Category Archives: Travel

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Into the Mystic

Redwood National Park is in the very northwest corner of California, home to the tallest trees on the planet. And for me, it was a highlight of what turned out to be an almost seven-week Scamp.

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Summer Snow at Mt. Rainier

It was a first: I visited a National Park and didn’t get one photograph of what I was there to see.

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Highway One

I’ve driven a lot of roads in the U.S., and one of the very best is Highway One on the California coast.

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Fire, Then Rain

I’m posting about this epic Scamp all out of order, so forgive me. I seem to be randomly inspired these days, but maybe a month on the road will do that to you.

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Double, Double, Toil and Trouble

I’m on the road and the McDonald’s manager is giving me the evil eye, so I’ll make this fast. (Apparently he thinks my one dollar coffee purchase doesn’t mean I can sit here using their free Wi-Fi forever.)

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The Best Little Truck Stop In Arizona

When I tell people I often stay overnight in the parking lots of truck stops, they either look appalled or concerned.

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So Okay, Beaches Are Pretty Great

Despite the fact that I grew up on beaches in San Diego, they don’t generally draw me in these days. I’m not that person who, when dreaming of travel, immediately pictures sand and surf.

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Capturing the Green in Vail

On this last Scamp through Colorado, I was constantly awed by how green everything was.

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You Say Caldera, I Say Crater

Visiting the Valles Caldera National Preserve in northern New Mexico reminded me of my Ireland trip, where people who know the area assume their directions will be sufficient. They are not.

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Hiking the Jemez

New Mexico doesn’t have the 14ers that Colorado does, but still, we’ve got some pretty great mountains like the Jemez, which I spent some time in a few months ago. (Jemez is just west of the weird and interesting Los Alamos.)

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