Wandering Patches

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Had to move fast to explore the Oregon coast from Montana and make it to our job in New Mexico on time. Big catch up post, back to living on the road!

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New Mexico! We missed you and excited to call NM our home for the winter. Entering from the west into the Gila National Forest, amazing drive!

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The #mypubliclandsroadtrip Places That Rock wouldn’t be complete without the Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument.

The Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument is a remarkable outdoor laboratory, offering an opportunity to observe, study, and experience the geologic processes that shape natural landscapes.  The National Monument, on the Pajarito Plateau in north-central New Mexico, includes a national recreation trail and ranges from 5,570 feet to 6,760 feet above sea level.  It is for foot travel only, and contains two segments that provide opportunities for hiking, birdwatching, geologic observation, and plant identification.  

The cone-shaped tent rock formations are the products of volcanic eruptions that occurred 6 to 7 million years ago, and left pumice, ash, and tuff deposits over 1,000 feet thick.  Tremendous explosions from the Jemez volcanic field spewed pyroclasts (rock fragments), while searing hot gases blasted down slopes in an incandescent avalanche called a “pyroclastic flow.”  Precariously perched on many of the tapering hoodoos are boulder caps that protect the softer pumice and tuff below.  Some tents have lost their hard, resistant caprocks, and are disintegrating.  While fairly uniform in shape, the tent rock formations vary in height from a few feet up to 90 feet.

Explore the monument and other BLM National Conservation Lands with our interactive maps: blm.gov/conservationlands.

Photos by Bob Wick, BLM.

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Adding to the list.

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Sugar Beet Harvest in Culbertson Montana. Lots of work and money in a short time. Helping to get us traveling again.

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Willy’s & Roadrunner

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3 different grits of steel wool and new black gloss spray paint on the bumper! Much cleaner look.

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The solar panels from the Dolphin, now on the Sea Breeze. Two 100W Renogy pannels. Long hot day, another big project about done with.

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New bathroom sink and faucet done! Onto LED accent lighting.

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New light fixtures installed in the cabover bed. Bright warm white led light and no more fake wood plastic lamps.

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New bathroom sink and counter coming along! Just need the faucet installed and were in business.

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1997 Toyota 4Runner | Pine Valley, California | www.benjamindodd.com // instagram.com/benjamin_dodd

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Miss my 4Runner

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Back to this again... Roof coating the Sea Breeze. Did this almost exactly a year ago on the Dolphin.

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Ford E-350 1998 Astoria OR 2016 @tobias_explores

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Window removal is done. So happy with how it came out! Stained "v notch" boards grey and went up easy.

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Tent camping on family's property outside Billings Montana.

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Finished the trim and sealed everything. No more window and more water tight than ever! I was blessed with over a week of clear skies allowing me to take my time. The day after it is sealed we have thunderstorms in the forecast every day for the next week. Thanks RV gods.

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Burro