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Month: November 2012

  • Halverson Lakes Meander

    There’s a chilly breeze and the sun is low, but conditions smile just enough to be pleasant for this outing in the Snake River canyon with Ann’s brother Ryan and sister in law Danielle. A few birds appear as I’ve come to expect here: a red-tailed hawk tusseling with a raven, a prairie falcon dipping…

  • Snow Arrives

    It’s time to see how the mountains look after the recent storms! Ann and Alli snowshoe while I skin. There’s a couple of feet on the ground – a good start but still a little spare for snowboarding. Alli now understands that we consider it normal to wander aimlessly uphill in the snow just to…

  • IS Fair 2012: infOcalypse

    The quadrennial romp with my Institute of Sociometry cohorts was filled as always with unexpected twists and scads of irreverent and indigestible information. San Francisco was an inherent part of the experience, with scented air reminiscent of my teenage years, precipitous hills and even more precipitous neighborhood changes, and a whole city worth of people…

  • Election Evening Run

    It’s a quiet, deep-rose twilight in Reno. While votes are tallied around the nation I run up to the trailhead where Ann is returning from a hike, and we scare each other meeting in the dark.

  • Canyon Hills Discovery Hike

    A little map gazing revealed a promising-looking hike on the outskirts of Sparks. Alli, Megan, Ann, and I check it out on a superbly clear and warm Sunday afternoon and give it our approval. A little gunfire secures the Nevada charm. Mount Rose and Reno Meta Hiking Photo