We left Nevada and drove on to Arizona and California. We joined new friends and made a convoy to Mexico. That's right, we are now visiting a border town in Mexico. There is a reason we are here (legal) and I will reveal the story shortly. Right now things are still moving so fast I don't have time to distill it and serve it to you.

I know there is  tension in some border towns but not where we are visiting. A couple of years ago we visited Matamoros and there were hummers and soldiers and machine guns in plain sight, but not here, everything seems mello. Had an awesome dinner in an open air restaurant will beautiful music and the sun setting. And no pain.

We are wrapping up here and heading back to Nevada, we still have a couple of more days of adventure planned and then I will bring the story up to date. This is part of what I had in mind when I started this last year. I planned to move and see and do. It seems like I waited a long time to move and now that we are, the adventure abounds.

Spending all my time driving, photographing, setting up, taking down. We left Zion Canyon and headed for Nevada. Couple of days at Lake Mead then Las Vegas and then over to Beatty Days in Beatty, NV. That's when things started getting really interesting. Really interesting.

Let's just say it all started when we met and American Indian named Six-Toe and it goes from there. Located somewhere between Area 51, the proposed national high-level nuclear waste dump at Yucca Mountain, Death Valley, and the Air Force predator drone base. Throw in a triker gang, some rottweilers, a bordello town and a Biscuit and you have the makings of quite a story.

We are on the move again today and will be for the next few days. We are about to kick our story up a notch or two. This is about to get really interesting. I wanted an adventure, I think I found one.

I still have to finish my story from Zion Canyon and post the awesome shots I got there. Getting caught between the living and the telling, spending too much time doing to talk about it. YES!

Been off the beaten path for the last few days and haven't had TV, internet or phone service. I'll fill you in on the details soon, but for now just letting you know we are fine. After visiting Zion Canyon we slipped into southern Nevada and into some very sparely populated areas. I'll have pictures and video up soon, we are still driving and moving every day.

To adventure!

Things I will remember from Moab...



Note to self: After it rains the campground will look different. While it may make beautiful impromptu waterfalls, it also makes mud and giant puddles in the lowest spots. If you look around, you may find you are camped in a potential mud puddle that is no longer a potential puddle. If you are in a slot canyon when this rain happens, you may find yourself suddenly drowned.


The rain splashed mud all over my boots stashed under the trailer in an artistic and folksy way. I might win a ribbon at the County Fair photography contest, but it was still mud.


I will remember dune buggy rides to fantastic overlooks. If I had to hike or mountain bike I would never be able to see these sights. Thank goodness for horsepower and a few back roads.


Campground dinners! Things just taste better with dirt.


Stunning scenery... fire and rain...


Complete with an EPA Superfund clean-up site that had a truck tip over and spill and shut the site down when we were there. Don't think that just because a place is beautiful that it is safe for you, or from you. Right on the Colorado River. Fire and rain.

But most importantly...


Time spent with trusted friends who can be around me and put up with me and still be my friend (that goes double for my trusted companion). Thanks. Seriously. Thank you for an awesome time.

But wait! Zion Canyon awaits!