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Kilauea Iki: Walking on a Lava Lake
“What a great adventure!”
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Mauna Kea
Look toward the future, but don’t trample upon the environment and the past.
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Chaos Reigns
“Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain!”
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Mount St. Helens
How it’s doing 40 years after it erupted.
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Lava Cast Forest
It was a very surreal day. We were in a place we hadn’t planned to be.
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Crater Lake, Oregon
It’s always exciting when you get to cross something off your bucket list.
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Exploring Washington State–Mount Rainier National Park
As we came around the curve, a bald eagle landed in the road right in front of us; an opossum clutched in its talons. Upon seeing us, the grand bird flew away, leaving its prey behind. Its wingspan was wider than the lane in which we were driving. It all seemed to happen in slow…
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Tragic Nostalgia
As I write this blog entry, I’m watching video footage of the eruption of Mexico’s Popocatépetl volcano. It’s about 50 miles southeast of Mexico City, and I have been on its slopes. It has erupted about a dozen times since then, and it always brings me back to that long ago visit. Although I didn’t…
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Exploring Seattle — Part Six
It was a beautiful day, and probably the last one for a while, so I wanted to do something outdoors. Feeling like a bit of a broken record, I went to visit yet another park. As I was driving there, I was feeling a bit ambivalent. Parks here are gorgeous. I mean, absolutely gorgeous. Kind…