Tag: national-parks
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Wrapping Up 2024
So long 2024, and hello 2025! With everything that occupied my attention when I came home from my travels in September (the passing of my pastor and friend Ted Law, getting back into the routines of stationary life in Houston, and taking care of the small accumulated repair/ improvement projects on my RV), I never…
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Water in the Wilderness
Tonight’s blog entry is going to be a little bit different. I will tell you about my visit yesterday to White Sands National Park, the last national park on my schedule for this year, in just a little bit. But first I feel the need to write about what else is going on in my…
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Capitol Improvements
On Saturday, I made my first national park visit from my new base at Camp Lutherwood. Capitol Reef National Park is actually almost exactly halfway in between my old site at Dead Horse Point State Park and the new one (I passed it on the way), but timing-wise, it worked out better for me to…
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Barns and Baseball and Breton
You may not be shocked to hear that the most outstanding feature of rural northern Illinois is corn. Yes, it’s a stereotype, and yes, it’s true. It’s pretty different from the Appalachians, but believe it or not, I find it beautiful too in its own way. The land is such a vibrant green and the…
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