SherriSep. 2 and 3: I am now settled into a charming loft on Yates Street in Victoria, British Columbia. It took a lot to get here from my home in Eugene, Oregon. Departing on Friday afternoon of Labor Day was not ideal, but it was what worked in mine and Michael’s schedule,
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SherriSep. 4: The loft is decidedly a noisy place on a holiday weekend. It wasn’t obvious at first, but if it wasn’t the noise carrying from the bar downstairs, it was the neighbors having a party. And when they settled down, the seagulls starting conversing loudly.
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SherriSep. 5: We had a bit of a groggy start to the day. I slept like a rock, but my body was running slow due to the shitty Chinese food from last night. Michael did not sleep well, due to the party in the alley and in the apartment next door.
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SherriSep. 6 and 7: I am back in Eugene now. It took the better part of the day to travel from Victoria to Eugene. But I will back track to yesterday morning. We had a whole other fun filled day in Victoria, so let me not brush over that.
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Sherri
Decisions, decisions!! But seriously though. . .
What sort of trip do I want?
Do I want to be taken care of by others or largely be on my own?
How do I want to interact with the place and the people?
What sort of experiences do I want to carve out for myself?
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SherriAug. 10: New York City is arguably the greatest place on earth. This assumes that you like cosmopolitan cities. And that you also are fond of outspoken and forthright people. And part of the reason why I am more than halfway willing to stand behind my statement that New York City is the greatest place on earth,
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SherriAug. 11: Even two days in NYC is not anywhere near enough. It’s a true statement even taking into account that I go there regularly so my accumulated NYC time is pretty substantial. Yet NYC, like Paris, is one of those places that people, including myself, keep going back to again and again and again.
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SherriJul. 23 and 24: Dan and I are absorbing the clean mountain air up at 8,500 feet in the northeastern corner of Oregon. Now that’s a long way from home, at least when using a car and not a plane to get here. Last autumn Dan mentioned that he got an email from Raz that the 2016 Wallowa Llamas schedule was released and it was right then that we picked the dates to go on a trek into Eagle Cap Wilderness.
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SherriJul. 25: We are on our second and last night at Pine Lakes. I certainly could drink in the scenery here for more days. However, I am fully accepting of the fact that we have more magnificent places to explore. So we are on the move.
This morning,
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SherriJul. 26: We are sitting in our new camp, a ways up the trail from Crater Lake in one of Raz’ hidden camp sites. I will tell you more about Raz’ camp sites in a moment. This one is not THE Crater Lake in Oregon, but a small lake deep in the Eagle Cap Wilderness that bears the same name.
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