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we planned on getting up early today, around 6am or so and eating breakfast before heading out. the alarm came and went and we ended up getting out of bed around 8am. the drive to the Guadalupe mountains was only going to be 3-4 hours so we figured we’d take advantage and sleep in a bit. it really felt good. we slowly got up and started heating water for breakfast and washing up. there were these strange birds calls going on in the background. I tried to record some of the sounds with the video camera. that’s the video above. the clanking in the background is breakfast making activities. I increased gain a bit on the audio to get the bird noises sounding a bit more clear. I shot the video standing at our campsite. nancy and I both had a hard time pulling out of this campground as it was one of the most interesting of the trip. I really wish we had more time here to explore. there was a really good looking hiking trail right next to our site that headed up to the peaks in the video. too bad, maybe next time.

the drive to Guadalupe was pretty easy except the drive through el paso, texas. nancy was a bit nervous driving through multiple lanes with heavy traffic. I know the feeling, I had to do it in Tucson. we arrived at the national park sometime around 3pm and setup “camp”. for those of you curious about our “camp” setup, I’ve included the picture above taken at Aguirre springs. we were planning on tent camping, but when the temperatures were freezing and below with wind chill, we improvised. I call it the poor man’s RV.