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A free ride

Note:  This post is about a recent vacation in the Pacific Northwest to Idaho and Montana. As we drove curve after curve, the lake appeared endless.  I wondered when we would ever make it.  The speed limit signs kept tripping me up too.  The 80 made me want to drive…

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Smoke on the Water

Note:  This blog post is about a recent road trip to Montana, British Columbia and Washington states. As we drove through the entrance gate, the smoke hung over Lake McDonald.  If my nose hadn’t belied the fact that it is indeed smoke, I would have thought it to be fog…

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Ghost Forests

I spent some time traveling to and from Steamboat Springs, Colorado this past week and was startled by the effects of the mountain pine beetle.  There were huge swaths of forests along U.S. Highway 40 just south of Steamboat that had groves of dead pine trees.  Because the trees have…

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