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“My sorrow, when she's here with me, thinks these dark days of autumn rain are beautiful as days can be; she loves the bare, the withered...

I’m from a small town in South Carolina - originally a farming community. So I have a fondness and affinity for small towns. This past...

This past week I drove up to Cottonwood, Idaho - about 4 1/2 hours from Boise. Cottonwood is a small town in the middle of nowhere on the...

Alaska is the 49th and largest state in the US. It is comprised of five regions: South Central, Southeast, Interior, North Slope and...

This past week I traveled back to Spokane, WA. It was weird going back someplace I’v already been - as the majority of my trips this year...

Unincorporated, meaning: not included as part of a whole; a territory not belonging to a particular country, town or area; a company not...

Just when I thought we were in the clear….smoke returned to Boise with a vengeance on Thursday, pushed into our valley from the Wapiti...

Idaho became a state in 1890 on July 3rd. It was spanned east to west by the Oregon trail and scouted by Lewis & Clark. But before it...

Spokane is located in eastern Washington along the Spokane River and by the Selkirk mountains. It’s 279 east of Seattle, 92 miles south...

Last week I went to Hawaii on vacation - specifically to the island of Oahu around Honolulu. This was my first trip to Hawaii ever. I...

When I originally found out I was moving to Boise, I did some research on what it was like. I was particularly interested in the summer...

Travel, like life, can be a roller coaster. And this past week had plenty of those. I had to fly to Cleveland for a training class. I...

“There are some places in life where you can only go alone. Embrace the beauty of your solo journey “ I’ve been reflecting a lot this...

My travels this past week have been close to home, both literally and figuratively. I had a colleague shadowing me for the week. First...

The last eight days have been a whirlwind with multiple trips to Oregon. It’s such a pretty state. I started with a rare direct flight...

My week started out with a five hour drive to Driggs, Idaho on the Wyoming border. I drove through lots of acres of scrub, hills and...

One of my favorite authors of Fantasy fiction is Patricia Briggs. I love her Mercy Thompson series. The heroine is a strong coyote...

Idaho is known as the gem state because 72 types of gems have been found here. Although it is most famous for the potatoes that grow well...