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Here it is with the Bears Ears and the re-emerging Glen Canyon tantalizingly close to the west. <\/p>\n
In some ideal world, there’d be a winter basecamp in Silver, near to the places like Ajo where it doesn’t freeze even on an average January night. <\/p>\n
And a summer basecamp somewhere out of Monte Vista, Del Norte, or Alamosa itself, for touching the face of 57 Fahrenheit even in early August. <\/p>\n
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But fuck that wistful shit from some lifetime that isn’t mine. <\/p>\n
In this world, I have only one basecamp, halfway in between, in the dusty interstate town with a roof that drips. <\/p>\n
And that will have to do. <\/p>\n
I can make it work. <\/p>\n
As long as there are too many cats around, I’m not going away for more than three or four nights max.<\/p>\n
The work I do is going to be about perfecting those shorter trips and the kit required to make them somewhat comfortable. <\/p>\n
And documenting what that takes. Creative Monetization. <\/p>\n
Eventually I’ll have that ALiner. But it can’t wait, not even for that. <\/p>\n
Fix the pickup ignition, bitchboy, and repair that camper shell and put it on the ‘Bed’. Pay out for your 10 lousy MPG. <\/p>\n
You have that three thousand dollars worth of trailer that also leaks too. It could be a major factor and especially if you do need a room to medicate a cat in if you know what I mean. <\/p>\n
I think I might like to take the truck to Utah even if that’s only to make a dumb point about getting going and to inform myself about what’s missing. <\/p>\n
That is a long list. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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