Traveling Cargopants

A journey into the west, the self, and beyond

Getting back to nature

| August 26, 2009

I’ve been spending a lot of time in the last couple of weeks looking at the night sky. Where I live in Northern New Mexico, there are really big skies, and we’re far away enough from city lights where you can see shining stars clearly at night. There was the Perseid meteor shower in July [...]

2 weeks away, and all’s well!

| August 21, 2009

Invitation on first leg of the journey. Themes for the trip.

Preparations

| August 14, 2009

I’m finding that there are lots of things to do to prepare for this journey. I’ll be on the road for the next two months, so all my material possessions will be reduced to what can fit into a car — potentially less if I’m going to have friends come on portions of the journey [...]

Plans for starting the trip

| August 9, 2009

Looks like I’ll probably be leaving during Labor day weekend (September 5th). I’m hoping to bring a few people along for the first leg of my journey. Let me know if you’re interested in coming… I’ll be starting my trip by heading to Northwestern New Mexico to see Chaco Canyon, and then cross the border [...]

Going away party

| August 8, 2009

Just had a going away party on Friday night for all my friends in Española. I felt that a potluck party was a great way to get everyone involved and to see everyone here that I might not get a chance to spend time one-on-one with before I leave. It was a lot of fun [...]