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The ode to the (mini)van

When I was a very young child we had some family friends who had a classic VW bus. This was 1980, so not as “classic” as it stands today, but I vividly remember crawling into the back of the van to go to drive-in movies. Then a couple years later when I had joined a […]

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First foray into the BWCA Day 4

It takes a lifetime to findThe life like the life you had in mind– Trampled by Turtles We all awoke early on our last day, even our birthday girl. When we were putting together this plan there was a happy coincidence that we’d be waking up on Beth Lake on Beth’s actual birthday, and now […]

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First foray into the BWCA Day 3

I awoke groggily on day 3 to the final sounds of rain on the tent fly. The lightning had abated and left us with a pleasant night of rain that helped lull me into a deep slumber. Eventually though the bladder decided that it was time to see what the storm had left us with […]

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Topo Lines

I love topo lines. That seems like a weird thing to say, but let me unpack this a little bit. Ever since I was little I’ve been fascinated by maps. I loved looking through maps, figuring out routes between places, and generally geeking out about them. If I had my life to do over again, […]

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The adventure van, part 1

Many of us learned a lot during the pandemic. Lots of jobs transitioned to remote work, and will most likely never go back to the way that they were. This is a huge change for many folks, and has big implications for things like commuting to work and transportation needs. For many years my wife […]

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