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Most people think of sports teams when you talk about a team player but it also applies to any work setting, organizations, families, and society as a whole. What is teamwork? In the words of Vince Lombardi: "Individual commitment to a group effort - that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work."
What behaviors or characteristics make for a bad team player? Here are a few that I can think of.
- A team member that shares confidential or sensitive information about other members of their team or situations going on within the team with someone that is not part of the team. Especially if the goal for doing so is to undermine another member of the team.
- A team member that either cannot or makes no effort to hide their dislike of or frustrations with other members of the team. When the disharmony becomes obvious to the public, perhaps it is time for that team member to step aside.
- A team member that would rather push aside, ignore, or drive out other team members instead of making the effort to get all members working together as a whole for the betterment of the organization. Working together as a team requires dedication to the cause, if you can't step up to the task or are not willing to, then maybe you should not be a member of that team.
When looking for new members of a team, these are some characteristics in people that you may want to avoid.
- A person that thinks they are better or smarter than others. A braggart. Know it all's and braggarts tend to never make good team players, they are a one man show, grandstanders. If they do become part of a team, they most likely will never be content until they are the top dog, the one running the show. And they tend to step on anyone who stands in their way. Know it all's also tend to be some of the dumbest people in the world. Braggarts also tend to exaggerate the truth especially about themselves.
- A person that says things about others like "We can't control him" or "He doesn't see things our way". Also things like "I think we have him under control now" and "I think he is seeing things our way now". Those are not the words of a team player, they are the words of a controlling person that will never be able to work together as a equal with others in a team setting. It will always be their way or the highway.
- A person that makes accusations against other people with no facts to back up the accusations, only speculation. Maybe the basis for the allegations lies within their own goals? What was their true goal? If they are willing to make accusations against others with no proof, what will happen when they become part of a team? Will they continue their ranting, grandstanding, accusation slinging ways within the team?
- A person that inflicts harm on others and then revels in watching their suffering. Revels to the point that they brag about it to others and want others to join in the revelry in watching another suffer.
- A person that will not admit when they are wrong or apologize for their actions that harmed others.
- A person that wants to be a team player, part of an organization, should be happy for any successes or benefits that come to the organization. If they belittle or ignore any good events that benefit the entire organization, then it would appear that they don't really care about the betterment of the organization. Is it due to petty dislikes or petty jealousies? Is it because they are not the ones who will get the credit?
- A person that belittles another's accomplishments or successes in any situation. Petty shallow people never make good team players.
- A person that will participate in underhanded, backstabbing, backdoor dealing, ethic violating ways with a goal to undermine and destroy others that are members of a team. If they are willing to do those things from outside the team, imagine what they will do if they ever actually become part of the team? Team members should be very wary of people like this!!
- A person that sees their own glory, their imaginary fame, rather than the truth about a situation as the main goal or result of their actions. EX: "My video will go viral" "I'm going to be on all the national news shows"
- A person that is dishonest. A person that lacks morals and conscience. A person that shows no remorse whatsoever for wrongs they have committed. A person that shows no understanding, no empathy, no compassion towards others.

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Resilience Rising combats the commercial sexual exploitation of women and children in the United States by providing residential and mentoring programs with opportunities for safety, healing, and empowerment.
Resilience Rising aims to equip survivors with coping and life skills to break intergenerational cycles of abuse and trauma. With an ultimate goal of increasing a client’s social recovery capital, we can reduce the vulnerability and risk factors for recidivism of substance use, homelessness, survival sex, and sexual exploitation.
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Resilience Rising recognizes that sexual exploitation is inherently an issue of social justice and that intersections of power, privilege, and oppression circumscribe the life trajectories of vulnerable youth, women, and marginalized populations. Resilience Rising's programming incorporates these individual, generational, and historical narratives as vital elements of identity development and empowerment.
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Ongoing research illuminates that the vast majority of those in the sex trade want to leave but lack the options, resources, and agency to safely and successfully exit. Resilience Rising advocates for behavioral interventions in lieu of punitive measures for those exploited while holding traffickers, pimps, and johns criminally accountable.
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Resilience Rising acknowledges that healing is a non-linear, lifelong process with relapse a natural part of the journey. Thus, Resilience Rising provides a lifelong continuum of care including residential treatment, supportive housing, and alumnae mentoring.
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Resilience Rising honors the inherent courage, adaptability, wisdom, tenacity, and resilience of survivors. Using the stages of change model, a team of diverse and passionate staff helps survivors reclaim their voice, their body, and their power.
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Download Group D (London/ Glasgow): England (hosts), Croatia, Scotland (hosts), Czech Republic Eleven cities across Europe will host Euro 2020 matches: Amsterdam Czech Republic (5pm, Glasgow; BBC); England vs.
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1. Copper and oil prices tested multi-year highs following stronger-than-expected import data this week from China that suggested a robust start to 2018 growth.
Crude oil traded in the U.S. fell 0.8% early Wednesday to $59.49 a barrel but had jumped 2.6% on Tuesday following news of a pipeline explosion in Libya.
2. The economic calendar in the U.S. on Wednesday includes Consumer Confidence for December at 10 a.m. ET, and the Pending Home Sales Index for November at 10 a.m.
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Melissa Young, Associate Director, National Transitional Jobs Network
On Wednesday, April 10 President Obama released his FFY2014 budget proposal. As a whole, it reflects a strong commitment to battling back America’s stubbornly high unemployment, building pathways to work for many of our nation’s chronically unemployed individuals, and creating jobs in our communities. However, the President’s budget also reflects some concessions that leave us at the National Transitional Jobs Network feeling uneasy about the future of the safety-net system and our nation’s commitment to upholding the values that #AmericaBelieves should drive fiscal policy decisions.
5 Wins for Jobs in the FFY14 President’s Budget:
1. Creating & Building Ladders of Opportunity. The President’s budget calls for the creation of a Pathways Back to Work Fund to create pathways to work for every American. The Fund includes:
- temporary subsidized employment opportunities for low-income adults;
- summer and year-round employment opportunities for low-income youth; and
- a competitive grants program to support employment and training strategies designed to improve outcomes for low-income and long-term unemployed adults and youth.
Congress may have averted the “fiscal cliff”, but now the “fiscal rift” in Washington over how to achieve further deficit reduction could mean far more harmful consequences for low-income individuals and those who are chronically unemployed.

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September 10, 2018
As reported by Security Info Watch, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has awarded Princeton Identity three patents regarding iris authentication technology. Princeton Identity’s iris recognition technology is featured in consumer products, such as the Samsung Galaxy S8, which allows users to unlock their phones by glancing at their device.
The first patent describes an iris matching procedure that compares the captured image to a set of reference images. If the images match, an object that is locked will be unlocked to allow access to the user.
In the second patent, if a successful match is found, the user will be permitted to conduct a financial transaction.
The third patent describes an iris matching procedure that will query a database for information relating to the identified person. Ultimately, the gathered information specific to the individual would be displayed on a device.
A notable advancement in all of the granted patents is the ability to capture images of an individual’s iris while they are moving. This is a welcomed feature as existing devices typically require the individual to be stationary and in close proximity to the device.
Marc Clifton, CEO of Princeton Identity, commented on the newly granted patents: “With over 11 patented technologies in our portfolio and many more pending, we continue to demonstrate our commitment to creating the most advanced and accurate iris recognition-based solutions to ensure accurate and convenient authentication of people and access to assets”.
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By Camille Mendoza A dead whale, animal rights activists protesting outside SeaWorld parks every day, and the CEO stepping down have not deterred SeaWorld yet. But perhaps the 50% fall in stock value will. Following the backlash of a 2013 documentary called "Blackfish," which details the horrific and inhumane treatment that orcas face in the theme parks, SeaWorld's revenue fell to $495.8 million in November 2014 from $538.4 million a year earlier, and profit dropped to $87.2 million from $120.7 million. These are a direct result from the 5% decline in park attendance. While these numbers seem hurtful, a company like SeaWorld thrives off sponsorships and marketing deals, but even these seem to be waning.
Corporate sponsors and celebrities are backing out from contracts and endorsements with the marine mammal organization, signaling a deep lack of confidence all across the board. Sponsors such as Hyundai Motor America, Panama Jack, Southwest Airlines, and Virgin America have cut ties with the company, and, perhaps the most shocking organization to end the partnership was the Miami Dolphins, who will not renew its marketing contract with SeaWorld after it expires in March. In today's society, there are few people who have more influence than celebrities, and some, including Olivia Wilde, Matt Damon, and Ewan McGregor, also spoke out against SeaWorld. All of these unfortunate events lead towards an obvious conclusion: SeaWorld needs some serious damage control.
Before he stepped down in January 2015 after the negative media attention, former CEO Jim Atchison said in a news release, “Clearly 2014 has been a challenging year, but I am confident we are taking the necessary steps to address our near-term challenges and position the company to deliver value over the long term.” Consequently, the company responded to the backlash by announcing $50 million worth of cost cuts, which include laying off an unspecified number of employees, and a $300 million plan to double the volume of its killer whale habitats in all three parks, which should be completed by April 2018. Even so, these measures cannot undo the impact that the documentary Blackfish had on the world. As the public becomes more knowledgeable, the company becomes less profitable. If this trend continues, perhaps a world without unnecessary captivity is nearer than previously thought. The numbers don't lie, and they are screaming, "It's time to Free Willy."

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Stop saying “the new SOWO”. It’s not SOWO anymore. We’re not in Helen, Georgia. And, although the organizers of The European Experience were also responsible for Southern Worthersee, this is a new show in a new place, and it’s no accident that it’s the same weekend as SOWO has traditionally been. We’re in Savannah now, and this is The European Experience.
Now, before I get heckled about how I’ve continued to use the #sowo hashtag on our Instagram posts, despite SOWO ceasing to exist, I must admit that it’s because I, quite frankly, didn’t see any reason not too. At first, I didn’t see the #euex tag taking off very quickly, and my brain just can’t stop thinking “user experience” when I say “euex” aloud as I type it. In fact, the name “European Experience” is my biggest criticism of the new event, which says a lot about both the success of the event as a whole and how minor the things to complain were.
Before I get too far ahead of myself, it’s imperative to make one thing clear, if I haven’t already: The European Experience, in Savannah, Georgia, is not the “new” SOWO. While the organizers, particularly Matt Bounds, have perfected their show organization skills with SOWO over the years, growing into a company that is hosting and contributing to many events around the country, I feel like it’s given the general public a misconstrued expectation of Savannah’s new gathering.
Everyone that I see complaining about EUEX not living up to the SOWO hype is overlooking and disregarding the massive changes that have taken place over the past twelve months. Moving to a new city (which is significantly farther for the organizers to travel to, inspect, and have meetings), brings a whole plate of new issues, from finding a venue to getting local hotels and businesses onboard to collaborate for the show. And after nearly a decade of walking all over the city of Helen to see every corner of the event, I have to say, the EUEX venue totally kicks ass.
As expected, there were some growing pains surrounding the entrance to the show, long lines, and ticket scanning, but give the organizers and volunteers a break—there’s only so much that can be planned for in advance. While I think their underestimation of turnout might’ve been a bit naive, given the cult-like following that SOWO has developed, you can’t blame the organizers for fearing that the masses would insist on continuing to barge into Helen in 2016 as if SOWO 10 was actually taking place.
After spending Saturday and Sunday in Savannah and at EUEX, I can confidently say that the turnout, layout, and general production of the main event far surpassed Southern Worthersee in nearly every way. While there could’ve definitely been more toilets, concessions, and maybe a couple water misters around the super dusty entrance to the show fields, the ease of enjoying the car event was spectacular.
It was great to see a variety of new cars make their way out to Savannah as well, such as the great trio of Mercedes brought out by Bremen Autowerks (@bremenautowerks). All immaculately detailed and with their fitment games on-point, the Benzes were some of my favorites in attendance this year.
The most exciting part of the weekend for me, though, was debuting VW of America’s (@vw) new enthusiast builds, including the 2016 Passat R-Line on Vossen Forged LC-106T wheels (from my old GTI!). I had the opportunity to get Vossen (@vossen) and Accuair (@accuair) onboard to outfit the car with the necessary hardware, while Boden Autohaus (@boden_autohaus) did the install and wrap. Compared to the cars that VWoA has brought out to enthusiast events over the years, this one definitely wins my heart.
As much as I wish I could report that I didn’t encounter any douchebaggery throughout the weekend, though, there always has to be that one guy. From our experience, while things were winding down on the show field on Saturday, it was this guy. Pulling up across from where our group of friends was sat, he opened his doors and turned his stereo up to an ungodly level, instantly preventing anyone in the vicinity from having a conversation. When I asked him why he felt it necessary to do such a thing and he replied, “because I can”, I was saddened to know that, even in the first year of the event, there are already people there with general disregard for the masses’ comfort and interest. If this is you and you’re reading this, please learn some manners or stay in Texas next year.
All-in-all, The European Experience might just be my new favorite event. Sure, there might be some growing pains and figuring out to do, but the most important thing you need to remember is, this is the first year of the event, not the tenth. It’s unfair to judge the show itself, and general vibe of the town against Helen, because they’re not only totally different events, but different ages. In 8 more years, if The European Experience is still going strong in Savannah, I think SOWO might just be one of those things that the old timers reminisce about, like Waterwagens, while sitting around the pub in Savannah.
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The medical brace scam continues to target seniors despite the government crackdown. Taxpayers are left paying the bill for these medical braces that seniors say their doctors didn't order nor do these seniors want.
We first exposed this scam last fall. Several seniors in the Triangle contacted us after they got medical braces they say they didn't order. Raleigh resident Emmett McGhee was sent two knee and two back braces.
"I didn't order anything," he said. "In the last 12 months I bet you I had 10, 12, 14 calls about back brace and a knee brace."
The 87-year-old claims he gets endless calls about medical braces. I asked him if he wanted the supplies and he said: "Heck no, I want to buy local anything like if it goes wrong, I can talk to somebody about it."
Despite saying no, companies send the braces and then bill Medicare.
After our investigation, the federal government took action against several telemedicine companies, dozens of durable medical equipment companies, along with doctors and company executives that the feds say were part of one of the largest health care fraud schemes that cost taxpayers nearly $1 billion.
Despite the bust, the calls continue and seniors are upset. The US Department of Health and Human Services issued a fraud alert about the nationwide brace scam.
Here at the Troubleshooter Takeaways when it comes to this scam:
- If you receive a call from someone offering you a free brace that will be billed to Medicare, hang up immediately.
- If medical equipment is delivered to you, don't accept it unless it was ordered by your physician. Refuse the delivery or return it to the sender. Keep a record of the sender's name and the date you returned the items.
- Be suspicious of anyone who offers you free medical equipment and then requests your Medicare number. If your personal information is compromised, it may be used in other fraud schemes.
- A physician that you know and trust should approve any requests for equipment to address your medical needs.
- Medicare beneficiaries should be cautious of unsolicited requests for their Medicare numbers. If anyone other than your physician's office requests your Medicare information, do not provide it.
- If you suspect Medicare fraud, report it.

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PRINT 13 not only draws printers who broker specialty printing and ad specialties but it also attracts distributors, brokers, marketers, and other graphic communications professionals who deal in these products. The new SIDELINES pavilion will be the home base at PRINT 13 for these expanded revenue stream offerings.
Co-sponsored by Print+Promo magazine for distributors of printed products and Promo Marketing magazine for distributors of promotional products, SIDELINES will showcase the huge range of specialty products that can enhance revenue and help build the bottom line.
“One encounters specialty printing every day, from hotel key cards to labels to ad specialties,” says GASC President Ralph Nappi. “Producing or outsourcing these items offers printers and other graphic communications professionals an opportunity to build sales, serve customer needs, and grow profits.”
Among the huge variety of ad specialties and specialty printed products are awards, apparel, games, tickets, tags, labels, drinkware, writing instruments, mouse pads, key chains, plastic cards, stickers, sports items, textiles, luggage tags, trade show handouts, specialty envelopes, decals, and much more. According to industry research, 90% of consumers currently own a promotional product they received in the last 24 months, and 89% can recall the advertiser featured on the product.
Explore how promotional products can improve your business at the new SIDELINES pavilion.


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One of the pillars of my gear arsenal is a two-person tent. As a mountain bike and a daypack, it is one of the most essential pieces of equipment that I have. When I don’t have the space or energy to rig up the six-person palace, I reach for my two-person tent when setting up for a backpacking excursion, an impromptu backyard campout, or a car-camping trip. At an REI garage sale, I bought an inexpensive North Face tent at a steep discount. The thing accompanied me across the United States countless times during my teens and early twenties. As with my first car (a Cadillac late in the 1970s), it gets me emotional when I think of it. I bought that tent 25 years ago, but man, have they evolved since then. Everyone should have one of these lightweight engineering marvels. Each of these tents is designed for its own purpose, and is suitable as an anchor in your gear closet.
For bikepackers: Big Agnes Fly Creek HV UL2 ($380)
While weight is an important factor to consider when packing for a backcountry trip, your gear’s size is equally important. Despite its light weight, a tent can take up a lot of space in your pack if it is not compact. Its 2.1-pound weight (along with the short pole system, on the other hand) and compact design make it perfect for bikepacking, and its compact size allows it to fit on a bike’s handlebars. My favorite shelter over the past two years has been this tent, which I’ve used on gravel and singletrack bikepacking trips. Mesh forms the vast majority of the tent, lowering weight and creating a breezy experience on hot nights, while nylon ripstop forms the fly and floor. The durability of my gear has not been a problem. The tent is 52 inches wide and 86 inches long, and has just enough vestibule room for shoes and a backpack. Daisy chains on the outside of the tent fly are smart, even if you’re not a cyclist; they allow you to secure and dry dirty, wet clothes like socks and shirts. One thing to keep in mind, though: the fly doesn’t have a hood vent, and some people have reported condensation (though I haven’t noticed it). It has only one door, so if you’re going to use this tent with a partner, you’ll have to crawl over them when it’s time to use the bathroom at night.
Budding Outdoorspersons: REI Groundbreaker ($75)
These prices are not typographically incorrect. Compared to Whole Foods, the Groundbreaker is cheaper. Two-person tents like this were specifically designed for novice backpackers. Thanks to REI for coming up with an idea and executing it. I let my son use it on a camping trip with one of his friends recently. He put it up entirely on his own in less than five minutes, which is impressive since (a) he’d never pitched a tent before and (b) he’s terrible at following directions. Tents tend to be heavy, and there aren’t many modern design innovations that separate them from previous generations. The Groundbreaker, for example, has a lot of floor space (31.8 square feet), but because of the pole design, there isn’t much vertical space, so it feels smaller than it really is. While it doesn’t come with storage pockets or gear loops, some tents costing six times as much as it does do. I love this tent, but its size when packed into its stuffsack is the only thing that bothers me. There’s something about its size (22 inches by 7.5 inches) that might turn people off more than its weight. It is not for ounce counters and experienced backpackers, but it is for people seeking an easy tent for overnight adventures.
The backpacker’s choice is the Sea to Summit Alto TR2 ($449)
In contrast to most two-person tents, the Alto TR2 is plenty large enough for a dog and an adult. In this simple, lightweight shelter, there is ample space for two people because it has a floor area of 25 square feet (84.5 inches wide at its widest point). At 2.5 pounds, it is near the ultralight category, but it includes some features you wouldn’t expect for a tent in that category, like two big doors and matching vestibules, as well as storage pockets to ensure nothing gets lost in the dark. In the vestibules, you can still leave soiled, smelly items outside of the tent without having to take them inside. Although the Alto TR2 doesn’t pack down as small as the Fly Creek, it comes with separate bags for the poles, tent body, and fly, so two people can easily divide the weight. Single pole designs make things simple from an instruction standpoint (match the colors of the poles to the colors of the tabs on the tent), but that can also be confusing as the single pole has so many arms to manage (try wrangling a stiff octopus). The effort is worth it, however, because the tension ridge pole adds vertical space to the tent, while the matching venting system on the rain fly allows air to flow, even in severe weather. There aren’t many “livable” two-person ultralight tents on the market, so if comfort is important, this tent might be the one for you.


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We fell in love with White Sands National Monument (now a national park). Best we could tell, we had the dunes to ourselves.
Hiking the 2-mile Backcountry Camping Trail was great for gaining a sense of the parks’ magnitude and beauty. It also provided us with the surreal experience of exploring an alien-like environment.
The San Andres Mountains rise up along the park’s western border. Their size and contrast against the white gypsum give the illusion that they’re closer than they are… White Sands encompasses 228 square miles! No, you can’t walk across it.
Treading across the vast whiteness, amongst the ever flowing and shifting dunes, one can easily lose their bearings. It’s both exuberant and eerie, but always having a trail marker within sight was reassuring.
November was perfect timing for our visit… cool and gorgeous weather, perfect sky, and no people.
We played like kids and appreciated the experience fully.
Once again, the visitor center was looping an informative film on the park’s history, geology and ecology.
At 10,000 years, White Sands is a relatively young environment. The expanding (even onto surrounding highways) sandy tract was formed by gypsum deposits in the nearby mountains.
Northeasterly winds break off gypsum pieces and grind them into fine bits, dusting the basin continuously.
We’d already decided to return after dark for star gazing but learned that the park’s gates close at 6pm – no entry or exit after that time.
Alamogordo, New Mexico
We’d chosen Alamogordo as a base due to its proximity to White Sands and only became aware of all it has to offer upon our arrival. First up…
New Mexico Space History Museum
Tularosa Basin has been an epicenter for military research and testing since the U.S. entered World War II. It is home to Holloman Air Force Base and White Sands Missile Range, both innovators in technology and aeronautical aviation.
As a Smithsonian affiliate, the Space History Museum preserves New Mexico’s role in space flight and tells the larger story of the U.S. space program, from the space race with the then Soviet Union to NASA’s ongoing mars program.
Not only are there numerous exhibits from each progressing stage of the U.S. space program, there are several educational videos and interactive displays.
You can even test your skill at landing a space shuttle using a simulator. Trey managed to crash, while I ranked “flown where no man has gone before.” I don’t recall if that was a good or bad thing.
The Museum and it’s International Hall of Fame where Ham, the first space chimpanzee is honored, kept us fascinated for hours.
Then there is the John P. Stapp Air and Space Park that surrounds the museum building. A lunar module capsule, land-speed vehicle, launching track, and rockets of all sorts cover the grounds overlooking the City of Alamogordo.
Wine & Pistachios
We didn’t realize we were back in wine country until we passed a billboard on the way to the space museum. The billboard advertised a winery further up the main road, White Sands Boulevard, but several other vineyards surround the area.
Tularosa Basin’s soil composition, altitude, and temperatures make it ideal for grape production. Spanish settlers and missionaries knew this and were the initiators of New Mexico’s wine tradition.
We sampled wines at Heart of the Desert and Arena Blanca wineries and bought a couple of bottles.
Arena Blanca is associated with the Pistachio Tree Ranch, or Pistachio Land, a 90-acre orchard and home to the world’s largest pistachio.
Pistachio trees benefit from the same natural conditions that make this basin ideal for grapes. A bag of roasted and shelled pistachios sustained us through the remainder of our trip. Very fresh and yummy!
Blake’s Lotaburger, a family owned chain, is a New Mexico tradition much like Texas’ Whataburger. Its fame expanded beyond New Mexico when it was featured in the AMC’s series Breaking Bad. We hadn’t yet watched Breaking Bad but were lured to Blake’s simply by its authentic and nostalgic burger joint vibe. It did not disappoint; the green chilies burger was nothing less than phenomenal!
We thought our last family visit had taken place in Reno with my brother and his family. No, one more Alamogordo surprise awaited.
Trey’s nephew lives in El Paso, which wasn’t on our path of travel. Happily, Jim contacted us and proposed meeting for lunch in between El Paso and Alamogordo. He suggested La Posta’s in Messila (Old Town Los Cruces).
Best Mexican food of the entire trip! And if anyone has read through these blog posts, they know we love Mexican food and ate it whenever we could… from Montreal, Quebec to the Redwood Forest.
It was wonderful catching up with Jim and we were so grateful for the opportunity to add one last reunion to this six-month trek.
Mescalero Apache Reservation, New Mexico (via Cloudcroft and the Lincoln National Forest)
Between I-10 and the Mexican border lies the infamous town of Tombstone, Arizona. It’s an easy drive from Tucson —about 75 miles—and the cutoff (Hwy 80) was on the way to New Mexico.
Like Virginia City, Nevada, Tombstone’s classic western scape is preserved and attracts tourists now rather than cowboys, miners, and outlaws.
Since we weren’t interested in souvenirs or saloons, there wasn’t much to do except walk around, bask in the nostalgia, and read historical markers.
In 1877, and after being told he was foolish and would only discover his own tombstone, Edward Schieffelin found silver in the surrounding hills. By the mid-1880’s, his small encampment had grown into the town of Tombstone with a population upwards of 15,000.
Trey’s best outlaw look
Allen St., Tombstone, Arizona
Yet, Tombstone is worth the detour whether you love the lore of the American West or are simply curious. In fact, it enticed us longer than we’d meant to stay.
The detour to Tombstone added 50 miles to the 200-mile drive to southwestern New Mexico, and it was already late afternoon. By the time we were again heading east on I-10, the sun was setting.
Cookies, it’s what’s for dinner!
After the deluge in Redwoods National Forest, we had no more camping plans. We also knew there’d be no kitchen access for the remaining eleven days of this adventure, so there was no need to tote food, other than a few snacks. Plus, we’d filled our bellies with a hearty breakfast at Cross Roads Restaurant in Tucson and felt satisfied enough to get through to evening. But, the long day and drive had us arriving in Silver City, NM just after restaurants had closed. Luckily Petit Écolier cookies, leftover from making s’mores, sustained us to morning. This wasn’t the first time we had cookies for dinner.
Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument (Pronounced Hee-la)
The remnant cliff dwellings lay deep within Gila National Forest. After turning off Silver City’s main road onto Hwy 15, we started climbing and signs of civilization soon succumbed to a verdant wilderness.
The road mostly follows the Gila River while twisting around, over, and atop the ridges of mountains for 40 miles.
At the visitor center we watched a brief and informative video. The cliffside homes are believed to have been constructed by Mogollon (Mo-go-yone) Puebloans beginning in the 1270’s. But these original inhabitants had moved on by 1300, perhaps due to drought.
The Chiricahua Apache settled there in the 1500’s and remained in the area until the U.S. government forced their removal between 1870 and 1886. The last Apache to sadly leave this ancestral land were led by a defeated Geronimo (Goyahkla).
The Gila National Forest is spotted with ancient pueblo ruins, yet none as unique and Eden-like as the cliff-dwellings… seven caves high on a canyon cliff topped with fertile soil for growing corn, beans, and squash (the “three sisters”).
The middle fork of the Gila River runs below the caves and in early November appeared more creek-like.
Only five of the caves were used as living quarters. Cave number 6 appeared to be used for rituals while hard-to-reach cave 7 had no trace of human occupancy.
Unlike Montezuma’s castle, visitors are allowed into the Gila Cliff Dwellings. Being a weekday in November, the forest ranger and a volunteer were the only other persons inside the caves.
The ranger pointed out unique architectural details including a structure believed to be used for food storage, like a pantry.
We particularly enjoyed cave 3, the largest and coolest (as in temperature), and its view was fabulous.
Having the dwellings to ourselves was special and a memorable experience.
Anjaneyasana, Gila Cliff Dwellings NM
Cave 3, Gila Cliff Dwellings
We were able to spend amble time inside the caves to fully appreciate the area’s beauty, sense of safety, and peace.
For the return trip to Silver Springs we opted to continue looping the scenic byway—the Trail of the Mountain Spirits—into San Lorenzo then back west to Silver Springs.
This only added thirty miles to our trip, but Trey and I both agreed the more picturesque route was Hwy 15.
Silver City, New Mexico
Silver City is a friendly mining town nestled aside a mountain and a tad east of the Continental Divide. More modern than expected (not rustic) yet it retains a quaint, small town quality. We savored an authentic Mexican dinner at La Cocina and a hearty breakfast at the artsy Adobe Café. Highly recommend both!
Alamogordo & White Sands National Park, New Mexico (via quirky Hatch New Mexico…)
Leaving Tusayan before breakfast, we headed southeast toward Flagstaff. The Escape Mobile had traveled 5,037 miles since leaving Seattle, so it was time for her fourth servicing.
Flagstaff was on the way to Phoenix, where we’d planned to spend the night, and it had a dealership that honored our maintenance purchase agreement. While waiting on our vehicle, we enjoyed a traditional breakfast at the Grand Canyon Café on Historic Route 66 in the quaint heart of Flagstaff.
Stepping into the café we’d entered a time warp… booths with mint-green Formica tabletops and individual jukeboxes, and a soda bar that spanned the length of the café. The owner told us they’d been continuously open for nearly 75 years. Sadly, the Grand Canyon Café has since permanently closed.
Montezuma Castle National Monument
Fifty-six miles down Interstate 17 we stopped at Montezuma Castle National Monument, the former hillside condo-like dwelling of the ancient Southern Sinagua people. The Sinagua were farmers and hunter-gatherers that thrived in the Verde Valley from the 1100’s through the 1300’s.
For unknown reasons, in the early 1400’s they abandoned their homes and the Verde Valley.
The visitor center is just off the interstate and the walk to the cliffside remnants is short and quick. Music of flutist Harry Seavey, who was on site, filled the air and added an authentic and surreal feel to our experience.
“There is a message in our hearts, a truth we all know. We feel it as we walk in a forest or sit in the desert. It is the message in the cry of a hawk and in the voice of a flute. It is our connection to life; the message that we are one with Spirit.”
~ Harry Seavey
Factoid:The monument bears the name “Montezuma” because it was originally mistaken to be built by Spanish Explorers.
Regrets: For some reason we felt pressed for time and did not venture the 23 miles to Tuzigoot National Monument, another Sinagua village located atop a ridge 40 minutes northwest of Montezuma Castle.
Nor did we detour from I-17 onto Hwy 89A to visit nearby Sedona, a funky, spirited community that I would have loved, I’m sure.
As we navigated around Phoenix’s maze of highways to a hotel near Arizona State University, the sun still shone from fairly high. We entertained ourselves by strolling the campus and chowing down on some chain Chinese food before vegging in front of the television for the night.
The most interesting part of the remaining 355-mile drive to our next destination, San Diego, was the shortcut to Interstate-8.
Arizona Hwy 238 cuts across the Sonoran Desert between Maricopa and Gila Bend. It was originally built to serve a hazardous waste facility that I don’t think was ever built. It appeared to solely serve as a desolate cut-thru that provides a genuine desert experience.
Saguaro cacti tower just off the roadway, which resembles concrete waves flowing through a sea of white sand.
Blowing sand was accumulating across the road’s lower points, and it seemed like the desert was determined to conquer the road.
After an initial hotel snafu in San Diego, we settled into a Four Points Sheraton using points and began planning the next two day’s adventures.
Missteps: Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument & The Wave
I don’t remember what prevented us from researching our next steps, which were to explore Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument and hopefully hike Coyote Buttes in the Vermillion Cliffs, also known as “The Wave.” It was either our full schedule and lack of regular cell service or laziness and naivety.
Either way, upon leaving Mount Carmel Junction we meandered along Highway 89 for 60 miles until we ran into a Bureau of Land Management (BLM) station and stopped to ask where in the heck we could find the Grand Staircase-Escalante Monument.
We found out that we were already in it and had been for a while. At that time the Grand Staircase – a series of massive geological steps – sprawled out across 3,000 square miles of southern Utah and northern Arizona.
The downward steps stretched from Bryce Canyon to the Grand Canyon’s northern rim. In 2017 the protected area was sadly cut almost in half.
We were also informed that there’s a lottery process for hiking “The Wave.” The sign-up and drawings take place in Kanab, Utah – a town we’d passed through forty miles back. Backtracking to the Kanab BLM Station we learned that only 10 hikers per day are allowed into the buttes, and that the “lotteries” take place each morning for the next day’s hike.
Should we stay or should we go? We contemplated this question over lunch at Escobar’s Mexican Food (authentic enough) and opted to try our luck and checked into a nearby hotel.
The next morning, we rose with the sun and walked back to the BLM office to stand in line. We were 7th out of 64 to register for the lottery, which was pretty good odds on a relative basis as the average day has well over a hundred registrants. But #7 was not lucky that day, so we checked out of the hotel, and after a breakfast at Nedra’s Too, we checked out of Kanab via Highway 89A South.
The ranger who on the previous day clarified Grand Staircase’s massiveness had recommended we stop at Le Fevre Overlook, a rest stop along Highway 89A about 25 miles into Arizona. It’s unassuming and easy to miss but worth the stop.
From the overlook you can make out the distant cascading landscapes that inspired the monument’s name, gaining senses of both its beauty and magnitude.
Grand Canyon National Park – North Rim
Continuing south for just over eleven miles we cut down State Route 67 (also called the Kaibab Plateau Parkway) for the 43-mile drive to Grand Canyon’s northern rim. Being late October, the north rim’s lodges and campgrounds were closed so we had the drive mostly to ourselves.
Along the way, I spied a California Condor perched on the limb of a dead pine and we were reluctantly received by a herd of buffalo on the return trip.
A nip of winter was embedded into the breeze, but the clear sky and sun helped warm us as we strolled along the various paths and vantage points below the lodge cabins…
an environment and scenes that contrasted with what we would experience in the coming days on the canyon’s other side.
Drive from Grand Canyon’s North to South Rim
Leaving the north rim we had a four hour drive ahead of us… plenty of time to circle around the east end of the canyon and make it to the south rim before sunset.
But the drive, curving around and between the Vermillion Cliffs and Colorado River, is spectacular.
We stopped several times including at the unexpected site of abandoned rock dwellings sitting just yards off the road and scattered among mushroom shaped formations.
The legend is that a woman by the name of Blanche Russell was stranded there when her car broke down sometime in the 1930’s. She liked the area so much she settled there for a time.
Ten minutes down the road we stopped again to stroll across the historic Navajo Bridge that spans the Colorado River for 834 feet and parallels it’s replacement… a seemingly identical bridge that is actually wider and longer.
The “new” bridge was completed in 1995 to support larger vehicles while providing a safe alternative (the historic bridge) for those of us who want to walk over for the views.
With all the stops we lost our race with the sun.
It had set by the time we reached the south rim’s first overlook, the Desert View Watchtower…
but enough light shone over the horizon to paint the sky and reflect muted rays across the canyon.
A perfect welcoming gift to our stay on the Grand Canyon’s south rim.
Upon exiting Sequoia National Park we’d entered the Mojave Desert and the portion of this “great looping quest” in which I was most apprehensive… the desert.
I had preconceived notions about desert existence, mostly negative because my perceptions weren’t based on actual experience. So, I’d anticipated a colorless, desolate environment… unfriendly and uninhabitable. After all, the Mojave has a valley named “Death!”
What I discovered was just the opposite, a welcoming beauty, thriving and very much alive. For me, establishing a sense of grounding in the desert required no conscious effort – the desert rose up firmly beneath my feet.
Within Mojave’s arid landscape, where odd and varied creatures flourished, I felt my own belonging.
The desert’s embrace forever changed my perspective, it corrected it and taught me a lesson about the ridiculous power we give to our perceptions.
A cheap (because it was undergoing a noisy renovation) Las Vegas casino/hotel served as our basecamp while we explored what lies beyond the city’s fringes… the even more wild and wonderful. First up…
For a hundred years the Hoover Dam has risen 726 feet from the floor of the Colorado River.
It is an unyielding concrete monster, a sight to behold that attracts some seven million people a year… by car, boat, and helicopter.
Its proximity to Las Vegas—40 minutes southeast—enables this constant flow of people. Unfortunately, the flow of water for which the dam was built is not as reliable and, as in California, the effect of prolonged drought was visible through the river’s receding waterline.
We purchased tickets to tour the dam’s power plant… $15 in 2014, and well worth it.
Inside, 30 foot pipes snake through tunnels and rows of enormous generators churn out 4 billion kilowatt hours of electricity annually for the good folks of Nevada, Arizona, and California. The dam’s structure also serves to control flooding and reserve water for California’s fruitful valleys and its southern cities.
Valley of Fire State Park
Nevada’s Valley of Fire State Park is located about 50 miles (an hour’s drive) northeast of Las Vegas. Its sculpted red rocks are stacked and scattered throughout the park’s 40,000 acres.
Only one road cuts through the park, just above its southern border. The road provides access to loads of popular hikes and fun formations, more than enough to keep one occupied for a day.
The rest of the park, the vast majority of its wilderness, is a sprawling preservation area, seemingly inaccessible except by foot.
Our arrival in the late afternoon limited our hiking options, but we had the park to ourselves.
Also, the sun’s low stance illuminated the red rocks and danced through canyons making our walks even more magical.
The half-mile trail to Mouse Tank led us down a canyon marked with hundreds of petroglyphs.
These uninterpretable messages hovered just above us, holding steadfast onto the secrets of an ancient civilization.
Only the sunset, spectacular and fleeting, could force us out of the Valley of Fire and back toward the maddening lights of Las Vegas.
Death Valley National Park
We traveled northwest for 140+ miles to enter Death Valley National Park where my attitude and apprehensions about deserts were permanently altered. Death Valley’s mystique and it’s rolling, constantly changing landscapes captivated me.
We stopped often, awestruck by its colors and geology.
Near the center of Death Valley is Badwater Basin, a massive flat of salt exposed by rain runoff from the surrounding mountains.
The basin sits 282 feet below sea level, the lowest point in North America.
Its limited drainage results in artsy, salty shapes forming through heat induced evaporation. The salt configurations cover the basin creating an eerie, alien terrain.
We traversed over the salt and out into the basin and became mesmerized by the patterns. Before we realized it, we were about a mile in, which is nowhere near the basin’s center.
As intense heat began pulsing around us, we sensed our own vulnerability and soon turned back toward the parking area.
Wending through a painted canyon on Artists’ Drive was like bounding through a rainbow. The one-way nine-mile road is narrow with rocky hillsides rolling up, out, and along both sides.
The palette effect is from minerals (including hematite and chlorite) altered by volcanic eruptions five million years ago. Elements aluminum, iron, magnesium and titanium also add to the mountainous canvas.
Our other hike in Death Valley, was the Natural Bridge Trail, accessible about a mile and half down a dirt road that breaks off from Badwater Road.
It’s an easy one-mile round-trip trail into a narrow, high-walled canyon.
The trail crosses under the bridge formation and continues into a box canyon.
We had the trail to ourselves, or at least it was devoid of other humans. This gal, a Swainson’s Thrush, accompanied us from the rock bridge to the trail’s end.
As we neared the bird, it would take flight, landing 20 or so feet up trail where it waited for us to approach again. Over and over it repeated this routine, escorting us all the way into the rocky boxed area…
and then safely back to the bridge.
We also spied a reddish fox, the Desert Kit Fox, strolling alongside Hwy 190 as we left the park, but missed photographing him.
Like in Chicago and Portland, staying in or near San Francisco’s city center was cost prohibitive, so we again used points and stayed at an airport hotel. The commute into San Francisco was about 25 minutes but ran aside the beautiful San Francisco Bay. Finding parking was never a problem as there are plenty of public, but pricey, garages.
Alcatraz – Messages of Freedom and Justice
Alcatraz is part of the National Park Service’s Golden Gate National Recreation Area. A ferry operated by a private company from Pier 33 is the only means to access the island. They run about every 30 minutes and you have to purchase fares for a specific departure time, but you can return whenever you’re ready.
That was a good thing as Trey and I became captivated by the island… its history and stories, and all the once hardened but now deteriorating skeletal structures juxtaposed amid beauty. (One only needs to look.)
We spent most of the day touring the former military outpost-then military prison-then federal penitentiary-now national treasure.
During our visit, Alcatraz was also serving as an art exhibit space. We were fortunate that our trip coincided with Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei’s exhibit @Large: Ai Weiwei on Alcatraz.
The installation exhibit filled two work rooms, and began with the wonderful, welcoming face of a giant, intricate paper dragon, its body comprising the full length of the room.
The contrast of vibrant colors against decaying prison walls was surreal. As were the Lego portraits and brave words of individuals imprisoned for voicing or acting upon their truths…
including Mr. Weiwei himself who at the time was being detained by the Chinese government.
The entire island is open for exploring and we spent as much time outside as we did inside the various cell blocks, industry/labor buildings, and administrative offices.
The NPS has done a great job (as always!) in telling and preserving Alcatraz’s stories, from its notorious prisoners and attempted breakouts to those of the families and children of guards that were also Alcatraz residents.
Recreation of cell used in notorious breakout and subject of the movie Escape From Alcatraz
We learned about the Native American 19-month (Nov 1969 – Jun 1971) occupation of the island. The cross-tribe participants (including the late Cherokee Chief Wilma Mankiller) claimed the island as their own citing an 1860’s treaty.
In reality, the takeover was an act of rebellion for past and ongoing injustices carried out by the U.S. Government against its native people. The civil disobedience effort was successful at calling attention to those injustices and their continued effects. We were happy to find that signs of the occupation are well preserved and protected as part of Alcatraz’s rich history.
San Francisco by Boat, Car, Bike, & Foot
BOAT Just before leaving Austin for this trek around the U.S., Trey and I struck up a conversation with a businessman at the downtown PF Chang’s bar. He was from San Francisco, so we quizzed him on what his #1 must-do-in-San Francisco recommendation was. “That’s simple!” he said. “You have to see San Francisco from the vantage point of its bay – sail out into the bay and under the Golden Gate Bridge.”
That’s exactly what we did on the “Privateer” through the San Francisco Sailing Company. The day was gorgeous, perfect for sailing! Plus, the unique views and perspectives we experienced were well worth the $60 ticket price.
We struck up a conversation with a couple sitting adjacent to us on the cozy sailboat and soon after regretted doing so. They were weirdly interested in us and toward the end of the trip, a bit too touchy and invading our personal spaces. We politely declined their invitation to join them at their home thinking that the boat’s sails were not the only thing they wanted to experience swinging that day. California!
The bay was beautiful though, and like our no-strings-attached friend at PF Chang’s, we highly recommend sailing around it to fully enjoy the San Francisco skyline and surrounding bridges and hills.
CAR Beginning in the late 1800’s and through World War II, the entrance to San Francisco Bay from the Pacific Ocean was deemed militarily vulnerable.
As such, a series of defense “batteries” were constructed along both the northern and southern shores. The remnants of these fortifications remain for intrigued tourists to explore. We selected the northern shore route because it allowed us to drive across the Golden Gate Bridge, a new experience for Trey.
Once across the bridge, we followed Conzelman Road that curved around the hills’ edges and offered amazing views of the bay, bridge, and city.
Stopping at Kirby Battery gave us a feel for what guarding America’s western gateway was like during World War II.
It’s easy to imagine diligent soldiers scouring the ocean’s horizon for enemy vessels and the skies for foreign aircraft while bunkered behind sixteen-inch barrel guns. The never used guns are long-gone, but the bunkers and other structures are open to climb about, picnic on, or find a peaceful moment while taking in the serene beauty.
Continuing on Conzelman Road until it dead ended, we turned left onto Field Road which leads to the steep ledge of Bonita Point. The tiny Bonita Point Lighthouse sits atop a rugged crag and is accessible via a wooden suspension bridge – a good challenge for those wanting to confront a fear of heights.
The ocean and bay views are spectacular, but we enjoyed the scenes below the most… sunbathing seals and ocean spray rising from waves crashing upon black rocky ledges.
Heading inland on Field Road, we made our final stop back in time at Nike Missile Site SF-88…
where we walked above ground among retired missiles and below ground where missiles were stored and readied for launch.
The site closed in the 1970’s and is well maintained by the NPS. Just as the old battery sites had done, this retired missile site provided a good sense of life at a cold war defense site.
BIKE From The Embarcadero’s Pier 39, it is about a 5.5 mile ride (one-way) across the Golden Gate. The route takes you along the beach, by gorgeous waterfront homes, and through Presidio to the Battery East Trail.
The climb up to the bridge is steep, but there are plenty of overlooks to stop, rest, and take in the changing scenery… another great way to enjoy the cityscape.
As we climbed we noticed a thick fog rolling in at a fury’s pace. It quickly engulfed the bridge and we wondered whether we’d be able to ride across the bridge, and if so… would we be able to see anything? By the time we huffed our way to bridge level and emerged from the trees there was no trace of fog, not a single remnant.
I understand that is how fog is in the bay area… it is an entity in itself, choosing to come and go, disrupt and displease at will.
The ride across the Golden Gate was thrilling. The rails are high enough and the path wide enough that we felt perfectly safe and comfortable crossing over and back on the 1.7 mile bridge.
Along with sailing around the bay, I consider bicycling across the Golden Gate as a San Francisco must-do!
FOOT We fell in love with San Francisco. It’s a very walkable city if you don’t mind hills. If you’d prefer to avoid hills then stick to the shoreline areas of Fisherman’s Wharf and the Embarcadero.
With loads of fabulous restaurants, shopping, boats, nightlife and wildlife, they contain essential elements of the quintessential San Francisco experience.
We also loved walking through Pacific Heights, China Town, and Telegraph Hill.
Golden Gate Park was on our itinerary, but the streets surrounding it were impassable due to an annual bluegrass festival. Next time!
San Francisco Food
Breakfast – To offset the expense of eating out, we started most days with a cheap but hearty breakfast from Ed’s Diner in South San Francisco.
They served an excellent version of Trey’s favorite, the traditional American breakfast. We would fill ourselves enough to skip lunch and then carry a snack bar and piece of fruit to make it to dinner.
Our one breakfast exception was Mama’s On Washington Square, a recommendation by my sister-in-law who grew up in San Francisco.
We were warned that it is small and there is always a crowd, so we arrived twenty minutes before its 8:00 a.m. opening time. That wasn’t early enough to keep us from waiting in line, but the owner-operated café knows their business and has perfected a system of getting people in the door, through an ordering line, seated, served, and back out the door with a full stomach and happy heart.
The freshness and quality of the food is tops! The menu is extensive so I felt a bit overwhelmed with being pressured to order quickly and not hold up the line. We also completely forgot to record or photograph what we ordered.
Dinner – This is it! My absolute favorite dish from our trip around the United States…
Crab Enchiladas from the Crab House at Pier 39. They were what I imagine eating in Heaven will be like. A melt in your mouth unique flavor, yet still enchilada tasting enough to be called an enchilada. The above photo is not an exaggeration, together the two enchiladas were the size of a Texas big-as-your-face burrito and I finished off each one then wiped the skillet clean.
Even Trey, who is not a shell food person, enjoyed the small bite I shared. He opted for the Fish & Chips, a very generous portion of perfectly fried and fluffy cod, served just as it should be.
R & G Lounge in Chinatown – Authentic, traditional Chinese. We Texans felt a little out of place and lost at first, but the servers were kind and helpful, and the food was excellent.
McCormick & Kuleto’s Seafood & Steaks, Ghirardelli Square – we failed to take a photo of our meals and neither of us recall the meal. We do, however, vividly remember the gorgeous bay views.
We watched swimmers doing their evening laps while the sun set behind the hills and turned sailboats into silhouettes.
Dessert was a Caramel Sea Salt Hot Fudge Sundae that we split from Ghirardelli Chocolate Factory.
Quaint Astoria sits on a peninsula barely east of where the Columbia River clashes with the Pacific Ocean. Outlined by Young’s Bay and River on its southern shoreline, with the mighty Columbia River comprising its north border.
Yes, water is the heart, soul, and breath of the community. Its sustenance, and existence.
Accessing Astoria from Washington State requires either a boat or crossing the massive Astoria-Megler Bridge, a cantilever through-truss design. As we drove the 4.1 miles across to Oregon, my thoughts turned to my sister. Many times, she had relayed her dizzying experience bicycling over the Columbia River while water rushed in one direction below and crisscrossing cars whizzed past her side. I was grateful to be inside the Escape Mobile.
Checking into our riverfront hotel just before sunset, we were greeted with an unrecognizable noise permeating throughout the lobby. Curiosity led us down a corridor and out a back door where the now recognizable barks overwhelmed our senses. Seals, hundreds of them, had taken over docks and landings sitting 150-ish yards away. Gladly, the barking did not disrupt our sleep.
With one full day to explore Astoria, we made the most of our time. First order was a must-visit to the Goondocks…
a row of Victorian houses made famous in the 1985 Goonies movie. While we easily found parking and walked up to the primary “Goonies’ House” to snap photos, increased tourist traffic and mishaps have since halted such practices.
Next, a walk around and up into the Astoria Column provided both a historical accounting and scenic overview of the area.
Styled after Rome’s Trajan Column (which Trey has since visited), its spiraling pictorials tell of the “discovery” of the Columbia River, Lewis and Clark’s expedition, and the arrival of John Jacob Astor’s merchant ship which was instrumental in establishing Astoria as a key outpost in North America’s fur trade, helping Astor to control much of that trade. How ironic, or perhaps “offensive’ is more fitting, that Astor’s descendants later dedicated the column as a memorial to the Chinook Indians.
The remainder of Astoria was explorable by bicycle via The Riverwalk…
a roughly 5-mile pathway following the Columbia River bank from the peninsula’s westernmost point, and turning into forested hills at the eastern end.
Along the way, The Riverwalk provides easy access to downtown shops and restaurants. Note, a trolley line follows much of the pathway.
During our bike ride, we enjoyed eating wild blackberries growing aside the pathway, watching the day’s catch being unloaded, the ever-present wildlife, and being entertained by Coast Guard drills while eating pizza.
Astoria is charming with a laid-back, fun vibe that balances well with the hard work and challenges that I imagine accompany living at the convergence of three rivers and an ocean. Also apparent was Astoria’s reliance on tourism.
Astoria Food experiences…
A bit of a foodie city, there were several on-budget options. Five stars to T Paul’s Supper Club for dinner, Street 14 Café for coffee and lunch, and the chain restaurant Pig N’ Pancake was a breakfast favorite for locals and tourists.
Fort Clatsop – Lewis and Clark National Historical Park
Fort Clatsop is just south of Astoria so we saved this historical site for the morning of our departure. The fort sits where the Lewis and Clark expedition settled in for winter, awaiting and planning for their return east.
All structures are replicas based on surviving journal entries. A footpath leads to the Lewis and Clark River and follows the shore 1-1/2 miles to Netul Landing (Netul is the river’s original name).
US Hwy 101 Coastline Drive – Part Two
Mesmerized with our first Oregon coast drive, we stretched the 2 hour and forty minute trip to Lincoln City into most of the day; stopping at numerous overlooks…
touring Tillamook Cheese Factory…
Tillamook’s exceptionally clean packaging area
and traipsing between homes to access a public beach…
Lovely day best expressed through photographs:
We arrived in Lincoln City at sunset, without hotel reservations, and famished. Trey had spotted Puerto Vallarta Mexican Restaurant as we entered town — best Tex-Mex fix since Pittsburgh, margaritas included of course.
Lincoln City’s Sailor Jack Inn stands out as one of our more memorable sleeping experiences; notable in a unique, funny, and lets-not-do-that-again way. It was a cheap motel with a million dollar view.
Slinking carefully into bed, we drifted to sleep easily to the sound of crashing waves. I’m sure the margaritas were helpful, too!
Woke the next morning to clear skies, and another Pig N’ Pancake breakfast fueled our bodies for the drive inland to Portland.
We departed Black Hills National Forest with the sunrise and via the infamous community of Deadwood, South Dakota.
Devils Tower National Monument, Wyoming
After breakfast wraps and coffee at Wild West Espresso in the also infamous ranching community of Sundance, Wyoming, we detoured 27 miles from Interstate 90 to Devil’s Tower, our nation’s first national monument under the Antiquities Act.
We were greeted by grazing buffalo and longhorns – sights we had not seen since leaving Texas.
We were officially in “The West” and it was exhilarating! That feeling was amplified at our first glance of the massive igneous rock protruding from the horizon – Devil’s Tower, or Bear Lodge, one of its many native names.
The tribes of the northern plains consider Devil’s Tower sacred and regularly conduct ceremonies or leave prayer clothes and offerings at its base. Visitors are reminded to respect and honor these traditions. As we strolled around the tower’s base on the Tower Trail, we sensed a hallowedness among the rocks and colorful cloths tied around tree limbs and branches. The feeling was no less, and perhaps greater, than the feelings we experienced within the great ornate basilicas we had visited.
This church however was formed from and by the earth, rises 867 feet above it, and hosts a diverse group of plant and animal species. Its great columns cling tightly together in their battle against the elements and gravity. That’s what it looked like to me anyway. Kiowa legend states that the rock had been sculpted by the claws of a great bear – it’s easy to see that, too.
We had heard from a ranger that golden eagles were in the area and we spotted one fly over and around the tower’s top a couple of times, but the eagle was too quick for us to snap a photo.
Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument, Montana
We arrived at the Little Bighorn battlefield as a park ranger began recounting the story of the U.S. Army’s 1876 effort to end the centuries old independence, cultures and customs of the northern plains’ native people.
Thousands of Lakota, Cheyenne and Arapaho had joined forces in a valley east of the Little Bighorn River where they outnumbered and overwhelmed General George Custer’s regiment of 262 men. It was one of the northern plains Indians last successful battles in preserving their identity. We had been starkly reminded of their eventual defeat while driving through the Northern Cheyenne and Crow reservations on our way to the battlefield.
The young ranger confidently relayed the battle scene while pointing out specific hills and slopes that laid out before him and the crowd that had gathered. He was Crow and a U.S. government employee.
Lacking the time for a guided tour, we walked along Battlefield Road and walking paths surrounded by tombstones that had been placed where bodies had been found.
Last Stand Hill and the Indian Memorial are easy walks from the visitor’s center.
We left the monument feeling somber and wishing we had been able to spend more time there.
As it was, we had two more hours left of the seven and half hour drive to Red Lodge, Montana.
This is a record of Trey & Martha's 2014 U.S. travel adventures


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Trash could go to Murfreesboro
If and when Cedar Ridge Landfill is closed, Middle Point Landfill at Walter Hill north of Murfreesboro is a possible destination for Marshall County residents' trash, according to a report delivered to county commissioners Monday night.
That scenario was outlined by Bill Griggs, a partner in the Murfreesboro-based engineering firm of Griggs & Maloney which was hired by Marshall County to research and report the alternatives here depending on what Waste Management Inc. might do in response to a permit decision by the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation.
Meanwhile, TDEC spokeswoman Meg Lockhart says department officials continue their technical review of the company's request for a permit to expand operations on the property that the company bought years ago from another landfill business.
County Solid Waste Director Morgan Thomas concurs.
"From everything I've heard; sometime this summer there will be a public hearing then there will be a decision" by the department, Thomas said Wednesday. "Unless something comes from the hearing the would cause them to re-examine something, then they'll make a decision pretty quickly after the hearing."
On Monday, Griggs told commissioners "If they (Waste Management) get the permit, they'll probably close in a year. It its approved, it's considered to be seven to eight more years" for the landfill's operations.
Unless some other option arises for Waste Management's Cedar Ridge Landfill just west of Lewisburg, local trash collections will eventually have to be hauled elsewhere and so Griggs made calculations with figures on population, the amount of trash generated and hauling costs.
On average, each resident of the county generates .69 tons of garbage each year, or about .38 pounds a day which is lower than the national average of .5- to .55 pounds per day, Griggs said, attributing the county's lower rate to recycling.
Griggs also calculated a distance beyond which it's more cost effective to build a trash transfer station, instead of hauling trash directly to a place where it could be deposited. That distance is 29 miles - the one-way distance for hauling trash from a central place in Marshall County to a destination for dumping.
Four nearby landfills were mentioned by Griggs to the commissioners.
The two with the lowest costs for the county are in Alabama. Comparable costs are $51.22 and $58.10 per ton at those two landfills, but they're not available to Marshall County because it's not in those jurisdictions' solid waste management plan.
That leaves two landfills: One is the Waste Management landfill in Camden, Tenn., where Griggs says the hauling costs would be $73 per ton, and; Middle Point Landfill in Rutherford County where the cost is $69 per ton.
Both landfills are more than 29 miles away, so the prospect of building a transfer station appears more likely, according to Griggs' presentation.
Transfer stations cost approximately $1.5 million, he said.
"If you go to another landfill, take bids to see if they will haul it for you," Griggs said. "And there are other transfer stations. One is in Columbia.," he said, again recommending bids on services related to use of transfer stations.
"If the landfill is going to close this year, you need to advertise now to get prices," he said.


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The United States has condemned what it is calling a "violent attack by a Serb mob" against NATO peacekeepers at a checkpoint in northern Kosovo.
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Serbia has refused to recognize Kosovo's 2008 declaration of independence from Serbia, while Kosovo's government has been trying to assert its authority in the minority Serbian north of the territory.
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GUWAHATI: Shakshi Baruah and Tanishqa Patar of Assam won the Girls U-16 Doubles title defeating their state-mate Justina Borgohain and Harshita Borah 6-3, 4-6, 10-3 in the final of the AITA CS Tennis championship held at Jorhat today.
In the Boys U-16 doubles final Promit Bordoloi of Assam and Ashish Parida of Odisha clinched the title beating Arunesh Bora and Andy Thaosen of Assam 6-1, 7-6(5).
Results of other matches: Boys U-16 singles semi final: Shahir Farhaz (AS) bt. Arunesh Bora (AS) 6-0, 6-1, Jeet Dutta (AS) bt. Promit Bordoloi (AS) 6-1, 7-6 (4).

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August 9, 2022 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
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The Appleton Museum of Art’s virtual book club meets once a month on Zoom to discuss works of nonfiction that have been hand selected by Appleton staff. This meeting will discuss “You Must Change Your Life: The Story of Rainer Maria Rilke and Auguste Rodin” by Rachel Corbett.
Led by Museum Educator Hollis Mutch, the book club is open to everyone. Buy or borrow the book and read at your own pace. Register for the Appleton Book Club meeting here on Eventbrite. Login details for the Zoom session will be sent in your confirmation email.
About this book: The extraordinary story of one of the most fruitful friendships in modern arts and letters.
Rainer Maria Rilke’s Letters to a Young Poet is one of the most beloved books of the twentieth century. It has sold millions of copies and inspired generations with its galvanizing wisdom on how to lead an artistic life. In You Must Change Your Life, debut author Rachel Corbett tells the remarkable, long-buried story of where Rilke’s ideas originated.
In 1902, Rilke, broke and suffering from writer’s block, accepted a commission to go to Paris to research and write a short book about the sculptor Auguste Rodin. The two were almost polar opposites: Rodin in his sixties, notoriously carnal, revered; Rilke in his twenties, delicate, unknown. Nonetheless, they fell into an instantaneous friendship and would work closely together as master and disciple for the next few years, as Rodin showed Rilke how to become the writer he wished to be.
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You Must Change Your Life is a vibrant portrait of Rilke and Rodin’s singular friendship, heartbreaking rift, and moving reconciliation, and it is a testament to the ways their work continues to reverberate to this day.


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