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Sunday, October 30, 2011 - Oasis State Park, Portales NM

Sunset, Oasis State Park, Portales NM, October 30, 2011
Sunset, Oasis State Park, Portales NM, October 30, 2011

Eight days on the road

2,200 miles, 275 gallons ($920) = 7.94mpg ($0.42 per mile), down from about 8.75mpg without the trailer. Not too bad.

Night camp

Site 23 - Oasis State Park, Portales NM

Mix With the World

I am convinced our own happiness requires that we should continue to mix with the world, and to keep pace with it. . . . I can speak from experience on the subject. From 1793 to 1797, I remained closely at home, saw none but those who came there, and at length became very sensible of the ill effect it had upon my mind, and of its direct and irresistible tendency to render me unfit for society, and uneasy when necessarily engaged in it. I felt enough of the effect of withdrawing from the world then to see that it led to an anti-social and misanthropic state of mind, which severely punishes him who gives in to it; and it will be a lesson I never shall forget as to myself.

John Adams

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