Wanderlusting Truchas

Wanderlusting Truchas

So there was enough rain yesterday that I decided not to go to the effort of trying to find a hiking partner, and decided instead to follow another New Mexico Geological Society road log. This one was to the Truchas area, and dated back to 1979. It had the merit...Read more

Granite

I took Nathan to his smash tournament yesterday. We arrived in Albuquerque a little after 11:00 and he got checked in. Nathan is the one with the blue backpack. I headed to the Mormon temple, where I would be receiving ordinances (sacraments) on behalf of John Haddow (1669-?). John is...Read more

Mastering Hugin

It’s warm and dry today, but overcast, so I may hike in the neighborhood but will probably not make a full wanderlust of it. Tomorrow I’m scheduled to take Nathan to another smash tournament in Albuquerque, and rain is predicted, so I doubt I’ll do much in that area. Monday...Read more

A tip of the Wanderlust hat

To friend of the Wanderlust, Teejay, who nudged me into looking into software for stitching together photographs into a panorama. It turns out that there is a pretty decent freeware package out there for Ubuntu, Hugin, which I tried out on some of my old panoramas. At its most basic,...Read more
A fistful of wanderlust

A fistful of wanderlust

So I got up at 7:30 and checked the weather. Hardly a cloud in the sky. Well then. I had the usual breakfast; packed up the new camera, spare memory cards, spare batteries, my backpack, my new walking stick, a couple of road logs, my glucose meter, an orange and...Read more

Lenticular clouds

Lenticular clouds form when there is a steady wind at middle altitudes and moisture levels not quite at saturation. When the wind passes over a mountain range, such as the Sangre de Cristo range seen here (east of my home), the flow is displaced upwards, the air expands and cools,...Read more

Playing with the new camera

So I was headed to Albuquerque today to attend the sealing of an older couple from my Mormon congregation. In their case, as a couple married for decades, this amounts to a renewal of vows in a Mormon context. It was sweet. I did not plan to stay in Albuquerque...Read more

Apparently I was a good boy this year

Meet the new Wandercamera: Why, yes. I took a picture of it with the old camera. I know: It’s a little like making an employee train his replacement. Can’t be helped. A Nikon Coolpix S9700, used and refurbished. With GPS; it took some time but I figured out how to...Read more

Earth Treasures Show 2016

This is the annual holiday rock and mineral show of the Los Alamos Geologic Society. I spent some time there today and took a few pictures, which I present without much comment. Fuchsite is chromium muscovite (mica). Orthoceras was an Ordovician mollusc related to the modern nautilus. Ruby (though not...Read more
Rolling Stones wanderlust

Rolling Stones wanderlust

You can’t always get what you want. I had a pretty good Thanksgiving, beginning with having Wednesday off (in lieu of my usual 9/80 Friday off) to get the chores out of the way, then a quiet Thursday at home with the family followed by a simple but nice Thanksgiving...Read more
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