Adventure
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Dungeness Spit
It is time for a hike, but what does one do in December?? The mountain byways are snowed in. Weather is totally unpredictable over a few thousand feet above sea level. My favorite area for this time of year is the northeast corner of the Olympic Peninsula in Washington. It lies perfectly in the rain…
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The Travel Quandary
So the obvious question is: why are you talking about Travel when this webpage is dedicated to questions of health? Travel is what people do who have unlimited free time and money. I disagree. Let’s define Travel first: first, let’s say that Travel is anytime you leave the 30 mile radius of your home. How…
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Favorite place to travel…
This is a difficult question and it depends on my mood when you ask me. Overall, though, I can’t get past Kaua’i, Hawaii. I have been there three times, more than any other vacation spot and there are plenty of reasons for that. The main reason to me, though, is that I think it is…
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The Grapes of Wrath
What book are you reading right now? For man, unlike any other thing organic or inorganic in the universe, grows beyond his work, walks up the stairs of his concepts, emerges ahead of his accomplishments. I just finished the classic John Steinbeck novel, The Grapes of Wrath, that so effectively transports you back to the…
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Great Sand Dunes
Last June, during a nice break in between jobs, I traveled to Colorado to check out the national park scene. After some deliberation, I decided a few weeks ahead of time to travel south from Denver and visit the Great Sand Dunes National Park. Honestly, I didn’t know much about it. This was going to…
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My happy place
There is a hike in Mt Rainier National Park that makes me feel alive. The first time I hiked on this trail was as a sophomore in high school. I was in scouts and this was part of our first weeklong backpacking adventures. I loved it! Since then, I have traveled this fairly simple hike…
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