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“Don’t forget your farewell party is tonight. We’ve got big plans.” “Can’t wait. It will be fun to have one more last hurrah.” So I met with my friends and colleague from the Truckee Ranger District, where I’d spent the last six months working. Firefighters, foresters, trail workers, all gathered…
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One warm evening in July, we found Hanging Lake. Wanting an evening hike, we only had 2-3 hours. Like most people, we turned to Google — short hikes near Grand Junction. Several canyon hikes came up, but we sought something shadier, cooler. Hanging Lake. One and 1/4 miles through a…
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When I first moved to Nederland, I met a woman in our neighborhood who worked at the library. She recounted a funny conversation she’d had that day with an out of town visitor. “These people from Texas stopped in the library today. They asked me where the local dog park…
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“You were a Park Ranger? My son wants to become a Park Ranger, can you talk with him?” Such is the conversation I’m having with a woman I met on the trail last summer in the Indian Peaks Wilderness. It’s a common question I get when people found out I…
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