Matt's New Mexico (Formerly Airstream) Adventure

[Matt]

[Giles]

Nice octi….

[Matt]

It was a gift from a friend 

[Matt]

Time to open this totally normal size can of cherry stout from Belfry Brewery in Cottonwood.  It smells amazing…

[Manticore]

My girls are a bit older than yours but it doesn't stop - they just refine their technique.

Noticed the Parks Project sticker - that was founded by two guys I used to work with, a great little company!

[Giles]

@Manticore:

My girls are a bit older than yours but it doesn't stop - they just refine their technique.

Thank fuck, we only had an @Alex

[Matt]

Yeah, we thought two would only be twice as hard.  We were pretty misguided there.  Thankfully I took the appropriate steps to prevent a 3rd interloper.

[Matt]

@Manticore:

My girls are a bit older than yours but it doesn't stop - they just refine their technique.

Noticed the Parks Project sticker - that was founded by two guys I used to work with, a great little company!

Their particular brand of obnoxiousness becomes more nuanced each day.

Parks Project is awesome.  Whenever they sell them at the park I try to get a shirt.  The one I got at Joshua Tree is a favorite.  They had to drive an hour to a closed visitor center to get my size and bring it back for me. I’m sure I only wanted that one because it was the only one I couldn’t have. 

[Matt]

Lost Dutchman State Park today…

[Matt]

Gray fox.  One of three.  My phone camera stinks though.

[Matt]

[zhivago]

So rad @Matt! Thanks for bringing us along for your epic adventures!!

[Matt]

@zhivago Im really glad you’re enjoying it.  Plenty more to see.

[Matt]

My wife and I plan on revisiting a few of these spots when we can hike more than 2 miles without a total volcanic mood explosion.  When I post pictures of the kids, it’s always at the beginning of the trail.  They are slightly less photogenic at the end.  Lost Dutchman has some epic longer trails.  One of them recommends gloves for the last 10 yards!

[zhivago]

Lol, we have mastered the 45 minute hikes on the south island for that very reason!!

[Snowy]

I always tell my mrs stop and take as many photos you want on the way out, because I'm not stopping on the way back  :D.

[GregO]

Spent some time wandering through this thread today.  Loved hearing about and seeing the various parts of your last year…warts and all.  Just great stuff.

[Matt]

Thank you @GregO  It’s not an adventure if everything goes according to plan.

[Matt]

In the true spirit of “It’s not an adventure unless something goes wrong.” here I am kicking it at Mount Graham Medical Center full of morphine thanks to a large kidney stone.  Good times.  I guess now we’ll see how good this weird health ins we got is.

[Matt]

If any of you have ever had the pleasure then you know how bad this sucks.  I’m not a hospital guy and my pain threshold is reasonable.  I was a straight up 10 for two hours when we finally decided to come in.