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Mesaxa 🐍🏜 @_desertx #desertx2021 #curlyhairdontcare #palmsprings #visitpalmdesert #thedesertiscalling #workwithme #plussizeoutfit #plussizebaddie (at Palm Springs, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CNiPh9dM12y/?igshid=o9yb6716smqy

Yesterday was #InternationalMountainDay and I didn't hike?! Shame on me. Maybe I'll celebrate that tonight instead! #thedesertiscalling (at Humphreys Peak) https://www.instagram.com/p/B5-J2cjlk_r/?igshid=1x80nmryood9x

Upcoming & Recent Routes . 1st Map: Heading west from Mississippi through Louisiana, stopping wherever the spirit moves me. . After that have loose plans to run the entire length of the Texas-Mexico border, from Brownsville at the southern tip on the Gulf of Mexico to the far western tip at El Paso. . Over the years I’ve lived, visited, or worked in many of the towns and cities along that stretch, though have not driven it in one continuous run. . Saying “run” sort of implies I’ll be pushing hard, trying to cover as much ground as possible in a day. I have no such intention. I’ll be stopping and dawdling and soaking it all in. . I intend to stay as close as possible to the actual border, running as many small town and country roads as I can. . There are a TON of interesting, unique, and historical places along that border that I’ve visited before. I’m sure I’ll find a ton more. . Just my style of exploration and adventure. . 2nd map: Where I’ve been already this latest leg of exploring NA. I left the coast of Maine six and a half weeks ago, on Oct 19. . I’ve averaged an amazingly low one-hundred six miles a day. Slow and easy, soaking it all in, to be sure, though a good part of the low average is due to being stuck in one place for about a week with road repairs, then base-camping in the same place in the Smokies for ten days. . Still, since leaving the mountains of East Tennessee several days ago, I’m not doing more than a couple hundred miles a day at the most. . One of the best pieces of travel advice I’ve ever heard, was from Andrew Pain (andrewcpain.com) adventure motorcyclist and author of several travel books. In a budget workshop @overlandexpo he advised along the lines of “You can stay out longer if you slow down. It costs less to stay and explore an area more fully than it does to rush to the next place.” . . #adventure #slowdown #borderlands #thedesertiscalling #solotravel #nomadlife #roaddude #ontheroad #liveauthentic #exploreamerica #camper #campervan #homeonwheels #roadwarriors360 #myoutdoors #homeiswhereyouparkit #texasborder #mexicanborder #discovertheroad #adventurerig #adventuremobile #exploration #neverstopexploring #exploremore #writers (at Poplarville, Mississippi) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bq-S7jBhfnY/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1su1qs0m5p9e4

Go! Oh, go! Go out to see the world! And wherever you go, be brave to whomever you meet, be kind with whatever you have, do good. ~ Leigh Stanley . This card was given to me in thanks yesterday by a new camping friend and fellow solo traveler; a girl from Texas who borrowed one of my Jungle Blankets for these cold nights and shared campfire time and tales. . I opened it and thought “Well how cool is that, and so appropriate, too!” . Thank you Patty, stay warm! . The other objects in the image are the temp sending unit for my indoor/outdoor thermometer and my Kestrel 3500; a virtual weather station in your pocket. I use it for all sorts of things and love having it. Gives me temp, wind chill, barometric pressure, dew point, bulb, altitude, humidity, and wind speed, and saves the highs of most of the above. Accurate and easy to use. . #goohgo #staywarm #homeiswhereyouparkit #thedesertiscalling #solotravelers #thedesertiscalling #adventureawaits #kestrel #indooroutdoor #myoutdoorlife #soloadventure #vanlifediaries #camping #campinggear #adventurer #expedition #overland #thedesertiscalling #curlygirldesign #thankyounote #bebrave #goouttoseetheworld #bekind #dogood #liveauthentic #goodmatters #nomadlife #letsgetlost #borntoroam (at Townsend, Tennessee) https://www.instagram.com/p/BqxZuiOBl4b/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=14ozfbuu7zaki

Had a blast exploring @capitolreefnationalpark but didn't get to spend nearly enough time there… better luck next time I guess 😏 #theworldcalls #neaturewalk #thedesertiscalling #experienceutah #werutah #capitalreef #geologyrocks (at Capitol Reef National Park)

This place is so unique and baffling...... it's like wondering around in a rock maze. So pumped I got to camp out here for a night. Not a bad night sky 🌌 there either! #goblinvalley #experienceutah #werutah #theworldcalls #unbelievable #thedesertiscalling #wanderlust (at Goblin Valley State Park)

So we meet again.... @southwestair heading to the @themiragelv rocking to @blackberrysmoke and @themdirtyroses #rocknroll #thedesertiscalling #jdoutlawstatus #thebest (at Nashville International Airport)

wilderness excursion • #arizona #wilderness #camping #thedesertiscalling #thankful (at Bulldog Canyon)