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Paradise Campground
There is a road…there is always a road, with us…there is a road that crosses east to west, from Eugene to Sisters in the great green state of Oregon. This road is called the McKenzie Highway (126), as it parallels the McKenzie River. There are parts of this river that are good for fishing, rafting,…
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Mother Nature’s Son
Paradise Campground, Oregon. Sebastian is hungry, so we stop. As a mother, there are a lot of uncomfortable places and ways to feed your baby, but there are also some moments where it just feels right. In this moment, I felt connected to the outside world, a part of the living cycle in which things…
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Hike It Baby – Terry Hershey Park
Close to the time my maternity leave from work was ending, I stumbled upon this group online that seemed congruent with my current lifestyle – Hike It Baby. The Houston branch is part of a national organization dreamed up by founder Shanti Hodges of Portland, Oregon in 2013. There are branches in 100 different cities…
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Mike Driscoll Park
“Every time…”. That’s what my husband says when we make the turn from Beltway 8 northbound to head west on the Westpark Tollway. This is in response to what has been reduced to a simple gesture from me, or the beginning of a statement, something like “Someday, I want to…” or “Have I ever told…