Hole Canyon on 1/22/21.  The hike is in the Anzo-Borrego Desert State Park just a mile or two from the center of Borrego Springs.  The hike will take you to a waterfall in the rainy season, but it was reported that there was no water.  We always hike with more than enough water, but as you will see in the pictures, some don’t!!!  Not sure if this is real or just a warning!PS...Packing to move is…

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Read more about the article Arroyo Tapiado Mud Caves

Arroyo Tapiado Mud Caves

Milestone: 5 months on the road as of yesterday! We have been to the “Mud Caves” twice so far!  From the main road there is an 8 mile round trip dirt/sand road that requires 4WD.  We had over an hour of video and hundreds of pictures.  We have made a 5:33 minute video....In one of the “cave” sections of the video you may see something run by on the bottom right....we did not notice this until we were going through the videos!  WTH! **Make sure the video is on HD! One of the most fascinating points of interest in the…

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Read more about the article The Slot, Borrego Springs

The Slot, Borrego Springs

The Slot is a narrow siltstone slot canyon near Borrego Springs, CA in the Anza-Borrego Desert State Park.  We went to do this hike on New Years Day but the crowds were unmanageable.  We returned early one morning and we were the 2nd car in the lot!  There is a 3 mile dirt access road to get the The Slot.   We hiked counter clockwise that forced us up a deep sand road...it was daunting from the bottom looking up, but once we got to the top, it didn’t seem that bad....   The actual slot canyon is about a…

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