Winter 2020 Trip, Day 34: The Long Drive East

Posted on February 17, 2020 by Ben

I said goodbye to my parents before dawn and starting driving east.

Dawn over Lake Mead:

Sunrise over the Colorado River:

Snow near Flagstaff:

I stopped for a quick photo at Two Guns:

Entering New Mexico:

New Mexico sunset:

I continued east to overnight in the town park in San Jon, New Mexico. See the trip map for today’s drive.

Winter 2020 Trip, Day 33: Las Vegas

Posted on February 16, 2020 by Ben

We enjoyed Shabbos in Las Vegas’ Henderson suburb, spending time with my parents and our family back together. It was also nice seeing our friends from the Shul.

This morning I ran the 8ish miles on the Mccullough Trail from Anthem to Henderson:

After my run, Trish and I and my parents hiked up to the top of the local hill to look down on their neighborhood:

This afternoon we visited with Tricia’s relatives, then returned to my parents’ house for dinner.

Trish and the kids flew back to New York late this evening. Tomorrow I start driving back to New York.

Winter 2020 Trip, Day 31: Glamis to Las Vegas Reposition, Tule Springs Fossil Beds NM

Posted on February 14, 2020 by Ben

This morning was dead calm, and overnight my landing zone was parked in by off-roaders coming for the big weekend, so a launch was risky. We decided to pack up and drive north to Las Vegas where Trish and B will be flying in for a weekend with my parents.

On the way to Vegas we stopped in Boulder City at the information center for Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument:

Good Shabbos from Las Vegas! See the trip map for today’s drive.

Winter 2020 Trip, Day 30: Glamis, Day 3

Posted on February 13, 2020 by Ben

This morning started with flight 132:

Visiting the neighbors:

This video contains some of the flying and motorcycling from this trip:

M and I motorcycled all the way to Tumco, which we visited in 2015:

We pushed into the Cargo Muchacho Mountains:

Our last stop was our beloved Ogilby campsite, where we wintered in 2015 and 2016:

I ran out of gas a few miles from home so I took M’s motorcycle to the RV, filled it up, drove back, siphoned gas into my motorcycle, and then we drove back to the RV. I launched flight 132: