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Sara's hikey campy thread...
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The green arrow has to be my favorite trail blaze that I've ever seen. The pond was actually outside the park boundary, I slipped through the fence to get in there--- looking for stuff like skulls or anything exceptional-- and finally, part of the creek where I busted my a$$, although where I slipped was flat and broad. It'st just that after I fell, I was DONE taking pics. 
some more pink cactus.
The pic with the people in it is a difficult one- it is of the seasonal "Wildcat Waterfall", which is now just a trickle. I had no safe vantage point to get good perspective pics, but this thing is badass- the bowl is all carved out and it's like.... 60 feet? I dunno, I'm bad at that. But even without the water flowing hard, it was still pretty impressive.
And, finally, my view of my dash for 70 miles. (obv at a stop sign) Ugh.
The pic with the people in it is a difficult one- it is of the seasonal "Wildcat Waterfall", which is now just a trickle. I had no safe vantage point to get good perspective pics, but this thing is badass- the bowl is all carved out and it's like.... 60 feet? I dunno, I'm bad at that. But even without the water flowing hard, it was still pretty impressive.
And, finally, my view of my dash for 70 miles. (obv at a stop sign) Ugh.
I don't know exactly, not yet. I had this exact thing happen in a similar situation a few months back when I was coming home from Galveston, and it magically fixed itself, but of course I knew it would be back. And here it is. I would have to search for the old thread, I think the concensus was a bad connection somewhere.
The kicker is that it runs ok with this problem, starts right up and runs... but something is just a tiny bit off, like so tiny that only me with my 140k miles in the same seat but would notice it. Like I said, I felt/heard something off to the point where I was staring at gages, which were all normal. Until the volt one suddenly wasnt.
Frankly, I wanted to like this day and it really fn fell apart after the loss of the sweatshirt- so much so that I (insanely) wondered if the cute hippie was the devil crossing my path to curse me, or even God to knock me down a peg and remember to be grateful????
Anyway, I parked it, shut it off, kicked it, came inside to warm up because I was afraid to run any auxiliary power so I froze the whole way home, drank a beer, and tried to figure out this day. I'll look at it tomorrow but it really fs up my new year's plans, which was camping on the beach
The kicker is that it runs ok with this problem, starts right up and runs... but something is just a tiny bit off, like so tiny that only me with my 140k miles in the same seat but would notice it. Like I said, I felt/heard something off to the point where I was staring at gages, which were all normal. Until the volt one suddenly wasnt.
Frankly, I wanted to like this day and it really fn fell apart after the loss of the sweatshirt- so much so that I (insanely) wondered if the cute hippie was the devil crossing my path to curse me, or even God to knock me down a peg and remember to be grateful????
Anyway, I parked it, shut it off, kicked it, came inside to warm up because I was afraid to run any auxiliary power so I froze the whole way home, drank a beer, and tried to figure out this day. I'll look at it tomorrow but it really fs up my new year's plans, which was camping on the beach
Cool. Thanks for the report. You'll be back on the trail in no time.
runamok151
1 ton status
That's 'cause it matches your hair.
Nice pics. I envy you folks w/ that territory to explore.
MrSchaeferPants
1/2 ton status
That was a fun read of your trip. That just left me thirsty for a good beer. Oh, and the desire to go for a hike. But mostly a beer. I need to find me a hiking/exploring buddy. I have one, and he finds cool places to go, but physically it's a bear for me to slow down to his pace. If you've ever done it, you know how much a nuisance it can be to slow (or speed up) from your natural pace. Esp. going up or down hills.
No Dino print pictures from the creek bed?
I've been going it mostly alone for a really long time. I think it's usually best that way, for me.
Of course we're not talking about any true outback excursions, not really, so then it might be best to have a buddy.
And slowing down is WORSE than speeding up, at least for me, it's a real pain in the knees, literally, to put the brakes on all the time
No Dino print pictures from the creek bed?
I hiked the other side, away from the "prints", mainly because I was in search of a more solitary grownup experience :-) one day when I'm in a more tolerant mood, iI'll go back and check out prints, though I'm a bit of a skeptic
I've seen them a few times when I have taken my children there when they were young and fascinated with all things dinosaur, the prints are pretty amazing. I'll be taking my grandson there in a while when it warms up after a cruise through Fossil Rim for the requisite Ostrich attack.
Sara, hearing a noise and then later having a volt meter show low volts i'll bet you have a bad bearing in the alternator making noise and also an intermittant issue with the voltage regulator.
JUST a tank top?
I should have guessed this was coming.
Most of these trails are empty enough where a little nekkid hiking would be just fine.
Replacing alternator today. In the rain. Stay tuned for the pics of the redneck tarp garage I intend to set up
