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    After 900 miles on the PCT, 10 lessons I’ve learned
    bobwelch23
    • Oct 2, 2016
    • 4 min

    After 900 miles on the PCT, 10 lessons I’ve learned

    But having just ­finished another section — 217 miles from just north of the Columbia River to ­Snoqualmie Pass east of Seattle — to...
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    bobwelch23
    • Feb 12, 2014
    • 3 min

    Living a Yahtzee life

    They say if you want to make money in the writing business you find a niche and go to that place again and again. In other words, if the...
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    bobwelch23
    • Jun 1, 2012
    • 2 min

    Back to the woods and rivers

    On August 20, 1905, Oregon wilderness wanderer John Waldo wrote a journal entry from the east slope of Mount Jefferson. In it, he quoted...
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    New book came easier than ‘Nightingale’
    bobwelch23
    • Mar 20, 2012
    • 2 min

    New book came easier than ‘Nightingale’

    Ah, but some books come more easily. Last spring, in my post-Beachside Writers recovery week in Yachats, I read Laura Hillenbrand’s...
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    A pirate’s life for me: burying skeletons from the past
    bobwelch23
    • Jul 10, 2010
    • 4 min

    A pirate’s life for me: burying skeletons from the past

    “Remember to wrap the plastic around the candy before you bury the treasure,” my first mate suggested as, shovel in hand, I prepared to...
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    bobwelch23
    • Jun 13, 2010
    • 5 min

    Test your Oregon, Lane County history

    En route to Yachats Friday, I was reminded that Florence-to-Yachats on Highway 101 is my favorite 20-mile stretch of highway in the state...
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    Accidentally finding Walden Pond
    bobwelch23
    • May 16, 2010
    • 3 min

    Accidentally finding Walden Pond

    As with most trips, wife Sally and I experienced some low moments: having to pay $32 a day to park our rental car at our downtown hotel;...
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