Halloween on the Big Lava Bed

Halloween on the Big Lava Bed

            It was a beautiful, crisp autumn day when Kent and I drove north into the Big Lava Bed. The road was rugged, just ruts worn into jagged rock, winding between collapsed lava tubes and stunted trees finally arriving  at a flat...
Good Morning

Good Morning

      11/2/25 6:00 40f Overcast and calm out on the lava bed. The weather has moderated. It was still dark when I made the treacherous trek to the latrine. I was relieved when  it hove into view. Andy and Kent put some much appreciated effort into its...
Good Morning

Good Morning

  11/1/25 8:00 Temperate but raining hard. We had a puddle form by the door last night. It has grown  to a lake with a river running into it. Constant rain all night with no hope for it letting up today. The tipi won’t draft and is filled with smoke. We had...
Good Morning

Good Morning

10/31/25 8:00 cool calm and beautiful .  A lovely sunrise Halloween morning out on The Big Lava Bed after a beautiful moonlit night. Got a slow start this morning and had breakfast  for lunch.                    ...
Good Morning

Good Morning

  10/30/25 6:30 34F (1C) Calm, dark, cold.   The moon,  waxing into  the third quarter has long since set, leaving only the stars to challenge the darkness.  The thermometer shows 34f, but everything is coated with a thin, bumpy layer of ice. It is the first...