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For our last camping trip of the year Lauren and I decided to head back out to the Mojave National Preserve. Mid-October had a nice little heat wave so the weather out in high-desert was perfect, normally around that time of year it would be too cold to head out.

We’ve never been out there in the Fall and to our surprise it turns out October is hunting season. The last few times we’ve been out there there have never been other campers in the area, but this time we were greeted with the smell of campfires and all the prime spots were occupied by hunting parties. Luckily I knew of a spot that was less traveled and we had a great weekend.

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Back in August Lauren and I took a road trip out to New Mexico to check out my parents property as a possible wedding location. I finally had a chance to check out the photos from the trip, here’s my favorite so far… More to come.

On May 14th I proposed to my longtime girlfriend Lauren on top of a large rock overlooking the Mojave Desert. Lauren had no idea what was coming and thought we were going on just another weekend camping trip. She was very surprised to say the least. Here are a few photos from the weekend.

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Over Memorial Day weekend Lauren and I went up to Inyo National Forest to go camping with a few of my co-workers. It was my first time camping up that way and I have to say we will definitely be going back. The whole area is just absolutely amazing…

Toki decided that a river and pine cone is the funnest thing ever… I don’t remember how many times she would jump in the river, swim down stream, get out, run up the shore and do it all over again…

My co-workers brought out a few firearms, so one of the days we did some plinking. Lauren ended up being a pretty good shot with the little 9mm handgun, though she did learn the hard way about “slide bite.” I was worried about Toki and the shooting noise but she wasn’t fazed by it at all, didn’t even seem to care.

Last weekend Lauren and I went out to the Mojave National Preserve to go camping. I had never been out there, and with over 1.6 million acres of open land to cover, finding a camping spot seemed like it was going to be a pretty daunting task. After checking the map, plus a few recommendations we were able to narrow it down to a few regions with a travel route to check out. We ended up finding the perfect spot out on the eastern edge of the preserve. Although it was pretty cold and I think we were the only ones camping out there over the weekend, we’ll definitely be going back.

It got pretty cold at night… At 6:34AM the temp was 24ºF, ice had formed on the top of my truck and pretty much everything else, not to mention that Toki’s water bowl had also frozen solid…