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TRAVEL PLANNING IN ADVANCE

May 20, 2024 by

Travel planning began a year ago, unbeknownst to me. A couple we know had taken a cruise and were ready for their next adventure. Turns out these people are more adventurous than most, with a passion for learning new things. We had connected through yard-bragging one evening at Andina in NW Portland before a Portland […]

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ROAD SONGS FROM HERE TO THERE

October 1, 2023 by

Road songs define generations. Baby boomer road songs? Still the best? Let’s take a drive around the block and find out.

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WRITERS WRITE IT DOWN IN KOLOA TIME

March 22, 2023 by

Writers write no matter where they are. From Paris to London to Koloa, Kauai, I write it down. From North Bend to Portland to Tigard, I write it down. Is it a good idea? Or a waste of time?

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THE RENTAL GAME CHANGE UP PITCH

March 8, 2023 by

The rules of the rental game go like this: You pay someone to live in their room or drive their car. If you’re thinking hotels and Hertz, there’s been a change. Like a change up pitch in baseball, it’s leaves people wondering what happened. First the change up:

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TRAVEL BUG BITES BACK? SCRATCH THAT ITCH

April 23, 2020 by

Once upon a time the bite from a travel bug meant one thing: pack that bag. We all know people bitten by the travel bug. From pictures, to videos, to restaurant receipts, they can’t stop re-telling the same story over and over. We know them because that’s just who we are. See something that draws […]

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RELUCTANT TRAVELER REPORTS PROGRESS

January 15, 2020 by

How many times has a world traveler started telling their story only to be interrupted by a local traveler? The short answer? Too many.

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Continental Divide: A Place Not An Attitude

August 9, 2018 by

  Since I was in the neighborhood I kept a look out for this sign: Continental Divide.   It goes one way or the other. Water follows the path of least resistance? That’s the story.   One side drains to the east, the other to the west. That’s lots of drainage and it starts with […]

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STARBUCKS BOOMER MORNING CHOICES

April 16, 2018 by

      That feeling when you’re driving long distance and have to make a head stop and there’s no rest area? Find a Starbucks, buy a tall coffee, problem solved.   Some of the best restrooms in public places are in Starbucks. Don’t like coffee? Then stop someplace else, like fast food, a gas […]

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