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Travelogue: Susanville with a side of Avocado Toast
Susanville lies in the northeastern corner of California, on the backside of the Sierra, facing not the Pacific Ocean, but looking east to the vast openness of the Great Basin. I had landed in Reno...
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The Daily Bucket: Grass
Most of us don’t think too much about grass. We enjoy our neat, verdant, and perfectly manicured lawnscapes. We eat oatmeal, sweet corn on the cob, healthy rice dishes, grass-fed beef, drink our...
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The Daily Bucket: Rockport State Park, a Pristine Patch of Old Growth
Mid-June - 2020The morning started with a loose plan; head north on I-5, exit and follow Highway 530 east along the North Fork Stillaguamish River valley, past the Oso landslide, through Darrington,...
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The Daily Bucket: Mountain Wildflowers
Before summer faded, I wanted to pen this diary of mountain wildflowers seen on a hike in early August. The autumnal equinox has passed and the flowers you see have faded, leaves withered. The deep...
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The Daily Bucket: The Surfbird
The Surfbird (Calidrus virgata) is considered a rarity in my neck of the woods. But they’ve been showing up regularly every winter on the Edmonds marina breakwater since about 2014. They prefer rocky...
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The Daily Bucket: From Working Forest to Park
North Kitsap County Park lies on the north end of the Kitsap Peninsula. The Kitsap Peninsula is a wide finger of land moated by the Hood Canal on the west separating it from the vast wilderness...
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The Daily Bucket: The Sauk - A Wild and Scenic River
The Sauk River flows from melting snow and ice off the flanks of one of the most isolated of the ice shrouded Cascade volcanoes – aptly named Glacier Peak. From lowland van tage points, Glacier Peak...
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The Daily Bucket: Ebey's Landing National Historical Preserve
From a high point on the wind-swept prairie of Ebey’s Landing you can see two mountain ranges, two volcanoes, and a broad sweep of saltwater from a single vantage point and always one of those features...
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The Daily Bucket: Willamette Valley Nature Walk
The north-flowing Willamette River and its tributaries form the Willamette Valley as we know it today in the northwestern quarter of Oregon. During its geologic history, the Willamette Valley has seen...
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The Daily Bucket: I Hate Meeces to Pieces
This is a Bucket about mice, specifically about deer mice. They are common around my place, on the edge of the 120-acre wood. Deer mice, more often than not, find their way into our garage, but...
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The Daily Bucket: Meandering
Crescent Lake is an oxbow lake near the confluence of the Snoqualmie River and Skykomish River. Where these two rivers join, they become the Snohomish River that after short distance empties into the...
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The Daily Bucket: Yard Wanderings
Yesterday, I was wandering around the yard with my phone, looking at things and taking a few photos. I wanted to post a few photos to yesterday’s Bucket comments. I ended up taking more photos than I...
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The Daily Bucket: Forest and Beach
My wife and I walk and hike locally in the Puget Sound region just about every weekend. Work travel is again ramping up taking me to new places that allow me some free time to explore. The result is...
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The Daily Bucket: Surviving Massacre Rocks
The title of this Bucket sounds more badass than actual reality. The journey was to drive from Twin Falls to Pocatello, about three hours if you throw in pit stops for bathroom breaks and coffee...
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Travelogue: Twin Falls Warehouse Historic District
Twin Falls, IdahoTwin Falls lies on the broad Snake River Plain of south-central Idaho, in the Magic Valley, a name that exudes boosterism. It’s a fair sized city by Idaho standards, with a population...
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Travelogue: Chilly Hilly
I love organized bicycle rides, starting with my first one in 1983, Rosarito to Ensenada, 50 miles and one brutal hill ending in a big party at Hussong’s. I have a dubious love affair with the Chilly...
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David Roberts, Who Turned Adventure Writing Into Art, Dies at 78An incredible pioneering mountaineer and prolific writer has passed. One of those people we know as polymaths. The only book I read from...
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The Daily Bucket: Edmonds Fishing Pier - Episode 1
This holiday break and a light work load has afforded me a little extra time to get out in my own town. Consider it a warm up for retirement. We had a big dump of snow a few days ago and then a...
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The Daily Bucket: Rain and Flood
This Bucket is a bit of a travelogue that includes a beautiful wildlife area and weather-related time-sensitive material. I had a work assignment to look at a vineyard in Oregon’s Willamette Valley...
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The Daily Bucket: Have you cleaned your nest?
As nesting season is approaching, I made time to clean out our two nest boxes. These two nest boxes have been in use for close to 30 years by chickadees. From the title photo, you can see we have two...
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