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Getting Lost on a Wednesday: Dyke Marsh Wildlife Preserve
The summer is almost over, and I am ready for autumn to begin (DC summers are entirely too hot, humid, and, lately, temperamental for comfort). Here is a memory of early summer, before it became its...
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Botswana’s Mokolodi Nature Reserve: My Evening with Cheetahs
A late afternoon at the Mokolodi Nature Reserve was another welcome escape during my busy work week in Gaborone. Only 15 km south of town, the Reserve was a short, beautiful ride away from my hotel. We...
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Sunrise at the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge
“The air is wild with voices, avian dialects are being spoken from every direction. The sky vibrates with wings.” (Terry Tempest Williams, Refuge) One of the things I love about going to Utah is the...
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A Winter Escape: Blackwater Falls State Park
I was longing for some snow. Serious winter snow. So when our friends proposed a pre-New Year escape to the Blackwater Falls State Park in West Virginia, we signed up. One of the stores at the park We...
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Winter Calm at the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge
Our autumn sunrise at the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge ended up among the favorites in the assortment of impressions and memories of the past year. The Refuge is a serene and meditative place in...
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Wild in Savannah: At the Savannah National Wildlife Refuge
In Savannah for a day, its historic walks behind me, I was in the mood to escape Southern hospitality–and humanity in general. An oasis of calm awaited only 20 minutes away from the city center: the...
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Family Matters at Dyke Marsh
Now that spring has finally sprung, I look forward to our walks at my favorite local place to watch the seasons turn: the Dyke Marsh Wildlife Preserve. Just south of Old Town Alexandria along the...
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Travel Theme: Below (Hiking over Harpers Ferry)
This week’s travel theme, “Below,” made me think of the serenity I felt while looking down on Harpers Ferry, where the Potomac and the Shenandoah rivers meet. It was a fine autumn day, and we decided...
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In Pele’s Realm: Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park
As you explore the Big Island, several names keep coming up. Kamehameha the Great, the king who united the Hawaiian archipelago, and Ka’ahumanu, his formidable queen, are the island’s most dominant...
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