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Kent and Bruce Have Yet Another Excellent Adventure, Day 9

Posted on August 18, 2018
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Day 8 may be found here. I’m up at the crack of dawn. It’s a pretty nice campground, except for being a little buggy. The asphalt was a bit hard. The restrooms have actual plumbing. I suspect there are camper hookups, though I don’t generally pay attention to that. Haven’t...Read more

Kent And Bruce Have Yet Another Excellent Adventure, Day 1

Posted on August 6, 2018
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It’s time for the annual vacation, which this year is also the biennial Budge family reunion with my mother, siblings, and offspring, in Logan, Utah; and also my annual geology trek with Bruce Rabe, retired paleontologist. gentleman, and scholar, in western Colorado. I had packed the previous evening, Sunday, July...Read more

Great American Eclipse wanderlust, days 12 and 13

Posted on September 10, 2017
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Day 11 may be found here. I sleep late, and conclude that I am not going to drive to Monticello today as originally planned. Extending my vacation by a day shouldn’t be much of a problem. and it seems prudent. I do need some exercise, and I toy with the...Read more

Great American Eclipse wanderlust, day 11: The big day

Posted on September 7, 2017
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Day 10 may be found here. I don’t usually carry a cell phone, because of the possibility of accidentally taking it into my office (in a secured building) and having an unpleasant character-building experience as a result. So Cindy had to inform me that it’s possible to set your phone...Read more

Great American Eclipse wanderlust, day 9

Posted on September 4, 2017
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Day 8 may be found here. Getting very close!Read more

Great American Eclipse wanderlust, day 7

Posted on September 2, 2017
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Day 6 may be found here. Yesterday I visited the northeast part of the park, which I did not get to last time. Today my plan is to visit the south part of the park, for the same reason.Read more

Great American Eclipse wanderlust, day 6

Posted on September 2, 2017
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Day 5 may be found here. Less than a week to go. And the picture here is good enough to encourage me to think that I may get a good shot of the eclipse itself.Read more

Great American Eclipse wanderlust, day 1

Posted on August 26, 2017
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Monday, August 14: I prepare to depart on a trip I’ve been planning now for years. The Moon is going to cross between the Sun and the Earth, as it does roughly twice a year, but this time the narrow path of totality (where the Moon appears to cover the...Read more

The wanderlust gods, they taunt us: day 2

Posted on October 25, 2016
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Day 1 may be found here. After getting up at a decent hour, and confirming that little in the hotel’s continental breakfast selection was safe for a diabetic, Bruce and I headed out for a cup of alkaloids (in Bruce’s case) and some complex carbohydrates with fat and protein (in...Read more

The wanderlust gods, they taunt us

Posted on October 23, 2016
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A more or less annual tradition is an excellent adventure with friend of the Wanderlust, Bruce Rabe. However, what with the shoulder surgery, I had pretty much written it off this year. But the shoulder got to be feeling much better, and Bruce mentioned that there was going to be...Read more

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