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“She looks like she’s in charge — let’s ask her!” I immediately feel I am on the spot. I am out on my first solo “wilderness patrol” as a volunteer with the US Forest Service and Indian Peaks Alliance. Wanting to make sure this first hike goes well, I choose…
Continue readingDown the trail we went, dogs happily wagging their tails as they bounded down the trail, darting in and out between the pines. Water washed over the trail, a product of the melting snow. It’s a familiar walk for us, as the North Boulder Creek Trail is just up the…
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It is spilling. Just two weeks ago, the brown rim around the reservoir exposed just how low the water had gotten. Just a month ago, the water had receded so much that rocks and roots were exposed everywhere. Now, in seemingly the blink of the eye, it is filled to…
Continue readingDriving home from my job at Oregon Caves National Monument, I realized I needed milk and so made an unplanned stop at a market in Selma, Oregon that would change my life. As I was leaving the market, two little girls approached me. “Miss, Miss — we have two little…
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