Written on March 14, 2011
“I looked along the San Juan Islands and the coast of California, but I couldn’t find the palette of green, granite, and dark blue that you can only find in Maine.” ~Parker Stevenson (actor) Acadia National Park, Maine While much is written about Acadia National Park and its natural attractions, I was completely blown away...
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Written on March 7, 2011
“It has a beer named after it. It HAS to be good” The almost perfectly conical Black Butte, Oregon In all my travels across the country, I’ve tasted many a beer. I’m convinced that the greatest beers are in the Northwestern and Northeastern parts of the country. Specifically, Northern California, Oregon, Washington as well...
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Written on March 2, 2011
The Tallest mountains in Los Angeles County, San Bernardino County, Riverside County, Orange County, and the tallest coastal mountain in So-Cal. Mt San Jacinto from Mt San Gorgonio Southern California is home to some epic mountains. Geographically speaking, some of the country’s most prominent mountains are in Southern California. (Prominence...
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Written on February 23, 2011
“Hours slide by like minutes. The accumulated clutter of day-to-day existence — the lapses of conscience, the unpaid bills, the bungled opportunities, the dust under the couch, the inescapable prison of your genes — all of it is temporarily forgotten, crowded from your thoughts by an overpowering clarity of purpose by the seriousness of t...
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Written on February 21, 2011
“100ft deep and 3 feet wide” Entering Slot Canyon, Anza Borrego Desert State Park Slot Canyons are a particular type of desert phenomenon that occur in the Southwestern United States and only a few other places on earth. These types of canyons are very different from “Grand Canyon” type canyons. They form in “softe...
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