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At a recent staff meeting, we were asked to share about trips we had planned for this summer and fall. “Well, we’re going to Alaska in September, which is really exciting. But it will also be the culmination of my quest to visit all 50 states.” “Wow, that’s so cool…
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Walking the streets, I marveled how different everything was from my home town of Nederland, Colorado. The brick homes punctuated with gothic columns and verandas off every window. Narrow streets teeming with magnolia and lush vegetation. Churches with steeples that climbed sharply ever higher into the sky. But what captivated…
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As we drove the road, formations of gray and red greeted us. Cottonwood trees with hints of yellow contrasted with the prairie grasses. Continuing up the road, a mass of brown caught my eye. A huge bison lumbered down the yellow center stripe, a vestige of a wild western landscape…
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Note: This blog post is off topic, covering a road trip we recently made to northern Minnesota. Our day began with a drive up the lakeshore. Just a few miles before the Canadian border, we turned down a desolate road, arriving at a field. The morning breeze felt cold on…
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