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Washington D.C. - Keep it Cheap

I never willingly pay for a view from a hotel room. I'm an adventurer at heart, and find that hotel rooms are really for those few moments between when I fall asleep in my clothes and when I wake up to...

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Washington DC - Right Place, Right Time

But then, on Pearl Harbor Day, what isn't the right place to be in America?I was doing some research a few years ago on World War II in my hometown of Hull, Massachusetts, a seven-mile bent stick of...

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Washington DC - Rooting for Neutral

So my coauthor Don and I were walking down M Street in DC, headed for dinner at either Subway or Five Guys Burgers and Fries (we hadn't decided yet), when we passed a rather large gentleman who shouted...

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Amherst, NH - Belt it Out

I can actually pinpoint the moment I overcame my fear of public speaking. I was asked, because of my dizzying intellect, which from time to time causes me to fall down stairs and walk straight into...

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Aurora, CO: Stop the Suburban, I Want to Get Out

So we landed, on April 15, in Denver, or Aurora, to be precise, Colorado. We had eight days to explore the various habitats, to find as many species of birds and mammals as we could. For me, it was a...

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Greeley, CO: Give Me Land

It's hard to grasp at first. There's just so much open space in the west. Things are exacerbated when you come from the east, where towns butt right up against each other, and you can drive for miles...

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Cache le Poudre, CO: I Can Feel It

I'm not one to study the human soul. I'm areligious. But I know when something stirs inside of me.I've never been comfortable in my surroundings at home - and no, it has nothing to do with my wife and...

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Hayden/Craig, CO: Oh So Early

There's an old saying that just about every American knows: "The early bird gets the worm." So let's get that cliche out of the way as quickly as possible.But sometimes, it's the truth. Part of the...

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Walden, CO; Sure, I'll Help

It's easy to point and laugh. Walden is a very small town, almost a ghost town, sadly. But it's got pride, and it's got a beauty all its own.We had been there for a full day, dining at the River Rock...

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Loveland Pass, CO: Barely Breathing

It's not easy being a sea-clinger. We can train all we want, run and bike and swim, but put us "at altitude," and we're useless.And so it was that we climbed to 12,000 feet to train our scopes on...

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Chico Basin Ranch, CO: Cast Your Eyes Downward

We tend to work in straight lines. We take the same roads to work every day, walk the same space across the parking lot, eat meals at the same time.We don't realize it, but we limit our view of the...

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Garden of the Gods, CO: Kissing Camels and Naming Rights

I'm not advocating it. Camels spit. They're disgusting.No, the reference is to the Kissing Camels section of the Garden of the Gods, pictured here. Cute, right? But who got to name it?There's a story...

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Santa Barbara, California: West Coast Me

I've often wondered if I'd transform into a different person if I lived somewhere else. I can think of two instances in my life when I realized my surroundings had changed me a bit.I went to Italy as a...

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Santa Barbara, California: Slip Sliding to Sea

There was plenty to see in Santa Barbara, from what I could see. I was there for a maritime museum conference, so the first order of business was to see the maritime museum. Check.Part of the...

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Santa Barbara, California: Adopt, Adapt and Improve

Pioneers - they're not just for covered wagons any more.As I move around the country and see the many museums dedicated to American life, I'm amazed at the adaptability our predecessors showed. When...

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Santa Barbara, California: Oh, Hell Yeah

I had the choice: sit in the hotel room and get some work done, or go on the dinner cruise.I'm not typically one for the big event, unless I have to be there (i.e. I'm headlining it). Weddings are not...

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Annapolis, Maryland: The Bee Gees Were Right

I recently had the privilege and honor of attending a small wedding in Annapolis, a 24-hour respite from the Massachusetts grind, most of which was unfortunately spent in airports, thank you Southwest...

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Millville, New Jersey: How far shysterism?

There's a beauty to airplanes that I probably can't describe sufficiently. Perhaps the curves and lines that create appropriate working aerodynamics are the same that stir feelings in the soul for...

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Millville, New Jersey: Time Machines

I came to peace a long time ago with the notion that I'm stuck here. As I've read history books through time, I've often wondered about going back. First stop, 1941.I've always wanted to fly a World...

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Millville, New Jersey: Leaps of Faith

I grew up the son of a Vietnam veteran, a proud man who, despite the fact he left the service in 1968, will be a Marine until the day he dies. That was just one of the reasons I didn't join the...

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