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Tag: recovery

24 October 2022

Recovering for a train ride adventure

I’m still not caught up but am recovering from “traveler’s revenge” and taking a lot of naps in preparation for a train ride adventure while also working on blog posts and videos.

Raven cemetery Skull Valley AZAfter what felt like an all day trip to town I drove the 30 minutes home with a stop along the way.  Actually, the Skull Valley cemetery is one mile from my turnoff that is a sharp 70° right turn at the bottom of a hill.  I often stop to let traffic go by.  This day I noticed a Raven also visiting the cemetery.

Bark scorpion Skull Valley AZOnce home and unpacked I went to walk up the berm and stopped dead in my tracks at the sight of a four inch Bark Scorpion.  It’s the first one I’ve seen on the ranch and I’m alright with that if they stay outside.  Went to bed early as I was recovering from a full day in town.

Sierra cat on desk Skull Valley AZDuring the cool of the morning and before the high of 81°, I cleaned the truckcamper floor and put down a new carpet runner.  I’m slowly working on getting it ready for winter occupancy in the desert.  Didn’t take long before I was hot and tired so took a nap.  I’m still recovering you know.  Later, I worked on a blog post and trail-cam videos.

How is it that my website was fine when I went to bed but “unsecure” and not opening in the morning?  Rebooting didn’t help so I contacted Hostgator (my web host) and they solved the error problem of  “SSL expired”.  Seems that’s one of the things I pay them to do, automatically.  (SSL, Secure Sockets Layer, is “a standard security technology for establishing an encrypted link between a server and a client—typically a web server (website) and a browser, or a mail server and a mail client (e.g., gmail).”)  Secure is the key word.  If an URL is https versus http, it’s secure.  Anyway, with that problem solved, I took a nap.  This time recovering from website shock.

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Later, while outside I saw this cute two-inch Horned lizard, also a first sighting on the ranch. They are harmless, eat ants, and are said to bring good luck.

driveway trees storm clouds Skull Valley AZThe next day it rained, slowly at first, on and off yet steady.  Had to update software to continue working on video.  Exhausting.  So I took a nap.  Thunder and lightning filled the evening air.

clouds Brushy Mt Skull Valley AZAwoke Sunday to rain cleaned air, ah petrichor.  May have been the last of monsoon.  Snow is already falling to the north.

boulder tree sunset clouds Skull Valley AZ

last light cliff Bradshaw Mts clouds Skull Valley AZI was motivated to clean the camera sensor though I’m scared at the same time.  For months now there’s been a reverse “C” shaped something probably dust on photos with the lens set between 18-30mm.  It shows up in the sky about half way between center and 2 o’clock.  If it’s on clear sky I can remove it post-processing.  But it needed to go.  I recently bought a camera cleaning kit that includes anti-static gloves, camera cleaning cloth, cleaning swabs, air blowing, cleaning brush, screen and lens cleaner.  After wiping down the outside including degreasing the view finder I removed and cleaned the lens glass. Then the scariest part.  Locked the mirror up to expose the sensor and first blew air with the bulb (not wet breath) followed by two quick sweeps with the sensor cleaning swab.  Put the lens back on and voila, the “thing” is gone in several test shots.  I was told that dust and hair gets stuck to the sensor by static.  So I was nervous about adding to it in my never that clean home with floating cat hair.

trail-cam Striped Skunk Skull Valley AZtrail-cam fox Skull Valley AZ

While I mess with the DSLR camera, the trail-cam works on its own.  A Striped Skunk wandered by about 3am and that night after dark a fox came through.

train over tressel Camp Verde RR AZBut I was asleep for that because the next day I was off on a train ride adventure and the Verde Canyon Railroad deserves its own post.

I’m done recovering from traveler’s revenge and now planning for the next journey.  When the days drop into the 50s and the nights head toward the 30s it’s time to move further south into Arizona’s Sonoran Desert.  Won’t be long.  Feel free to join me in the desert of Congress, Arizona to watch November’s Beaver moon.  I’m sure to be awake for the rise and set of the full moon, and maybe for the lunar eclipse between 1-7am.

Campark trail-cam on ladder Skull Valley AZTo watch the video from a couple months of wildlife caught on the trail-cam and my review on the cam, follow this link https://youtu.be/7n_jDP-6WKc.  (I am not being paid or compensated in any way.)

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21 October 2022

Catching up with who’s been visiting including the moon

moon over machine Skull Valley AZAfter three weeks away from home I’m catching up on everything yet struggling with travelers Montezuma’s Midwest’s revenge.  I started off strong and then went downhill fast.

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Tuesday, October 4th I left Sandee’s house at 4:30am for the Chicago O’Hare airport.  I tried catching up along the way by working on possible photos for the Geogypsy 2023 calendar.  Not easy with the limited space in flight.  Besides, more fun to look out the window.  Flew over Grand Canyon on the way to Los Angeles, then a four hour layover and on to Phoenix, followed by a three hour shuttle ride to Prescott.  Literally ran through the grocery store before driving the last 30 minutes home to arrive just after 7pm.

Sierra & Gaelyn Skull Valley AZSierra was happy to see me and get her late treats.  So nice to sleep in my own bed.

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                                                                            Jackrabbit by trail-cam

Nice to wake up to my much loved familiar view though it would take a while catching up to reset my biological clock, even with naps.  It was only slightly warmer than Illinois and Michigan but much dryer.  The tall weeds ranged from green to gold and all covered with something that sticks to clothes.

view E sunset clouds moon Skull Valley AZI got right to work catching up on the blog with the first of two posts asking for help to choose the final photos for the calendar.

trees rainbow clouds Skull Valley AZFinished and scheduled the second blog post the next day.

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                                                                                   Fox by trail-cam

Also made a video catching up on a meetup for November’s lunar eclipse.  I’ll most likely be in the desert somewhere.

Late light clouds Brushy Mt Skull Valley AZ

dbl rainbow Skull Valley AZSpent Friday catching up with friends and family, downloaded photos and video from the trail-cam, and enjoyed a little rain that left rainbows.

JavelinaJavelina by trail-cam

JackrabbitJackrabbit by trail-cam

SkunkSkunk by trail-cam

I eventually made a video from the wild and not so wild life that was caught on the trail-cam.  That shows much better than these stills.

Sierra cat on bed Skull Valley AZI needed to share the bed

Saturday, the previous weeks started catching up with me.  I was exhausted.  Took several naps.  Tried to eat my “normal” food choices, be they good or bad.  Nothing worked.  I had traveler’s revenge really bad, and nothing at home to solve the problem.  Plus no energy to go into town.  So I took more naps and went on half a BRAT diet for diarrhea.  Banana, Rice, Applesauce and Toast but only had the last two in the house.  Spent the next five days feeling like shit.

full moon rise Skull Valley AZTried unsuccessfully to shoot the full Harvest moon as I was too tired to drag out the tripod.  Plus there were clouds.

moon set Brushy Mt Skull Valley AZ

moon set Brushy Mt Skull Valley AZActually better moon shots in the morning as it set behind Brushy Mountain.

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                                                                                     Fox by trail-cam

Home for a week and finally had barely enough energy to go to town.  Started a regime of strong probiotics to reset my poor gut.

bird headBird by trail-cam

So I’m still catching up and working on the calendar in between naps.  I’ll work on catching up more next week.

CowThe end by trail-cam

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