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Saturday, December 19, 2009 - Bosque Bird Watcher's RV Park, San Antonio NM

Dawn at Fort Stanton Cave, December 19, 2009
Dawn at Fort Stanton Cave, December 19, 2009

{Shiver me timbers!} I stepped out at dawn to toss my trash and just as I reached the cans a nearby pack of coyotes set up a howling racket, touching off a lengthy conversation with their neighbors. That sent a shiver down my spine I'll tell ya! At least it wasn't one of those big kitties so common out here sneaking up on me....

I'm headed for Ghost Ranch

Friends Kate & Terry are camp hosting at Ghost Ranch. Kate has been bugging me to come up for a visit and she finally convinced me to do it before they leave for the winter. It's getting colder up there than I really bargained for in coming to New Mexico for the winter but it may be quite a while before I get another chance to visit and tour the Ranch with "insiders." I'm going to go for it - then head off to Henderson NV between the holidays to warm up with cousins Ken & Connie as planned.

As long as I'm here, before I head north I'm going to spend Sunday having a look around the Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge. It would be silly to be so near and not take a gander at the cranes if they are around.

Night camp

Bosque Bird Watcher's RV Park, San Antonio NM

Lifestyle's Supports and the Difficulty of Understanding

... In a life that depends on results and not just intentions, it is vital to be able to examine and question EVERYTHING. Sacred cows eat people out of house and home and bring them to their ends in ruin. Blind belief in anything kills.

My favorite quote from Wendell Barry [sic] (other than his mad farmer poems that is) is from Long-Legged House:

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