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Tag Archives: family
Susquehanna Wild
[The following narrative reflects the culmination of my first week of June, a wild trip that began on local water and then moved north to include Vermont’s Battenkill and New Hampshire’s White Mountains for some outdoor exploration with my daughter. … Continue reading
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Tagged canoeing, family, fishing, hiking, nature, New Hampshire, Pine Creek, poetry, Slow Sea Rising, travel, Vermont, wilderness, writing
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Yellowstone Getaways
[Part 3 of a 4-part series that reflects a recent Rocky Mountain road trip with my daughter.] Sandhill cranes fed near the roadway to the geyser basins. We took a morning hike to Fairy Falls, a columnar drop of 197 … Continue reading
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Tagged birding, bison, caddis, camping, cutthroat, family, fishing, friendship, getaways, geysers, hiking, Madison River, nature, writing, Yellowstone Park
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Strange Fruit and Other Start-Ups
1. I had a couple of non-related flashbacks to the late 1980s. In the first one I recalled a winter night, trundling off to a movie at Alfred U., in which our four-month-old son experienced his first theater production. Woody … Continue reading
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Tagged Bananas, family, flashbacks, hiking, history, humor, literature, Lyman Run, nature, Slate Run, trout, Woody Allen, writing
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Transitions
Anticipating an August road trip out West, I recalled several earlier trips taken with my wife and kids– one trip just two years ago, and others, oh, way back… Perhaps the highlight of one westward transition occurred as we stopped … Continue reading
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Tagged ecology, exploring, family, Firehole, fishing, Gardner River, Greys River, nature, road trips, Sand & Sage, transitions, travel, Walt Franklin, writing, Yellowstone
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Halfway Lake
The small seven-acre lake was a good choice for a meeting of the clans. My son and his wife would drive north from Arlington, VA to meet us at Halfway Lake, a feature of Raymond B. Winter State Park in … Continue reading
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Tagged environment, family, fishing, Halfway Lake, hiking, natural history, nature, Rapid Run, social distance, travel, Winter State Park, writing
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Spring Creek Preview
The long cold winter had been wearing me down, so it was nice to spend a few days in the slightly warmer climate of Pennsylvania’s spring creek territory. Thanks to a gift from my son, Leighanne and I stayed at … Continue reading
Gone Feral
The joy of a holiday gathering for our family was clouded by the rapidly fading health of a long-time pet. Alfalfa, a loveable old housecat that resided at the Franklin residence for a dozen years, succumbed to an illness that … Continue reading
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Tagged animal tracks, bobcat, cycles, family, fishing, house cats, nature, pets, poetry, traditions, wild, winter, winter holidays, writing
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Simply Shenandoah
I spent a few days near Thanksgiving being grateful not only for friends, family and supporters but also for our National Park system, which includes Shenandoah, where I caught a break from premature winter in the Northlands. It was a … Continue reading
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Tagged environment, family, fly-fishing, hiking, holidays, nature, photography, Shenandoah, simplicity, travel, writing
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My Corner of Wyoming
Our return visit to Alpine, Wyoming was a good one. We joked about retiring to this village, if we could afford its balanced charm– its small size, the hub of three rivers, with fly shop, comfortable motel, saloons, and crazy … Continue reading
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Tagged cutthroats, family, fly-fishing, Greys River, hiking, national parks, nature, photography, Tetons, travel, wilderness, wildlife, Wyoming, Yellowstone
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