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I've recently returned from spending time in the Sahara desert, the largest of this planet's many deserts. More specifically, I spent nearly 2 weeks exploring very remote corners of the nation of Mauritania. Some of you may be thinking, Mauri-what?? Mauritania doesn't get much attention...

I recently returned from two weeks in Namibia. When I mention this to most people, they are typically confused, as they've either never heard of Namibia, or have no idea where it is. Namibia is in southern Africa, along the southwest coast, just northwest of South Africa. Of course, when I...

I recently returned after spending nearly two weeks in the middle Eastern nation of Oman. Yea, most folks have never heard of Oman, and those who have, can't place it on a map. It occupies the south eastern portion of the Arabian peninsula. Its one of the (sadly, few) mid eastern countries...

I've just returned (with my son) from a (likely) once in a lifetime road trip to Alaska (from the SF Bay Area). Over 19 days, I drove 8411 miles, and saw tons of stuff from Seward in the south all the way up to Deadhorse on the Arctic Ocean in the north. Thankfully, I had no car problems (not...

Last Saturday, I returned from a 7 day trip around Death Valley, including trips to the Racetrack, Hunter Mountain, Eureka Valley and Saline Valley. Trip reports for each of the 7 days are here(If your browser complains about the SSL certificate, just accept it, its valid)...

My 7 year old softside cooler sprung a leak a few weeks ago, and is basically useless now. I'm looking to replace it with a 5 day cooler, and it looks like the two top contenders are from Igloo and Coleman: Coleman Igloo Does anyone have any recommendations between the two? thanks

I've just returned from spending the holiday weekend in Death Valley National Park, going off paved roads to escape from civilization. Here are some of the visual highlights (reduced in size): For those who want to see many more images, plus the full size versions of those...