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Multi-colored lizard seen at the San Diego Zoo.
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Altar Desert Adventure 20070217 San Ignacio Whale Watching 200403
El Golfo and Guadalupe Canyon 20080221 Altar Desert 200411

Manhattan Lightning 20060601 Great Lightning!

32N 114W Confluence 200501
Unimog Camper Construction 200710 San Diego Zoo 20081029 New!
Death Valley and the Mojave 20080330 Mexico Memories (1980 - 1985)
Tucson Fireworks Display 20080704 Stupid Mog Tricks (composite)
AZ, NM, TX, CO, WY, MT Trip 20080801 Just Completed ! Unimog Engine Rebuild 1999 New Posting!
Utah Color Country Road Trip 20080510 416 Cow Mog Axle Rebuild 2000 New Posting!

Note: Check the "Subject" and "By Year" links above for historical photos and trip reports not in table above.

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All photos and narrative text Copyright (C) Bill Caid 1977 to 2008
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Caid's Adventures by Subject

Links to pages organized by subject/activity type.

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Sometimes, it is easier to find things by subject.  The table below contains links to each of the photo albums and trip reports by activity type.  Enjoy.

Sunset at Buzios, Brazil. May 2005.
Copyright (C) Bill Caid 2005

Subject Table: Click on a link it the table to take you to the appropriate subject section.

Go to By Year links

Four Wheeling and Camping Snow Skiing
Jet Skiing Quads: Glamis and Buttercup
Mexico Fishing
Travel Tropical Places
Flowers and Clouds Unimog Photos
Reunions Musicmatch
Porche and BMW Racing Whitewater Raft Trips
Personal Tucson
Muze New York and Manhattan
San Diego Seattle

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Four Wheeling and Unimogs

We have done many, many four wheeling trips.  The list is shown in the table below.

Year
Trip
Multiple
Stupid Mog Tricks
1977
Agua Caliente Hill
1981
Mike's Sky Ranch 1981
1992

Arizona Strip and North Rim of the Grand Canyon

1992
Camino del Diablo, southern Arizona
1996
Purchase of my Unimog 199603
1996
Dusy-Ershim Trail (July 1996)
1997
Owachomo and Rainbow Bridges 199709
1997
Moab Rim Trail and Newspaper Rock 199709
1998
Glamis, CA Dune Trip
1998
Trail Dust Days with 411 Rollover
1998
Easter Jeep Safari at Moab, Ut
1999
Unimog Engine Rebuild
1999
Rubicon Trail
1999
Sandstone Canyon, Anza-Borrego State Park
2000
Mogs at Moab
2000
Altar Desert (Nov 2000)
2002
Rubicon Trail Part 1
2002
Rubicon Trail Part 2
2002
Altar Desert (Dec 2002)
2003
San Ignacio Whale Watching (Mar 2004)
2003
MogFest at Calico, CA 2003
2004

Altar Desert (Nov 2004)

2005
32N 114W Confluence (Jan 2005)
2005
Hydraulic Winch and A/C for Unimog (May 2005)
2005
Baja Camping Trip at Laguna Hanson (Sept 2005)
2005
Los Pinacates and the Gulf of California (Nov 2005)
2006
Calico MogFest 20061020
2007
Altar Desert Adventure 20070217
2007
Unimog Camper Construction 200710
2008
El Golfo and Guadalupe Canyon 20080221
2008
Buttercup Quad Adventure 20080301
2008
Borrego Wildflower Viewing 20080307
2008
Death Valley and the Mojave 20080330
2008
Mogger's BBQ in San Diego 20080503
2008
Utah Color Country Road Trip 20080510
2008
Transmission Failure Update 20080525
2008
Unimog Crane Construction 20080624
2008
AZ, NM, TX, CO, WY, MT Trip 20080801

Snow Skiing

Year
Trip
1999
Zermatt Switzerland
2001
Snow Basin, UT
2001
Whistler, BC Canada
2006
Wasatch Ski Trip, Utah (Feb 2006)

Jet Skiing

Year
Trip
1996
Jet Ski Trip into Grand Canyon 199605
1997
Owachomo and Rainbow Bridges 199709
1997
Yuma Jet Ski Trip 199709
2000
Yuma Jet Ski Trip
 

Quad Trips and Glamis

Year
Trip
1998
Glamis, CA Dune Trip
2000
Glamis, CA
2008
Borrego Quad Trip 20080121
2008
Buttercup Quad Adventure 20080301

Mexico Trips

Year
Trip
Various
Mexico Memories
1998
La Paz Fishing Trip
2000
La Paz Fishing Trip
2000
Altar Desert I
2002
Altar Desert II
2003

Altar Desert III

2004
Altar Desert IV (Nov 2004)
2005
La Paz Fishing Trip (August 2005)
2005
Baja Camping Trip at Laguna Hanson (Sept 2005)
2005
Los Pinacates and the Gulf of California (Nov 2005)
2007
Altar Desert Adventure 20070217
2008
El Golfo and Guadalupe Canyon 20080221
2008
Celaya Road Trip 20080619

Fishing

Year
Trip
1998
La Paz Fishing Trip
1999
The Great Whale Adventure
2000
La Paz Fishing Trip
2002

La Paz Fishing Trip

2004
La Paz Fishing Trip July 2004
2005
La Paz Fishing Trip (August 2005)

General Travel

Year
Trip
1996
Jet Ski Trip into Grand Canyon 199605
1997
Moab Rim Trail and Newspaper Rock 199709
1997
Owachomo and Rainbow Bridges 199709
1999
Petroglyph Canyon
1999
Amsterdam and Paris
1999
Zermatt and Paris
1999
St. Martin, FWI Part 1
1999
St. Martin, FWI Part 2
2001
Grand Canyon
2003
Monterey and Wine Train
2004
Zion Canyon
2005

Rio de Janiero, Brazil May 2005

2005
Catskills Weekend October 2005
2006
London, UK (January 2006)
2006
Seattle Trip (April 2006)
2006
Falcon 90 Flight (April 2006)
2006
San Diego Visit (May 2006)
2006
Munich, Germany 200606
2006
Road Trip to Seattle 200607
2006
Bainbridge Island Road Trip 20061202
2006
Cascade Loop Road Trip 20061008
2007
Kitsap Road Trip 20070210
2007
Canada and Alaska Train Adventure 200708
2007
Semiahmoo Resort Visit 20070427
2007
Return to San Diego Road Trip 20070505
2007
New Mexico & Colorado Road Trip 200709
2007
NorCal Road Trip 200711
2007
Infineon Raceway & Hearst Castle 20071102
2008
Borrego Wildflower Viewing 20080307
2008
Savannah, Ga 20080322
2008
Celaya Road Trip 20080619
2008
Tucson Fireworks Display 20080704
2008
AZ, NM, TX, CO, WY, MT Trip 20080801

Tropical Places

Year
Trip
1999
St. Martin, FWI Part 1
1999
St. Martin, FWI Part 2
2001
Hedonism II
2003
Hedonism III
2005
Rio de Janiero, Brazil May 2005

Flowers, Rainbows, Sunsets and Clouds

Year
Trip
1999
Cactus flowers.  Tucson, May 1999
1999
Thanksgiving Visit to Desert Museum Nov 1999
Multiple
Great Sunsets (aggregation of multiple trips and years)
2008
Borrego Wildflower Viewing 20080307

Unimog Photos

Year
Trip
1999
Unimog Engine Rebuild
2000
416 Cow Mog Axle Rebuild
2000
Fourwheeler Feature Story on U1300L
2000
1300 Axle Rebuild
2000
Mogs at Moab
2003
MogFest at Calico, CA 2003
2006
Calico MogFest 20061020
2007
Unimog Camper Construction 200710
2008

Mogger's BBQ in San Diego 20080503

2008
Unimog Crane Construction 20080624

Reunions

Year
Trip
2002
Colorado Delta Chapter Sigma Phi Epsilon Reno Reunion 2002
2004
Colorado Delta Chapter Sigma Phi Epsilon Reno Reunion 2004
2006
Colorado Delta Chapter Sigma Phi Epsilon Reunion in Reno 20060624

Musicmatch

Year
Trip
2000
Musicmatch Camping Trip 200005
2000
Musicmatch Camping Trip 200012
2001
Musicmatch Camping Trip 200104
2002
Musicmatch Camping Trip 200202
2003
Musicmatch Camping Trip 200301
2003
Musicmatch Camping Trip 200311
2004
Musicmatch Camping Trip 200410
2004
Engineering Celebration Luncheon at Dave and Buster's
2004
Puerto Nuevo Lobster Trip

Porsche and BMW Racing

Year
Trip
2000
Coronado Festival of Speed, Coronado, CA October 2000
2003
Sears Point (Infineon) Raceway October 2003
2003
Buttonwillow Race Park
2003
California Speedway
2004
Las Vegas Motor Speedway May 2004
2004
Formula One Race at Indianapolis June 2004
2005
Buttonwillow Race Park Feburary 2005
2005
Las Vegas Motor Speedway May 2005
2007
Infineon Raceway & Hearst Castle 20071102

White Water Raft Trips

Year
Trip
1996
Cataract Canyon in Upper Colorado River
1996
Jet Ski Trip into Grand Canyon 199605
1999
Colorado River Raft Trip 199909

Tucson and Family

Year
Trip
1953
Early Years 195310
1999
Cactus flowers in the spring. May 1999
1999
Thanksgiving Visit to Desert Museum Nov 1999
2005
Flash Flood in Oracle Arizona June 2005
2005
Holidays in New York December 2005
2006
Tucson Thankgiving 20061122
2007
Caid Industries Shop Visit 20070421
2007
Tucson Visit 20070420
2007
Titan Missile Museum 20070421
2007
Callie Caid's 90th Birthday Party 20071219
2008
Tucson Fireworks Display 20080704

Personal

Year
Trip
1953
Early Years 195310
2003
Proposal to Kathleen
2004
Kathleen 40th Birthday Party
2003
Bill's 50th Birthday Party (rated R)
2004

Jessica's Graduation from UCSD

2004
Ocean Avenue House October 2004
2004
Halloween Birthday October 2004
2005

Bob and Jin Sasseen Wedding Feb 2005

2005
Kathleen's Birthday Party (March 2005)
2005
Ocean Avenue House for Sale July 2005
2005
Falcon 50 Flight June 2005
2006
Falcon 90 Flight (April 2006)
2006
Munich, Germany 200606
2006
Halloween Birthday Party 20061028
2008
The Girls

Muze

Year
Trip
2005
Muze Kegger July 2005
2006
Server Assets (April 2006)

New York

We spent a year in Manhattan. The links below are some of the things that we saw when we were there.

Year
Trip
2005
NYC Apartment Search July 2005
2005
NYC Apartment July 2005
2005
Catskills Weekend October 2005
2005
Holidays in New York December 2005
2006
Life in Manhattan (2006)
2006
Brooklyn Botanical Gardens (April 2006)
2006
NYC Auto Show (April 2006)
2006
Manhattan Walkabout (April 2006)
2006
Volvo Ocean Race (April 2006)
2006
Lincoln Center Walkabout 20060507
2006
Battery Park Walkabout 20060604
2006
Memorial Day Walkabout 20060527
2006
Manhattan Lightning Storm 20060601
2006
Manhattan Water Taxi and ESB 20060701
2006
Manhattan Return 20060822
2006
Ad Hoc Fireworks 20060604
2006
Fireworks: Statue of Liberty 20060704

San Diego

Year
Trip
2003
San Diego Fire 2003
2006
San Diego Visit (May 2006)
2006
Halloween Birthday Party 20061028
2006
Christmas in San Diego 20061225
2006
Party & Wedding in San Diego 20061230
2007
Clairemont Brush Fire 20071007
2008
Wild Animal Park Excursion 20080212
2008
Balboa Park Auto Museum 20080226
2008
Borrego Wildflower Viewing 20080307
2008
Downtown San Diego 20080426
2008
Mogger's BBQ in San Diego 20080503
2008
San Diego Zoo 20080506
2008
San Diego Zoo 20081029

Seattle

We lived in Seattle for almost a year, so here are some photos of the local environs.

Year
Trip
2006
Seattle Trip (April 2006)
2006
Falcon 90 Flight (April 2006)
2006
Seattle Road Trip 200607
2006
Mariners Baseball Game
2006
Cascade Loop Road Trip 20061008
2006
Elliot Bay Bike Trip 20060910
2006
Getting Settled in Seattle 20060904
2006
Road Trip to Seattle 200607
2006
Bainbridge Island Road Trip 20061202
2007
Seattle Asian Art Museum 20070106
2007
Pacific Science Center 20070113
2007
Olympic Sculpture Park Opening Day 20070120
2007
Dramatic Rescue in Belltown 20070122
2007
Tectura Go Cart Races 20070126
2007
Alki Beach Views 20070128
2007
Belltown Crane Assembly 20070203
2007
Kitsap Road Trip 20070210
2007
Boeing Museum of Flight 20070211
2007
Night Shots 20070202
2007
Eye Bench Installation 20070406
2007
Semiahmoo Resort Visit 20070427
2007
Return to San Diego Road Trip 20070505

 

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All photos and narrative text Copyright (C) Bill Caid 1977 to 2007


Historical Archive Links by Year

Links to pages that are not featured on the main page, organized by year.

The links below are to trip reports organized by year of the event.  Enjoy.

1953

Early Years 195310

1977

Agua Caliente Adventures, Tucson, AZ

1981

Mike's Sky Ranch, Baja California Norte, Mexico

1982

San Felipe, Baja California Norte, Mexico

1983

Baja 1000 Race, Baja California Norte, Mexico

1984

1985

Laguna Hanson, Baja California Norte, Mexico

1986

Rancho San Luis, Baja California Norte, Mexico

1987

1988

1989

1990

1991

1992

Arizona Strip and North Rim of the Grand Canyon, Arizona

Camino del Diablo, Arizona

1993

1994

1995

1996

Cataract Canyon, Moab, Utah

Dusy-Ershim Trail (July 1996)

Purchase of my Unimog 199603

Jet Ski Trip into Grand Canyon 199605

1997

Colorado River Raft Trip 199909

Owachomo and Rainbow Bridges 199709

Yuma Jet Ski Trip 199709

Moab Rim Trail and Newspaper Rock 199709

1998

La Paz Fishing Trip

Glamis, CA Dune trip

Trail Dust Days with 411 Rollover

Easter Jeep Safari at Moab, UT

1999

Rubicon Trail 1999

Unimog Engine Rebuild

Colorado River Raft Trip 199909

Zermatt, Switzerland and Paris, France

Amsterdam and Paris

Little Petroglyph Canyon, China Lake NWS, September 1999

Sandstone Canyon, Anza-Borrego State Park, June 1999

Cactus Flowers in Tucson, May 1999

Thanksgiving in Tucson and Desert Museum Nov 1999

Great Whale Adventure 1999

St. Martin, FWI 1999 Part 1

St. Martin, FWI 1999 Part 2

2000

Altar Desert 2000

La Paz Fishing Trip 2000

Mogs at Moab 2000

Yuma Jet Ski Trip 2000

Glamis Quad Trip 2000

Unimog Axle Rebuild 2000

2001

Snow Basin, UT 2001

Whistler, BC, Canada

Grand Canyon, AZ 2001

2002

La Paz Fishing Trip 2002

Rubicon Trail 2002 Part 1

Rubicon Trail 2002 Part 2

Colorado Delta Chapter of Sigma Phi Epsilon Reunion Reno, NV 2002

2003

Sears Point (Infineon) Raceway

Buttonwillow Race Park

California Speedway

Bill's 50th Birthday Party

Wine Train and Monterey, CA

MogFest at Calico, CA 2003

San Diego Fire 2003

2004

Las Vegas Motor Speedway May 2004

Zion Canyon May 2004

Jessica's Graduation from UCSD June 2004

Kathleen's 40th Birthday Party (Mar 2004)

Formula One Race at Indianapolis June 2004

Colorado Delta Chapter Sigma Phi Epsilon Reno Reunion June 2004

La Paz Fishing Trip July 2004

Ocean Avenue House October 2004

Halloween Birthday October 2004

Altar Desert (Nov 2004)

2005

32N 114W Confluence (Jan 2005)

Buttonwillow Race Park Feburary 2005

Bob and Jin Sasseen Wedding Feburary 2005

Kathleen's Birthday Party (March 2005)

Las Vegas Motor Speedway May 2005

Rio de Janiero, Brazil May 2005

Hydraulic Winch and A/C for Unimog (May 2005)

Ocean Avenue House for Sale July 2005

Muze Kegger July 2005

Flash Flood in Oracle Arizona June 2005

NYC Apartment Search July 2005

Falcon 50 Flight June 2005

Miramar Speed Circuit Go Cart Racing July 2005

NYC Apartment July 2005

Muze Kegger July 2005

La Paz Fishing Trip (August 2005)

California Speedway August 2005

Baja Camping Trip at Laguna Hanson (Sept 2005)

Los Pinacates and the Gulf of California (Nov 2005)

Catskills Weekend October 2005

Holidays in New York December 2005

2006

London, UK (January 2006)

Wasatch Ski Trip, Utah (Feb 2006)

Life in Manhattan (2006)

Seattle Trip (April 2006)

Falcon 90 Flight (April 2006)

Server Assets (April 2006)

Brooklyn Botanical Gardens (April 2006)

NYC Auto Show (April 2006)

Manhattan Walkabout (April 2006)

Server Assets April 2006

Volvo Ocean Race (April 2006)

San Diego Visit (May 2006)

Lincoln Center Walkabout 20060507

Memorial Day Walkabout 20060527

Manhattan Lightning Storm 20060601

Munich, Germany 200606

Battery Park Walkabout 20060604

Top of the Rock 20060606

Manhattan Fireworks 20060604

Manhattan Water Taxi and ESB 20060701

Manhattan Walkabout 20060702

Mets - Pirates Game 20060703

Fireworks: Statue of Liberty 20060704

The Cloisters 20060708

Sigma Phi Epsilon Reunion in Reno 20060624

Ad Hoc Fireworks 20060604

Road Trip to Seattle 200607

Mariners Baseball Game

Manhattan Return 20060822

Road Trip to Seattle 200607

Cascade Loop Road Trip 20061008

Calico MogFest 20061020

Halloween Birthday Party 20061028

Leica M8 First Light Tests 20061111

Tucson Thankgiving 20061122

Bainbridge Island Road Trip 20061202

Christmas in San Diego 20061225

Party & Wedding in San Diego 20061230

2007

Asian Art Museum 20070106

Pacific Science Center 20070113

Olympic Sculpture Park Opening Day 20070120

Dramatic Rescue in Belltown 20070122

Tectura Go Cart Races 20070126

Alki Beach Views 20070128

Night Shots 20070202

Belltown Crane Assembly 20070203

Kitsap Road Trip 20070210

Boeing Museum of Flight 20070211

Altar Desert Adventure 20070217

Eye Bench Installation 20070406

Tucson Visit 20070420

Caid Industries Shop Visit 20070421

Titan Missile Museum 20070421

Semiahmoo Resort Visit 20070427

Return to San Diego Road Trip 20070505

Canada and Alaska Train Adventure 200708

Clairemont Brush Fire 20071007

New Mexico & Colorado Road Trip 200709

Unimog Camper Construction 200710

NorCal Road Trip 200711

Infineon Raceway & Hearst Castle 20071102

Callie Caid's 90th Birthday Party 20071219

2008

Borrego Quad Trip 20080121

Mog Gathering and Off Road Show 20080209

Wild Animal Park Excursion 20080212

El Golfo and Guadalupe Canyon 20080221

Balboa Park Auto Museum 20080226

Borrego Wildflower Viewing 20080307

Buttercup Quad Adventure 20080301

Death Valley and the Mojave 20080330

Downtown San Diego 20080426

San Diego Zoo 20080506

Utah Color Country Road Trip 20080510

Transmission Failure Update 20080525

Unimog Crane Construction 20080624

Celaya Road Trip 20080619

Tucson Fireworks Display 20080704

AZ, NM, TX, CO, WY, MT Trip 20080801

San Diego Zoo 20081029

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All photos and narrative text Copyright (C) Bill Caid 1977 to 2007