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

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

This is a basic, small Mom & Pop RV Park with full hookups.
Verizon cell phone and Broadband service are available here with a strong signal.
Locate Bosque Bird Watcher's RV Park on my Night Camps map
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Check the weather in San Antonio NM

Give it, Give it All, Give it Now

One of the few things I know about writing is this: spend it all, shoot it, play it, lose it, all, right away, every time. Do not hoard what seems good for a later place in the book, or for another book; give it, give it all, give it now. The impulse to save something good for a better place later is the signal to spend it now. Something more will arise for later, something better. These things fill from behind, from beneath, like well water. Similarly, the impulse to keep to yourself what you have learned is not only shameful, it is destructive. Anything you do not give freely and abundantly becomes lost to you. You open your safe and find ashes.

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