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This was roughly 20 years ago. We did get a letter from him indicating he made it to New Mexico and had bought his new property. But never heard from him again after that. This was our fault for not keeping in touch as we should have.
But you know what? Now you have me curious and I'm going to see if I can get any keywords to lead me to his possible location and current situation. There just might be some local news archives down there about him and his unique adventure.