Motel memoirs, legendary lakes and a dinner at Jake’s Famous Crawfish of Portland.

I've decided to really pay more attention to the motels we're staying in because I think it will be a neat idea later on to chronicle the places we stay over our six month journey in one massive post. Eclectic, diverse, elegant, unusual and often quirky in interior decor design choices I'm enjoying the wide …

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A hiking we will go…

Today before we departed for Lake Tahoe we were up early again - 6am and it was totally worth it to get up into Glacier Point mountain and get to a couple of trailheads I'd picked out the night before. Based on length (fairly short) and difficulty (moderately steep) and the pay off view at …

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Yosemite – diminishing human existence since the 1800s.

Places like Yosemite are few and far between - that's a good thing because otherwise humankind would never get anything done because what would be the point? The vast scale and earth changing results of the movements of Mother Nature, of the Earth's crust create an environment and vista that leaves you breathless and at …

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Zoopolis, zombies in the street and refreshing canine friendly attitudes.

Today was San Diego Zoo day - sadly I was not a girl scout and didn't go prepared with my spare camera battery so I didn't get all the photos I wanted but I got a good number still. This is a very bizarre looking species of bird. I find them utterly fascinating to watch. …

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Tribes Summer Institute and the biggest Comic Con IN THE WORLD!

We left Santa Rosa Wednesday after I said goodbye to all friends, new and old, at the Tribes Summer Institute. It was a real privilege to get to listen to Jeanne Gibbs, the very special person who began over 40 years ago to challenge the status quo of education and to start asking questions about …

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