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SEPTEMBER 8, 2018
Early September Sunsets Over the Hills at Home
A quiet stretch of days at home in early September. Most evenings ended out on the patio, watching the sun drop behind the line of hills across the valley. The…
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AUGUST 14, 2018
Hiking Local Hills and Camping by the Coast
A pretty standard week for us in mid-August. We started it off with a long hike up in the dry, dusty hills east of the city. The sun was high and the sky was a…
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AUGUST 8, 2018
A Few Quiet August Days and Bathtime for the Dogs
A few quiet days at home this week in early August. Nothing out of the ordinary, just the usual summer routine settling in. The house was calm, and I spent…
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AUGUST 5, 2018
An August Afternoon Wading in the River
It was a hot Sunday in early August, the kind of day that calls for finding some cold water. We found a spot at a shallow river, clear enough to see all the…
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AUGUST 5, 2018
A Hot August Afternoon Wading in a Tahoe River
It was early August of 2018, and the kind of hot summer day in Tahoe that calls for getting in some water. We found a spot along a familiar river to spend the…
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AUGUST 3, 2018
A Hazy August Afternoon in Napa Valley
It was one of those early August weekends that feels like the peak of summer. The air had that familiar warm haze, so we drove north for the afternoon for a…
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AUGUST 1, 2018
Exploring the Glass Domes of Seattle
I spent a couple of days in early August 2018 walking around a newer part of Seattle. The main draw was the glass geodesic domes, which stood out against a…
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JULY 27, 2018
A Late July Trip: From Chicago to the Coast
We spent a few days in Chicago at the end of July 2018. The weather was perfectly clear, and from high up we had a great view over Millennium Park. You could…
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JULY 9, 2018
A Work Offsite and Ropes Course in the Mountains
We spent a day at an outdoor adventure park built high up in the forest canopy. The weather was perfect for it — sunny and clear, with the light filtering…
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JULY 3, 2018
Lake Days
We spent a lot of time just looking at the water, which takes on a deep, solid blue under the high summer sun. From the shore, you can see how clear it is near…
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