Idaho Backcountry Yurt, 2022

For the spring equinox we headed east to the Boise National Forest to a yurt we rented a while back. The Idaho Department of Parks and Recreation runs a system of yurts and in the winter grooms cross country ski and snowshoe trails leading to them. They keep them well stocked with wood and supplies. We backpacked in with our food and clothes and stayed for two nights.

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Winter Camping, 2022

Now that winter (meteorological winter) has passed it is time for a quick roundup of a few trips we were able to pull off in the last days of January and the month of February. It's been a goal to get out winter camping and in fact we hope to get in camping trips all 12 months this year. Ana Reservoir We had quite a long stretch of sunny warm weather. Why not go fishing?…

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Baja 2022, Part 4, North to the Border

After making the turn at Cabo San Lucas it was basically north along the Baja peninsula all the way to the border over the coming days. We were on the road early with plans to stop in Ciudad Constitution for a mid morning taco. It was time to branch out from the pescado and try something different – and El Buen Sazon didn’t disappoint. The machaca tacos were wonderful, the tortillas were fresh and after a grand total of $4 for 4 tacos we were off to another wonderful day in Baja.

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