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Our Week in Olympic

Filed under: History & Outdoor Adventures & Travel by Erin on 8/20/2008

We had just about a week to explore Olympic National Park. Technically, we had a lot less time than that since Monday through Thursday we could only venture out for a few hours in the evening after our day’s work was done. It truly was not enough time for us do everything on our list; [...]

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John Day Trip

Filed under: History & Outdoor Adventures & Travel by Erin on 6/25/2008

Lance humored me, his rock geek wife. The idea of spending the day poking around the famous fossil-bearing layers of John Day Fossil Beds National Monument certainly didn’t thrill him. But the lure of a drive through beautiful country to a sparsely settled region which we’ve never visited before, worked. Little did we know that [...]

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Southern Klamath Basin

Filed under: History & Nature & Outdoor Adventures & Travel by Erin on 6/13/2008

It wasn’t entirely intentional but our adventures in the Klamath Basin were easily split into two distinct geographic categories, north and south. Last time we discussed our northern travels, so it is now time to talk about the southern end of the Basin. In order to do so we have to leave the state of [...]

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Klamath Basin Adventures

Filed under: Birds & History & Nature & Outdoor Adventures & RV & Travel by Erin on 6/4/2008

We picked our new location of Klamath Falls somewhat randomly, but there were several factors we considered. First, it was just about the right distance for us to travel—we like to keep our mileage around 200 miles if we can. Second, Lance had read that there was pretty good birding in the area, and finally, [...]

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American River Adventure

Filed under: Outdoor Adventures & RV & Travel by Erin on 5/29/2008

This leg of our journey required us to do some backtracking, and for those of you who know me you know I avoid going the same way twice if I can help it. I’d just as soon go a different way and see something new, but this time we were traveling at night so I [...]

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California’s North Coast

Filed under: Outdoor Adventures & Travel by Erin on 5/14/2008

We couldn’t be within twenty miles of the ocean and not go check it out. The coastline in northern California is unlike that of southern California. Gone are the long, hot, sunny, sandy beaches that stretch for miles in either direction. Up here there are high cliffs, cold winds, sea stacks, and small pocket beaches [...]

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Back in Sonoma Valley

Filed under: Outdoor Adventures & RV & Travel by Erin on 5/9/2008

It was late Saturday evening and knowing that we had some miles to cover to reach the Sonoma Valley by Sunday we chose the straightest and largest road, I-5. Our thinking was that it would make the trip more direct and faster. Boy, were we wrong; I-5 was wretched! The roadway was full of potholes [...]

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Santa Ynez Valley

Filed under: Outdoor Adventures & RV & Travel by Erin on 5/6/2008

It was a cool, gray morning when we left the Santa Maria Valley and headed for another girl-named valley, Santa Ynez. The valley, river, and nearby mountains all get their name from Mission Santa Ines (Spanish for Saint Agnes). The teen-aged, virgin Agnes earned her spot among the saints when she chose death over renouncing [...]

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Santa Maria Style

Filed under: Outdoor Adventures & RV & Travel by Erin on 4/30/2008

Our journey to the Central Coast of California went quite smoothly. We left the San Diego area rather late at night so that we would drive through El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles Del Río de Porciúncula (Los Angeles) when traffic was light. Or as one friend put it—it would just [...]

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San Diego Finale

Filed under: Outdoor Adventures & RV & Travel by Erin on 4/25/2008

When we left off last time we were in search of refreshments after a long day of walking around the San Diego Wild Animal Park. That’s one of the nice things about having friends who live in the area, they know where all the cool stuff is. Brendan led us to Stone Brewery in Escondido [...]

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