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Thursday, February 3, 2011 - Bosque Birdwatchers RV Park, San Antonio NM

Ghost Ranch Camp, Abiquiu NM, December 24, 2009
Ghost Ranch Camp, Abiquiu NM, December 24, 2009

Record cold

New record lows were set across a large swath of the west central States yesterday and last night and last night set a new record low temperature for my time living with this old Lazy Daze, exceeding even the ten below we survived at Ghost Ranch back on December 26, 2009. I stuck my head out the door about 4:30AM, pointed my infared thermometer and shot a temp down on the step. Sixteen below zero!

Record update:

Twenty below at 6:30AM! Jan, a guy I first met down at Leasburg Dam State Park, Radium Springs NM a couple of years ago, lives in his old Honda CRX sports car, has for years now, says the temp drops noticeably just before dawn out here. Yup, I notice that too, now that he mentioned it.

Night camp

Site 10 - Bosque Bird Watcher's RV Park, San Antonio NM

Ask What Surprised Them

I was afraid of flying for a long time and could only travel vicariously. When friends came back from faraway places, it wasn't just out of politeness that I asked what they saw. I really wanted to know. And I found the best way to get information out of them was to ask what surprised them. How was the place different from what they expected? This is an extremely useful question. You can ask it of the most unobservant people, and it will extract information they didn't even know they were recording.

The Age of the Essay, Paul Graham, September 2004

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