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Lucy The Chocolate Lab

Memories of our best chocolate lab Lucy wasn’t a religious dog, but in her own way, she was profoundly spiritual. For most of her puppyhood and adolescence, she lived with us in a tiny home at the Point Fermin end of San Pedro. Every week, like clockwork, she’d tilt her head up and stare at […]

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RIP “Tia Dora’s Wisdom: Don’t Burn Out Beyond age Seventy – Ride, Stretch, Laugh, and Outlive the Bastards”

One final paragraph of advice: do not burn yourselves out. Listen closely, friends—especially those of us carrying seventy (70) or more good years of age on these bones. Be as I am—a reluctant enthusiast, a part-time crusader, a half-hearted fanatic. This doesn’t mean that you’ve grown soft or indifferent. It means that you’ve lived long […]

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Stormy’s Second Chance: From the Columbia Bar to Alaska’s Inside Passage”

Living aboard my trawler at Rocky Point Marina, on the Multnomah Channel of the Columbia River, I met Scott. He was a born-and-raised Portlander with a quick laugh and a taste for muddy trails, so naturally we became hiking partners. We knocked off the usual suspects—Multnomah Falls to Wahkeena—and a few quieter ones most guidebooks […]

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2026 JAZ Ride Recap

V 1.0 2026 JAZ Ride Recap We rolled out of Tucson while the desert was still half asleep under a gray, grumpy sky. Dale and I were pointed east for Joey’s annual JAZ Ride. Joey + Arizona still equals JAZ, even if the route has quietly expanded into New Mexico and Utah over the years. […]

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