Best of the 2020 Pandemic Road Trip

 Best of the 2020 Pandemic Road Trip

We really weren’t sure if taking a long road trip during the pandemic was a good idea. We reasoned we could be careful… wear our masks and social distance. We’d avoid crowds of people as much as possible. We’d be in the great outdoors for much of the time… biking, hiking and camping. We were pandemic-weary like most folks and needed a break from the tedium of being home. After all, we’re nomads at heart and we need to be on the move.

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The Long Way Home – Back to Las Vegas

 The Long Way Home – Back to Las Vegas

Ending our 2020 Pandemic Road Trip has been difficult to do. We’ve been out and about on the road for nearly three months, in the national forests, biking rail-trails, hiking… enjoying the freedom, relaxation and time together that road trips promise and deliver. But, it was time to return to our home base. Rushing, however, is not in our vocabulary. We’re slow travelers and reckoned we had a couple of weeks to wend our back the ~1,000 miles to Las Vegas.

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Blue View - 10 Observations from Behind the Mask

Blue View -  10 Observations from Behind the Mask

he blog I had planned for today was to be a riveting story about a couple of mining disasters that took place in the Silver Valley area of Idaho. As exciting and interesting as that sounds, I thought that with the wild fires, hurricanes, pandemic, political landscape, rioting and whatever other disasters that may yet befall us all, maybe something lighter might be better. So, as disappointed as I’m sure everyone will be, I thought I’d talk about life behind the mask instead. Here are ten observations I’ve made:

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