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A Magical Place Called Lapland
Roughly a year ago I gave Stef four itineraries to choose from for her big initiation into 4-0. To my surprise, she chose a trip to Finland. We spent the next several months planning…and paying for this journey into winter wonderland. On November 22 we flew to Rovaniemi, arriving at 5 pm into a dark,…
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Kongeriket Norge
My great-grandmother was from Bergum, Norway and sailed to America when she was a teenager. When I was a kid, we heard stories of her growing up in Norway. Through her deep Norwegian accent we learned about our Scandinavian heritage. She had such a vitality for life and had a great influence on my childhood.…
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Traversing the Gila
Stef and I packed up Beastie and headed south to the Gila this past weekend with a rough plan and a Delorme map. We drove I-40 west out of Albuquerque to highway 117 and found Apache Creek campground a couple of hours later. Along the way we had a bear run across the road right…
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TURASgirls versus The Volcano
Hawaii has always been a special place to me. My parents met on Oahu in 1976, while my dad was stationed there in the Navy and my mom, on a whim, moved there and worked as a nurse while going to school. You can surmise the rest of the story. In college I also spent…
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Pacific City
Stef and I are both Perfusionists and met working together in the Pacific Northwest. I moved there in 2008 and fell in love with the lush, green landscape and the plentiful outdoor opportunities. When Stef moved there in 2009 from central New York, she fell into step with my admiration for the area. Stef eventually…
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The Sacred Valley
Machu Picchu is a 15th-century Inca fortress high on a mountain ridge in southern Peru. It’s about 50 miles northwest of Cusco, Peru and the destination we picked in 2013 for another adventure. The Lares Trek is a lesser known route than the traditional Inca Trail and begins in Lares, Peru just north of Cusco.…
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Cabin Fever
Wanderlust! I think it all started in a green and yellow A-frame cabin in the woods of Medicine Bow National Forest. My grandparents built this cabin when my dad was a teenager and it remained our family get away well into my teen years. Even now, my heart is aflutter thinking about that place….that beautiful…
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BOLDERBoulder
In 1979 the first ever BOLDERBoulder was held in Boulder, Colorado and would become one of the biggest 10k road races in the world. In 1991 my mom ran her first BOLDERBoulder and became part of the history of the race. With the exception of the last three years, at least one member of my…
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Wyoming State of Mind
Wyoming is one of the more overlooked states, in my opinion. I was actually born in Cheyenne, Wyoming and we lived there until I was 8 before moving 50 miles south to Fort Collins, Colorado. I credit my parents for the outdoorsy, adventurous spirit in me. Many of my childhood weekends, summers, and school breaks…
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Beastie
The desire to explore the unreachable led Stef to buy a used 2013 Toyota 4Runner in August of 2014. Car modifications have always appealed to her and this truck was as basic as you could get and ready for some tweaks. Sliders, roof rack, tent, awning, suspension, tires, ladder, front bumper, dual swing arm rear…
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Writings on the journey called life
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