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westbound part five : rocky mountain national park
1 september 2025 – moraine park campground before we get into it, our stats: miles driven: seventy something miles hiked: 4 elk seen: maybe a hundred, maybe fifty! mule deer at campsite: 2 amount of cars at hessie trailhead: too many marmots spotted: four percentage of annual visitors that camp in rocky mountain NP (per…
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westbound part four: fargo, nd – gillette, wy – boulder, co
30 august 2025 today’s stats: miles: 587 tanks: 2.5 states: 3 (ND, SD, WY) hours driven by sam while ryder caught up on writing: SIX! mini waffles eaten at fairfield inn fargo: 8 miles run: 1.7 (r), 2.8 (s before his treadmill broke) times david allan coe mentioned himself in long haired redneck: 4 and…
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westbound part three : rainbow falls – voyageurs NP – fargo, ND
29 august 2025 : ash river campground ➔ fargo, north dakota checking in from big falls, minnesota! we’re on the golden road to fargo, north dakota. continental breakfast imminent. my plan is to retroactively document our time in voyageurs & finish the piece off from our hotel tonight, ending with the stats and songs of…
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westbound part two : drummond island – rainbow falls
23 august 2025 drummond island! writing this piece from the picnic table at our campsite in township park. what a day today. this place is as vibrant as i remember it and more. i’ve got lots to report so i’ll begin with a disclaimer that this will be a verbose update because a) i’m not…
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westbound part one : newton – ottawa – sault ste marie
21 august 2025 beginning our annals from a king sized bed in the tallest hotel in ottawa! **this luxurious lodging is sponsored by my dad. thank you dad!** what a day it’s been. here are the numbers: miles: 438 tanks: 2 tolls: 4 states: 3 (MA, NH, VT) provinces: 2 (QC, ONT) max speed: 78mph…
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8 january 2025
taking the time to write a quick wednesday piece today as there are things to be discussed both in my small world and in the larger one we all spin around: the strike is over! picketing suspended! sam’s on his way home from an all-unit meeting this morning and i’m eager for the update. voting…
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2 january 2025
i’m back in the red chair again. what a week! i went into work this morning &, upon looking at my schedule, asked the office if there’d been a scheduling mistake or a canceled trip that was rescheduled to today. my clipboard said thursday january 2nd, and i knew very well that it was the…
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27 december 2024 (in lieu of the 23rd)
writing from the red chair next to the fireplace! it’s 10a and i can barely see across the road outside of our house. the high pressure spell has been broken and snow is abound. this morning was an early one. i want to keep it simple: pc patrol walked out today and is indefinitely on…
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16 december 2024
it is 10:34p–the latest i’ve been up in a while–and i’m writing this monday piece in bed! i had every intention of writing earlier today but time escaped me. we had a slow start to the mountain this morning and had so much fun doing instructional ski (sam providing drills for us to practice on…
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9 december 2024
writing from the couch in our new home! on the first day of my 26th year. time is slowing to a comfortable pace as we settle into this new space. sam is next to me in a zoom meeting for work. i’m obsessed with the coziness of our house, which feels even nicer after spending…
loose change 