Category: travel
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Triple Falls Trail – Dupont Forest, North Carolina
I was attending a conference in Asheville, NC, and had half of a day free. Rather than stay cooped up in my hotel, and knowing there were hills in the area, myself and my colleagues, took a trip out to Dupont Forest to hike Triple Falls. We didn’t have a lot of time – just…
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Hiking in Silver Springs State Park
I was invited to give a presentation to a freethought group in Ocala and thought it might be a good opportunity to explore a little more of Florida. I looked up hikes near Ocala and found Silver Springs State Park. From what we were told by some of the people where I gave my presentation,…
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Half Dome – Yosemite National Park
I was in Northern California on a speaking tour but had a couple of days while I was there that I didn’t have any speaking engagements. I had combined the speaking tour with a conference I was attending in Seattle, the plan being that I would travel to several locations in California to talk about…
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Point Lobos, California Hike
While on a book speaking tour in California, I had a few days where I didn’t have any talks. One one of those days, while I was staying in Santa Cruz, I drove down the coast to Point Lobos State Natural Reserve. I was using my down time to get some work done but also needed…
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Things to Know About Traveling to Argentina in 2016
I’m on my second day here in Buenos Aires, Argentina and am slowly figuring out how life works here. Here are a few of the things I didn’t know about that others may find useful. How to get from the airport (EZE) to Buenos Aires: When you arrive at the airport in Buenos Aires (EZE),…
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OR-Mt. Hood
Summit Date May 25th, 2016, around 7:00 am Party Ryan Cragun & Tom Triplett Trip Report For the previous 45 highpoints I had done, my wife had expressed some concerns, but had never insisted that I hire a guide. With Mt. Hood, given that people die on the mountain regularly and that it is snow-covered…
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Kolob Canyon and Taylor Creek Trail
After spending the night at America’s Most Wanted Bed and Breakfast in Colorado City, we were headed home. But we wanted to do a little more sightseeing on the way. I have done a lot of hiking in Zion National Park, but primarily in the main entrance (southern side of the park), and didn’t realize…
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Alaska Cruise – back to Seattle
And then we were back in Seattle. We had everything arranged ahead of time, so we got to enjoy one last meal in the nice dining room on the cruise ship before disembarking. Debi’s mother had arranged with the same mini-bus company to pick us up and take us to the airport. However, we had a…
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Alaska Cruise – Victoria BC
Most of this last day on the cruise ship was spent at sea. There was another birthday party as it was one of Toren’s cousins’ birthdays. We also went swimming and played lots of games. However, in the evening the cruise ship docked in Victoria, British Columbia for a few hours. We got off and…
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Alaska Cruise – Ketchikan
In Ketchikan, our third stop on the cruise, Debi’s mother arranged for us to go sea kayaking with a company that would allow almost all of the kids to go. The youngest, Zach, who is two, was too young. But everyone else got to go. The outfitter was a short walk from the cruise ship.…