In the Hands of Fate
Just because it's not what you were expecting, doesn't mean it's not everything you need right now. - Paulo Coelho Monday, 10 July 2023,...
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nationalparks7
- Jul 22
- 5 min
Flameout at the Flagship
Sunday, 09 July 2023, Bonney Lake WA After the incredible hike yesterday, I felt energized, full of vigor. Yes, I was ready to tackle one...
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nationalparks7
- Jul 20
- 7 min
Is this the GOAT hike?
The sublimity of true mountain scenery in the Cascade Mountains ... must be seen, it cannot be described. Nowhere do the mountain masses...
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nationalparks7
- Jul 17
- 5 min
The Land of Blue-Green Waters
Friday, 07 July 2023, Burlington WA North Cascades is unique among the National Parks in that Congress legislated a National Park Complex...
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nationalparks7
- Jul 13
- 4 min
Memory Trail
Memory fades, memory adjusts, memory conforms to what we think we remember. - Joan Didion Thursday, 06 July 2023, in transition While I...
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nationalparks7
- Jul 10
- 5 min
The Perfidy of Plans
Wednesday, 05 July 2023, Olympic Peninsula Sitting here at Swan Bay of Lake Ozette, only two miles or so off Washington's far northwest...
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nationalparks7
- Jul 9
- 4 min
A Rainforest Without Rain
Tuesday, 4 July 2023, Olympic Peninsula, WA Let me begin with a mea culpa for the blatant error I published in my last blog post, Too Old...
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nationalparks7
- Jul 1
- 4 min
Too Old For Homework
My theory is that if you look confident you can pull off anything — even if you have no clue what you're doing. - Jessica Alba 1 July...
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nationalparks7
- Jun 23
- 2 min
Next?
One's destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things. — Henry Miller Notes from a few weeks ago, at Marsh Creek Lake......
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nationalparks7
- Jun 15
- 3 min
Farewell to Slickrock
A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent on arriving. — Lao Tzu Colorado NM/Fruita, Tuesday 23 May 2023 One more day for...
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nationalparks7
- Jun 12
- 4 min
Bikes, Bones, or Buttes
Canyonlands NP, Monday 22 May 2023 Fruita, CO - home of my nephew - lies 90 minutes east of the two western Utah parks. The whole region...
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nationalparks7
- Jun 8
- 7 min
A-maze-ing Arches
Arches NP, Monday, 22 May 2023 Oh, man. How could I possibly hope to follow up on the incredible Cataract Canyon whitewater trip? How...
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nationalparks7
- Jun 6
- 6 min
Rafting 5: Too Soon Done
Brave boatmen come, they go, they die, the voyage flows on forever. We are all canyoneers. We are all passengers on this little living...
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nationalparks7
- Jun 4
- 5 min
Rafting 4: Dropping Bigly
Canyonlands NP, day 4. A subdued mood affected us all as the day started, with little conversation as we ate breakfast. We all knew...
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nationalparks7
- Jun 1
- 6 min
Rafting 3: Sneak Preview
Canyonlands NP, day 3. Ahh, sitting on the river beach, my feet caressed by cold river waves, sipping an ice-cold soda (a rarity for me),...
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nationalparks7
- May 29
- 5 min
Rafting 2: More River Time
Wherever we look, there is but a wilderness of rocks; deep gorges, where the rivers are lost below cliffs and towers and pinnacles; and...
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nationalparks7
- May 26
- 5 min
Rafting 1: None O'clock
In the morning, I mainlined one more dose of 21st-Century news - people shooting each other, politicians insulting each other, heat waves...
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nationalparks7
- May 23
- 6 min
On the Slickrock Side of Forever
Arches NP, Sunday/Monday, 14-15 May 2023 I have to admit, my first view of the swollen, cocoa-colored Colorado River, filled with debris...
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nationalparks7
- May 13
- 10 min
Someday Has Arrived
Tuesday, 2 May 2023, Channel Islands NP Amazing how much easier sleep comes when the air is cool, rather than kicking off the blankets as...
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nationalparks7
- May 10
- 5 min
Cool it!
Sunday, 30 April 2023, Oxnard CA What a difference a day makes. Well, a day and 130 miles. After five days in the cauldron of the desert,...
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