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Hikes, road trips
& everyday life.

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A hiking boot next to a set of large bear paw prints in the mud, shown for scaleTravel · Oregon · Jun 2019

Welcome to June in Port Orford, Oregon!

It's been wetter and windier than usual, but summer's finally arriving in Port Orford. Here's a roundup of recent sights, including some seriously big bear tracks. A vintage black-and-white photo of three men in suits, cropped wide, from a 1950s family portraitLife · Sep 2015

A rant about the Veterans Administration

 Hole in the wall — Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, UtahHiking · Utah · May 2016

Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Utah

 Cactus flower — The desert bloomsTravel · Arizona · Mar 2016

The desert blooms

 Teddy lying on a bed chewing a pink stuffed toy, surrounded by other plush animalsLife · Arizona · Feb 2018

Valley Fever and Teddy
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