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Perfect Spring Trips

What better way to feel grounded in nature than to park a blanket and basket outdoors and commence to eat, drink and be merry? Fear not, hungry and thirsty traveler, we’ve got you covered. First, load up on sandwich supplies at the corner delis favored by locals. Second, set your course for the aptly named […]

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Perfect Spring Trips

What better way to feel grounded in nature than to park a blanket and basket outdoors and commence to eat, drink and be merry? Fear not, hungry and thirsty traveler, we’ve got you covered. First, load up on sandwich supplies at the corner delis favored by locals. Second, set your course for the aptly named Picnic […]

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The Spirit of a Place

“You’re playing hooky today,” Jerry Rohde’s mom informed him one autumn morning when he was 12. They piled into her 1954 Ford sedan and headed into the San Bernardino Mountains to explore a historic Wild West village she visited when she was a girl. Set in a pine forest surrounded by steep cliffs and rocky […]

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The Horsewoman

“Whoa now, stop that!” Sis Bruner is hollering at her horses. Her silver ponytail sways against her curved shoulders as she loads horses into the trailer for the next ride. “Back up girl, come on, Peach.” An Orick native and the daughter of a dairy farmer, Bruner grew up out by the little red schoolhouse […]

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Elk in the Surf

One morning this past July, Louisa and I were sipping coffee in our camper van. We were parked on the remote Usal Beach in the Sinkyone Wilderness when they emerged from the early morning fog like ghostly apparitions — a stately parade of five bull elk on their way to the beach for a morning […]

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