I hadn’t planned on tilting my solar panel back when I first mounted it to the Rolling Steel Tent. After a winter of less daylight I decided...

I had just learned about this nearby stretch of the Mimbres River that’s a state riparian preserve. It would’ve been a great place to escape...

I went for a walk today along the Gila River, near Gila, New Mexico. (Video to come.) Clear sky, pleasant temperature, last of the fall colo...

This morning I became aware that, with cooler weather, bugs aren’t a problem anymore. Particularly flies. They used to drive me nuts. Excell...

 I knew my eight-year-old Concord Sun-Xtender AGM batteries were approaching the end of their usefulness. They had been taking a lot longer ...

I went to Gila Cliff Dwellings in the spring of 2014 . It was the first time I’d ever been up close and personal with any cliff dwelling. Si...

It was another of those days where I made a last moment change of plans on the way to Silver City. Not only would I pick up some supplies, a...

I had such a good time modifying one guitar that I decided to do another. This one started out as a scaled down kids’ guitar with a built in...

A Facebook nomadic friend posted about her preparations for wintering in Mexico. Among other things, she showed a Benchmark atlas of Baja Ca...

This morning I came across an online collection of building inspectors’ photos. Crumbling foundations, rotting timbers, collapsing walls, ja...

At one end of the vehicle-living scale you have those who worry about overloading their rigs but are far from exceeding load capacity. At th...

It’s that time again when the weather becomes erratic. Therefore so do I. I think we had bits of all four seasons today. Several times over....

I discovered this tiny chrysalis attached to the latch on Lou’s shipping container/shop. I searched the web to find out what kind it is. I f...