Wanderlusting El Alto

So Labor Day was to be my big day of wanderlusting. I had played Mr. Fixit Friday, had taken Nathan to his tournament in Albuquerque Saturday, and I felt entitled to a day just for looking at rocks. My destination would be El Alto, the easternmost of the two great...Read more
Wanderlusting Sandia Crest

Wanderlusting Sandia Crest

I have, of course, been to Sandia Crest before. I used to live in Albuquerque, and one of my dates with Cindy was to hike to the crest from Doc Long campground. But it had been some years, I was in Albuquerque to take Nathan to a smash tournament, and...Read more
Wanderlusting Rinconada Canyon

Wanderlusting Rinconada Canyon

After a few preliminaries. Labor Day Weekend, and I had the Friday off. Three days to go to and fro in the earth, and walk up and down in it; not counting Sunday, my day of rest. Except that I owed my wife at least a day of working around...Read more
Wanderlusting the Cochiti Formation

Wanderlusting the Cochiti Formation

I’ve been working on the latest draft of the book, and I realized that I had almost certainly mixed up the Cochiti Formation, the Gravel of Lookout Park, eolian deposits, and artificial trail gravel. Fortunately, I had business in Santa Fe Saturday, so it seemed reasonable to head out early,...Read more

The Wanderpack and a rock glacier

It was my Friday off and the weather forecast was as promising as I’ve seen in a while. I decided this would be another good day to get a back country permit and do some exploring in the Valles caldera. Perhaps I’m just paranoid, but the Valles Preserve back country...Read more

Shoulder update, and Clownie gets a new radiator

So the shoulder continues to slowly mend. I’d say at this point I have more use of it than I did before the surgery; an important milestone. It’s still pretty sore and stiff and weak in certain motions. I have physical therapy once a week and it’s starting to include...Read more
Wanderlusting El Cajete

Wanderlusting El Cajete

The weather has been heavy monsoon most of this week, which is good and bad. The good, which in the larger scheme of things is what really matters, is that the monsoon started rather late and we need it to be heavy. The bad is that it makes for lousy...Read more

The road to Jaramillo

I can’t resist that title, which is also the name of a celebrated book on the history of how radiometric dating and magnetic reversals led to the acceptance of the theory of plate tectonics. One of the crucial magnetic reversals was the Jaramillo event, named after a little creek in...Read more

Return of the wanderlust

I’ve now been out of the arm cradle for three weeks, I’m back to full time at work, and I’m feeling almost human. Naturally, the wanderlust is raging. I took a small adventure last Saturday. My older son, Nathan, wanted to attend a gamer’s convention in Albuquerque and needed me...Read more

Family and critters

My mother, all my siblings, and some of my nephews and nieces were in town this week for a reunion. It was wonderful to sit around and reminisce. It was also nice to see some local scenery. We went out to Overlook Park, and I found the lighting was just...Read more
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