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During my 17-year journey with the National Park Service, I made a stop in the Pacific Northwest, living in southwest Oregon for 3 years. One of my favorite spots to go near my hometown of Grants Pass, was a place along the Rogue River called Rainie Falls. By Oregon waterfall…
Continue readingI grew up in suburban St. Louis, Missouri. Growing up there, I learned to ice skate as a little kid and then later took skating lessons at the local county park. We were lucky in that a large full size skating rink was built early on as part of Queenie…
Continue readingWell, another ski season begins anew tomorrow as both Loveland and Arapahoe Basin ski resorts open tomorrow. This is the latest opening day for the Colorado skis season in 15 years. It seems like a long time coming, but in reality, it’s still a pre-Halloween start to the ski season,…
Continue readingAs the temperatures finally drop, and we’ve received our first snow here in Nederland, thoughts for many mountain residents as well as my work colleagues turn to “what am I going to do this winter?” Unfortunately (or fortunately) when you work in the parks field and you live in places…
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