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JULY 6, 2024·Paradise, Nevada
Quick Vegas Trip for a Sphere Concert
The whole point of flying down was the Sphere concert, so the day before the show was just Vegas in July, which mostly means staying indoors. From high up…
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JULY 6, 2024·Nevada, United States
Fourth of July Weekend Down in Nevada
Fourth of July weekend, back half of it, and the reason was Dead & Company at the Sphere. The morning was still Truckee — Gateway Station 92 had its bay doors…
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JUNE 30, 2024·Placer County, California
Clear Skies and a Hike Above Tahoe
Two stops today, both within an easy drive of home. First a walk along one of the granite-rimmed reservoirs out west of town — water high and dark blue, the…
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JUNE 21, 2024·Benton Township, Michigan
Gray Morning on the Benton Township Shore
Fog sat on Lake Michigan all morning. We took the stairway down from the bluff — there's a view deck up top, but the haze didn't leave much to view — and…
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JUNE 21, 2024·Elk Rapids Township, Michigan
A Weekend of Music in Elk Rapids Michigan
Elk Rapids for a weekend of music, about as far from Truckee as we get. Harbor Days is on in town — 69 years running now — and it opens with Evening on River…
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JUNE 21, 2024·Green Lake Township, Michigan
Music and Nature at Interlochen Michigan
Interlochen today — the music camp Joseph Maddy started in 1928, now 1,200 acres of northern Michigan pine sitting on the strip of land between Green Lake and…
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JUNE 6, 2024·Placer County, California
Early Summer Flow at Codfish Falls
Out the door before the sun was up — the sky over the sagebrush still had a yellow band at the horizon when I crossed the creek near home. The point was to…
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MAY 25, 2024·Truckee, California, United States
Pre-Prom Photos in Truckee
Pre-prom photos this evening, out at the golf course in Truckee. Everyone arrived in a knot of cars in the lot, and it took a while just to sort the group into…
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MAY 18, 2024·Nevada County, California
Mid-May in English Meadow on the Middle Yuba
Drove out to English Meadow to see how far along spring is up there. Answer: barely started. The meadow is still mostly last year's flattened grass, brown with…
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MAY 15, 2024·Nevada County, California
Sunset from the Donner Lake Shore
Drove down to the lake after dinner and sat on the shore until the sun dropped behind the ridge. The water is low — a wide band of dirt between the trees and…
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