Romy & Jenn

Happy New Year! We had an unusual evening in Colorado.

Romy

A hike to Delicate Arch!

Romy

Pine tree arch hike!

Romy

A hike down Horseshoe Canyon in Canyonlands National Park.

Jenn & Romy

At Goblin Valley State Park, Utah.

Jenn & Romy

Near Farmington NM on our way to Goblin Valley Utah. It's so cold and we have no heat. 9F

Romy

We are installing the propex finally! This is so we can have heat in our bus for the xmas and New Years bus trip!

Jenn

I put my cowboy out today but Romy doesn't like it for some reason. He complained until I moved it to another location, which could be clearly seen from the gazebo instead of the garage. This is the cowboy that Nicole made me for my birthday when we lived in Carson City.

Romy

Romy is internetting in the sun room at night. We discovered that hanging the fan works the best so far in blowing the hot air from the bedroom (which has the fireplace going) to the rest of the house.

Jenn & Nicole & Mom

Nicole and my mom dropped me off at the Orinda Bart today. I went to my last day of AGU in San Francisco and then took the new and shiny AirBart to the Oakland Airport!

Marcel & Mom

My mom is visiting Nicole and Marcel's place for Christmas. She asked her brother (who lives in the Czech Republic) to bring the Czech version of Sorry! called Chlovece Nezlob Se! It was fun! My mom kept winning so we made her a Stalin Award!

Jenn

This is Tuna the male goat. He likes attention. The other goats in the background are Milkshake and Cheddar. They are female goats. Cheddar is in milk right now. Nicole says that Milkshake must be a lesbian goat.

Jenn

Home on the farm! This is a male turkey that Nicole raised. He guards the female turkeys. Whenever a human or predator gets near, he will poof up his feathers and parade around like this for ever!

Jenn

I am at the Orinda Bart Station going to San Francisco on a Sunday. It's for a pre-AGU workshop with the Permafrost Carbon Network. Google it! We study how carbon moves around in the permafrost regions of the Arctic.

Romy

The garage still has a bunch of boxes in it. We haven't been as quick with unpacking in the garage because its been cold.

Jenn

Another fire! We make one each night to warm the house. We have a lot of wood here to burn.

Jenn

Making a fire in the bedroom stove. Its raging!

Jenn

Making soup for dinner. I love the tile in the kitchen!

Romy

Finally, we are hanging up the Mexican hanging chairs in the sun room. Don't try this at home!

Romy

We got Chinese food from China Best next to the hippy mountain grocery store and it was so good! All the veggies were fresh and they didn't put a lot of salt in the food.

Romy

Making a fire in the bedroom stove. This place has three fireplaces/stoves! The house is mega insulated.

Jenn

Relaxing by the fireplace.

Jenn

Hello from the master bathroom.

Romy

Romy got internet today! Our stuff is still all over the place.

Jenn

Gas is so cheap here! $1.78/gal

Jenn & Romy

Just dropping some stuff off at our new house. We may need to filter the water because it has a sulfur smell to it. (update: There is no longer a sulfur smell. It seemed to be the stagnant hot water in the water heater only. Once we flushed that out, the water has no noticeable odor.)

Romy

Driving the old Route 66 out of Seligman Arizona back home to Albuquerque!

Romy

At the old salt tramway in Saline Valley. Yes, for those who are wondering, this picture is just a little bit doctored up (but by an actual doctor LOL), but only the color!!!!

Jenn & Romy

Romy found this cabin on Google Earth in the beginning. We then tried to hike to it last year with no successes (we hiked but never found it). This year, we tried to hike to it again and had a friend (Katherine) come with. It started out at Burro Springs at Saline Valley. We ram rodded our way up into the hills and tried to get to high points so we could get a better view (to try and find this cabin). Either Katherine or Romy spotted it. It was getting dark and cold but we all decided it was worth it to keep hiking to get to the cabin. I am soooo glad we went! We learned it was called Murder Cabin. . . . for mysterious reasons (you will have to go and find out)! Freaky!

Jenn

It's my spirit animal, the elusive Western Jackalope! This is at the Panamint Springs gas station. Gotta gas up before heading to Saline Valley for the annual Thanksgiving pot luck!!!

Romy

Going shopping in Vegas for the Thanksgiving pot luck at Saline Valley!

Romy

Romy is testing out his new Samsung Note 5 at the hotel. 

Jenn

Doing laundry at the extended stay hotel. 

Romy & Jenn

We drove on highway 60 through Arizona through the salt river canyon. 

Jenn

Taco time with some of the dingos. 

Romy & Jenn

Racing the Baja 1000!!!! Not sure who took this picture, but it was in the first 35 miles of the race.

Romy & Jenn

Seriously, a last minute transmission swap the night before the race!

Romy

Working on the Dingo before the race! Baja 1000 2015. We stay at the 3 Palms compound in Ensenada, part of Real Life Ministries run by Dennis Hollenbeck.

Romy

Whenever we need to go to downtown Ensenada and park all of our vehicles and trailers, we do so next to this seafood stand and then we eat our hearts out! Clams, shrimp, and octopus!

Romy & Gil

Dennis took us to a Mexican hot dog stand in Ensenada. It was good! Really good french fries too with mayonnaise.

Romy & Jenn

Went pre-running mile 40-ish to mile 80-ish on the Baja 1000 course. I drove the 4Runner for the whole thing except this crazy uphill climb.

Pre running the Baja 1000 alongside the Desert Dingos today. #baja10002015

Posted by MOOCH Racing on Sunday, November 15, 2015

A video of me driving the truck down a crazy washed out section of the course.

Romy & Jenn

Made it to Mexico today! Tonight we went to see N.G. fight her second kick boxing fight in Ensenada! She won against a guy!
And just for fun, a dramatic shot outside the gymnasium.

Jenn

Driving, on our way to Mexico! Somewhere near El Centro, CA.

Romy & Jenn

Came to the storage spot we have temporarily while moving, and discovered it was leaking and half our stuff got wet! Grrrrrrrrr.

Marcel & Romy

Romy's putting a roof rack onto the truck while Marcel is surfing on some spare tires! We are at the extended stay hotel in Albuquerque now!

Jenn

Happy Birthday! We finally went to Mom & Pop's Diner in downtown Carson City for breakfast. I had french toast and hash browns. It was soooo good!

Jenn

Camped out in the living room while we fix the Subaru.

Jenn

Still here, got the engine in, but it is ticking like crazy. I took a picture looking to the east behind me with the last snow on the top of the mountains from earlier this week.

Romy

Found an engine at an auto wrecker next to the Reno airport. Weird thing is that as they were moving the engine with a fork lift, suspended by a chain, the chain broke just as it was almost loaded on our trailer. The engine fell on the concrete from 5 feet off the ground! The auto wreckers scrambled to find another engine that would work, and they found one. We've been running into so many obstacles to get moving, I am beginning to think there is some divine intervention occurring.