Technically my sixth, as I missed SBST V with a torn achilles. BUT IT WAS AWESOME, AS ALWAYS, so that’s what we’re going to focus on here. Y’all, Oregon has been gatekeeping, and I’m pretty sure it’s to protect the powder stashes. Mt. Bachelor is one of the biggest mountains in the US, with INCREDIBLE…
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Keeping You Posted: The Hanging Toiletry Bag
SUAVE MARI MAGNO
“It is a delightful thing, while the great sea rages, to watch from the land another struggling with the waves: not because this is in itself a delight; yet it is a delight to watch calamities from which you feel yourself safe. So to look on a battle from some safe point of view. But nothing is more delightful than, from some serene stronghold of knowledge, to look down upon the wanderings and errors of other men, and their efforts after mere wealth and power, rather than knowledge and a quiet mind.” The first words of the opening of the second book of the Latin poet Lucretius, De Rerum Nalura. We found these words on the wall of a cantina called Tropico 56 in Merida, Mexico, where the driver we hired for the day on the recommendation of a man we met outside of a bathroom who said I look like I spoke English used to be the manager, en…
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Happy Juneteenth. Here’s my text summary: It’s the “ending” day of slavery in the US … after the Civil War and Emancipation Proclamation, Texas ? still didn’t free slaves until June 19 a couple years later so that’s when it’s celebrated. More and more companies are recognizing the day as a way to celebrate Black…
Solo Camping in Padre Island National Seashore
Newly obsessed with Padre Island National Seashore, the longest barrier island in the world and basically the wild west of beach camping. You drive on the beach, find a nice dune, and camp. The end. It’s awesome. (For real, that’s just about it. The NPS website isn’t much more informative, because there isn’t much more…
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Willamette. A bed and breakfast better than any hostel. 7 friends. A minivan named the SS Meatstick. Bonfires. A BBQ barn and the greatest Italian bistro. Happy chicken tenders and dump buckets, still not beer. My 35th birthday trip was the most perfect. Worlds collided, friends came together, and amazing times were had by all.…