Month: January 2011

Trip Reports

On to the Rio Grande in Big Bend – Day 4
Bytomas January 18, 2011October 15, 2026

Day 4 started as a cool morning with clear skies. We had a hearty breakfast of blueberry pancakes and bacon. With our new kitchen and pantry boxes from Kanz Outdoor making it easier to break camp we where on our way by 8:30, heading south on Old Ore Road. For today we had a number of…

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A Lunar Eclipse as a Desert Wonder
Bytomas January 14, 2011October 15, 2026

It is hard to crawl out of your warm sleeping bag in the middle of the night. However, this is just what we did on December 21st. With the lure of a full lunar eclipse on the winter solstice the invitation was just too great. I was the first one out of bed. I took…

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MyFJCruiser Online Maps – How I make them
Bytomas January 10, 2011October 18, 2026

Being somewhat of a gadget freak, electronic mapping fits right in. With the on-board computer in our Toyota FJ Cruiser build, the GPS and mapping capability is built in. I have a number of applications that I run on the PC for real time use; Garmin Routing Software, National Geo TOPO! maps, APRS (Ham Radio…

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In the Big Bend Backcountry – day 3
Bytomas January 6, 2011October 15, 2026

On our second day in Big Bend we started our back country tour. We broke camp in the Chisos Basin at around 9:00 and headed north on Hwy 385. We found our turn off the blacktop on to Dagger Flat Rd. About 2 miles along the Dagger Flat rd we took the right turn on…

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