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I Got Up 15 Minutes Ago . . .

Thanks to a wonderful vacation and a long flight home, IP and I woke up about 15 minutes ago.  The vacation was, simply put, awesome; I will have to do another post to do it justice, because it definitely contained some memorable moments that I won’t soon forget (and not just because it’s still so [...]

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A Light at the End of the Tunnel

I took the following picture in Lava Beds National Monument in Tulelake, California.  It’s inside a lava tube, where IP and I would descend to keep cool on what proved to be the hottest day of our trip.  The picture is now on my work desktop because it means something at the moment: I’m currently [...]

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Objects in Mirror Are Closer Than They Appear

I took a picture of Mount St. Helens reflected in our rental car’s side view mirror, but it didn’t turn out as well as I’d hoped (at least not in a Jurassic Park kind of way, that is). However, I have many wonderful pictures of the volcano, which include this one:

Many stories on the Pacific [...]

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Before the Hikes

It’s almost that time of year again: the requisite and much-needed road trip out West for IP and me. As I mentioned before, we’re actually headed to Oregon this time around, so we’ll fly over Colorado, Utah, Arizona and New Mexico rather than wander around in the Four Corners area. Driving my desire are all [...]

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Wishing I Could Still See the Sangre de Cristo Mountains From Here

And we’ve returned from our Colorado trip, sad to see the mountains disappear beneath a blanket of wispy clouds. As we approached the airport in the rental car bus, I had a strong, negative reaction to seeing good old Tent City—I felt anxious and my chest tightened, and the urge to cry was suddenly overwhelming. [...]

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