Build A girl named Paul

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This is why, another trip with my son.

 

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More fun. Dropped my boy off in Pagosa to hang with a friend for a few days after we spent a night at our land in Northern New Mexico. Met my cousin and his lady on the Bolam pass road for a night.

Then I headed up to the pass itself and found an awesome site at the confluence of two streams.

I noped out of my first choice when I saw a bunch of fresh, hand sized mountain lion tracks.

 

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Woke up at 11,500’ to a dead battery. Like dead dead. Didn’t leave anything on and I’m pretty religious about battery management but the battery was 6 years old and decided 3 nights in the cold were it’s last.

Rigged up a charger from my battery bank that runs my fridge with some test leads, that was working, albeit, really slow.

Luckily, the first vehicle to come by was a Tundra and gave me a jump. Which was fortunate because the second was a J**p.

 

[CruiserTrash]

@RevISK I’m gonna need a map pin for that spot. Bolam Pass is really beautiful, but I haven’t explored any side trails.

 

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@RevISK I’m gonna need a map pin for that spot. Bolam Pass is really beautiful, but I haven’t explored any side trails.

It shall be yours.

 

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And then had to fly to Dallas for a quick shoot…
I’ll start up the trip again with my boy starting Friday.

Pictures taken less than 24 hours apart.

 

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More fun:

On the way back to the land from Durango we stopped at Heron Lake state park. Water level is waaay down but it was nice and chilly nonetheless.

Spent a couple days at the land:

Then took a day trip to Cabresto Lake near Questa. It rained on us off and on but the boy got in. Not me this time.

Got back to a night of rain and a soggy pack up this morning but was greeted to a lovely sunrise.

Trucked down to Sam Wahl recreation area outside of Lubbock (or leave it!). Have the place to ourselves. This is a nice spot to camp tonight and let everything dry out before getting back to the humidity and mosquitoes.

 

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A couple more from the flying camera

 

[Skniper]

Boy is not looking so boyish anymore (based on earlier posts by you). Cool trip. Good job by Dad!

 

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Boy is not looking so boyish anymore (based on earlier posts by you). Cool trip. Good job by Dad!

Yeah, he turned into a man all of a sudden, it’s bittersweet for sure.

 

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Late night and early morning at Lake Alan Henry:

 

[CruiserTrash]

Yeah, he turned into a man all of a sudden, it’s bittersweet for sure.

I got one of those too. I blinked and my little mop-headed toddler is suddenly a muscular young man who punches a clock at a job.

 

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Back. Mostly unpacked.
Promptly took Norman the 40 for a spin, lurv hur.

Good stats:
Got roughly 12.7 mpgs towing the Datsun trailer most of the time. Not bad. Even had a loose spark plug and a loose plug wire for awhile.

Miss the road already.

 

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Lots happening.
Lots has happened.

Adjusted my drivers door with this magic wand.
Closes with such satisfaction now.

 

[Sperl]

Lots happening.
Lots has happened.

Adjusted my drivers door with this magic wand.
Closes with such satisfaction now.

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Now this does look like a magic wand. I'll be tracking down one of these post haste - my saggy driver door is driving me nuts...

 

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Now this does look like a magic wand. I'll be tracking down one of these post haste - my saggy driver door is driving me nuts...

Pay for postage and you can borrow it. I think it’s a $70 tool all told.