Lake Mead National Recreation Area Archives - PopUpBackpacker https://popupbackpacker.com/tag/lake-mead-national-recreation-area/ Nick's Excellent Camping and Backpacking Adventures Sun, 26 May 2019 13:03:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://popupbackpacker.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/cropped-avatar-backpacking2-e1475607492124-32x32.jpg Lake Mead National Recreation Area Archives - PopUpBackpacker https://popupbackpacker.com/tag/lake-mead-national-recreation-area/ 32 32 38683869 The Seventeenth Day after the Day After https://popupbackpacker.com/the-seventeenth-day-after-the-day-after/ Thu, 27 Sep 2018 16:55:44 +0000 http://popupbackpacker.com/?p=20871 20 Sep We’ve been at Lake Mead for over two weeks. Many people couldn’t stay in one place this long. I can. There is plenty to do and see – one just needs to learn how to slow down and take a micro-look at their surroundings. Every day Corky and I walk and explore. I … Continue reading The Seventeenth Day after the Day After →

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]]> 20871 The Fourth Day after the Day After https://popupbackpacker.com/the-fourth-day-after-the-day-after/ Wed, 26 Sep 2018 18:50:27 +0000 http://popupbackpacker.com/?p=20849 8 Sep Early in the morning, as I am outside enjoying a cup of coffee and surveying the world around us, Corky comes to the camper door and lets me know he is ready for our morning walk. Something we have done together a few thousand times. I began to reminice. Corky, our wonder dog, … Continue reading The Fourth Day after the Day After →

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]]> 20849 The Third Day after the Day After https://popupbackpacker.com/the-third-day-after-the-day-after/ Tue, 25 Sep 2018 20:12:29 +0000 http://popupbackpacker.com/?p=20844 7 Sep (Our 16th Wedding Anniversary) We have spent almost every one of our anniversaries camping. Today’s high temperature at the campground was forecasted to be 107F. Not high by our standards, but we decided a change of scenery was appropriate for celebration. We are camped in the Mojave Desert. At just under 50,000 square … Continue reading The Third Day after the Day After →

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]]> 20844 The Second Day after the Day After https://popupbackpacker.com/the-second-day-after-the-day-after/ Mon, 24 Sep 2018 15:35:24 +0000 http://popupbackpacker.com/?p=20842 6 September After the early morning coffee brewing ritual, which Joyce performs, I go outside to survey our playground. Incredibly, there are two motorhomes in the campsites adjacent to ours. Out of 140 empty sites, these folks chose to camp right next door! They must have come in during the night while we were sleeping. … Continue reading The Second Day after the Day After →

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]]> 20842 The Day after the Day After https://popupbackpacker.com/the-day-after-the-day-after/ Sun, 23 Sep 2018 17:50:18 +0000 http://popupbackpacker.com/?p=20839 5 September I awake to a beam of sunlight streaming under a partially closed window blind. Opposite the window, the door is open and the screen door provides a filtered view of the world outside. The early morning sun, low in the horizon throws an amber glow onto a cottonwood tree. Not completely awake, my … Continue reading The Day after the Day After →

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