Death Valley Flight Videos Added

Posted on January 23, 2015 by Ben

I’ve added videos of solo flights 12 and 13, which I flew in Death Valley, to their corresponding daily posts, as well as below:

Day 533: DIY Geoglyphs

Posted on January 22, 2015 by Ben

Today we hiked into the hills searching for a snake geoglyph we had read about in other RV blogs:

After a hike of less than a mile, we reached the top of the hill which had a smooth top and the snake geoglyph:

Looking back towards the RV:

We decided to create our own geoglyph in the shape of a bighorn sheep:

All done:

On the way back down, we passed several ocotillos with leaves on their branches. They must have had rain recently to have sprouted:

This creosote bush has even flowered, though the small yellow flowers are hard to see:

It was a nice little hike:

“Next” and “Previous” links now working under mobile

Posted on January 22, 2015 by Ben

It’s been a low priority, but I finally took the time to figure out how to fix the “next” and “previous” buttons on the blog. They used to work on a computer but not on a mobile browser. Now they should work on all browsers.

Progress!

Day 532: Hill Climb of the Day

Posted on January 21, 2015 by Ben

John and I rode up to the top of Yaqui Pass this morning. I broke a spoke, but otherwise everything went well. I’m not used to riding more than once a week, so I was struggling to keep up with John during the climb. He tried to drop me in the last hundred feet, but I managed to stick with him:

Endomondo only captured the ride from the beginning to the top of Yaqui Pass, where we turned around. Total ride length was 34 miles:

This afternoon, Trish and B went into town to scope out the Wednesday knitting circle at the knitting store. They didn’t stay, but they did visit the library and the ridiculously overpriced grocery store.