What Would You Say You Do Here? Well, Bob …

We get a lot of questions about what we do on a typical day, how we spend our time. It’s funny, because some days I still feel like we’re “wasting” time, but when I look back on how I spent my time in the past … we’re far from wasting anything right now.

So the typical day, then. That’s tough. We’re always moving, heading to a new spot, exploring, searching for WiFi or amps … days just aren’t typical, but I decided to take notes on our second day at Agua Caliente County Park. Here’s what we did.

7:00-8:30AM — Wake up, slowly. Read, wait for the sun to rise enough to turn the tides of the evening’s cold.

8:30-9:30AM — Breakfast. Make coffee. Drink coffee. Plan the day (Which hike do you want to do?). A bunny hopped over to check out our campsite. There were hummingbirds zipping around the trees. No rattlesnakes approached.

9:30-11:30AM — Hike. We strolled a known path then explored an unknown one and found an oasis in one of the nearby valleys. Avoided mountain lions.

11:30AM-1:30PM — Lunch. Had a beer. Read a bit in the sun, dozed off outside. It was sunny and nice.

1:30-2:30PM — Bath. The campground has a hot-spring fed pool, so we soaked in that a bit (clothed) then grabbed a shower.

2:30-3:30PM — Relax. The hot water tired us out, so we read for a bit more and had another beer.

3:30-4:30PM — Explore. We waited for the sun angle to get steep before heading into another canyon to explore. Took a bunch of pics, one of a plane taking off from the nearby airstrip.

4:30-6:00PM — Prep and eat dinner. Light fades fast at this time of year, so we’ve become early eaters.

5:00-8:30PM — Campfire. One of our neighbors left behind some firewood when they left, so we grabbed it and had ourselves a fire. This is the second or third time we’ve scored a free bundle of firewood.

8:30PM-beyond — Read, sleep. We turn in early. It gets dark early and when it gets dark early it gets cold early. The van is warm, and we have a bunch of good books.

Life moves pretty slowly if all you do is stop and look around.