Postcards from My Travels. I've been posting postcards to my family for years, but it seems reasonable to share them with everyone. Enjoy.
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Jamaica Birding with the Humboldt State Alumni Association. |
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Annual Newsletter to Friends and Family; December 2011. An annual review of our year and seasons greeting to friends and family. |
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Fall Trip to Oregon; November 2011 During November, I took three weeks and traveled to Oregon to visit Family. I hoped to make it a big birding trip, so I birded a few local spots and some northern Nevada sites on the way north, but snowstorms put an end to that. I arrived at Silver Falls State Park at the end of the third day. My mother volunteers and lives in the park for 10 weeks every fall, so I stayed and visited with her for 8 nights. I then went farther north to Portland and stayed with my dad for 5 nights. Catching a break in the storms, I blasted home, spending one night on the road. |
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Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands; October 2011. We joined a UNLV Continuing Education trip and went to Ecuador in a party of 15 for 10 days. We arrived in Quito (capital of Ecuador) and spent two nights in an eco-lodge in the Andes Mountains. We then flew some 600 miles off shore and stayed at the Galapagos for 5 busy days and 4 nights on a yacht. Returning to the mainland, we spent 3 more nights in eco-lodges. The experience was wonderful, the scenery grand, and the birds unbelievable. |
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Trip to Portland and Metolius River Backpack; August 2011. At the end of August, Liz and I took 8 days and flew to Portland for a few days of visiting family and three days of backpacking with my brother and his family along the Metolius River. The hike was fun and the three kids had a great time. A large, nearby wildfire added smoke and a bit of wilderness uncertainty to the trip. We had time to spend a few days with Dad and Joe before and after the hike. |
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During summer, we took two weeks and traveled to Colorado to visit Liz's brother and his wife at their family cabin. We had a nice time visiting with them in a scenic and relaxing situation, and learned a bit about southern Colorado. During the trip, we camped at Navajo National Monument, Great Sand Dunes National Park (very cool bugs!), Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park, Mesa Verde National Park, Hovenweep National Monument, and several US Forest Service areas. |
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Chronicle of recovery from the bite of a Texas Coral Snake; 2010-2011. Here, only four minutes after the bite, we are heading for the car and I know I'm in big trouble. This page follows my treatment and recovery. |
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Thanksgiving in Texas; 2010. Liz and I headed to Austin, Texas, for Thanksgiving with my siblings. We stopped in New Mexico to visit Liz's brother along the way. On the way home, we birded the Lower Rio Grande Valley, Big Bend National Park, and southeastern Arizona. |
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Taking care of Desert Tortoises on a natural gas pipeline project. |
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Annual Backpacking Trip to Yosemite -- August 2010 |
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Around the Bend Friends Hiking Club slide shows. I used these powerpoint slides to accompany my 10-minute monthly talks. Natural History of the Mojave Desert #1-4: Wandering about the Mojave Desert Natural History of the Mojave Desert #5: The concept of life zones |
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June 29 to July 4, 2010. Backpacking with the Sierra Club in Coyote Gulch, Grand Staircase - Escalante National Monument and Glenn Canyon National Recreation Area. A dozen of us headed for the canyons of the Escalante to bask in the glory of red sandstone chasms, listen to the spring serenade of birds and toads, and skip through fish-filled sandy steams. |
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September 2009. San Diego Zoo. |
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September 2009. Care-taking at the Walking Box Ranch. |
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August 2009. Zion National Park, The Subway. |
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August 2009. Zion National Park, Orderville Canyon. |
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April 2009. Unidentified Scat. This is a real question: Can you identify this specimen? |
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February 2009. Death Valley National Park, A Week of Day Hikes. |
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February 2009. Southern Arizona. Birding the Early Spring. |
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2008. Great Local Business Goes Bad when Long-time Manger Retires. Save your money, prevent stress and headaches, don't do business with Ted Wiens Firestone! |
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2006. The Perfect Seasonal Job Goes Bad when I refused to commit scientific fraud. Although this low-paying, seasonal job didn't work out, it played a pivotal role in my life by giving me incentive (a fun job) to finally leave my miserable but high-paying corporate job on the Yucca Mountain Project. If life remains good, I will never again work in a corporate cubicle. |
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