{"id":12958,"date":"2022-11-28T22:19:04","date_gmt":"2022-11-28T22:19:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/usnomadstudio.com\/usnomads\/blog\/?page_id=12958"},"modified":"2022-11-29T15:20:33","modified_gmt":"2022-11-29T15:20:33","slug":"notes-from-the-road-16-30-november-2021","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/usnomadstudio.com\/usnomads\/blog\/?page_id=12958","title":{"rendered":"Notes From the Road — 16-30 November 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Paris: An Eternal City\u2026<\/h5>\n


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Around the 10eme\u2026<\/strong><\/h6>\n


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29 November 2021:<\/strong> “La plus ca change, la plus c’est la meme chose” — the familiar streets of familiar places. Landmarks that mean different things to different people. Paris goes on. Feels good to reconnect with some urban spaces again\u2026<\/p>\n

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Paris: A Favorite View\u2026<\/h5>\n


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Enjoying some quiet time\u2026<\/strong><\/h6>\n


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26 November 2021:<\/strong> Everything is more complicated here now because of Covid, but we are managing to spend some time together with friends and celebrate the holiday in our own way. A favorite view out the window across the rooftops of Paris never gets old \u2026<\/p>\n

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Paris: Back in the 10eme\u2026<\/h5>\n


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A stroll down the Faubourg St. Denis\u2026<\/strong><\/h6>\n


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25 November 2021:<\/strong> Back in my usual neighborhood, and everything is the same but different in the way it always is here in Paris. The streets are a bit less crowded, but not sure if it is due to Covid or the weather. The virus and the vaccine are top of mind here as the cases begin to rise again. But life goes on and we all try to make the best of our time together \u2026<\/p>\n

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NY to Paris: Crossing the Pond\u2026<\/h5>\n


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Back to Paris for the Thanksgiving holiday\u2026<\/strong><\/h6>\n


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21 November 2021:<\/strong> A transatlantic flight and a return to Paris for a few weeks to spend time with friends and celebrate the American holiday of Thanksgiving with a French twist. Flight was uneventful and Paris is always welcoming, even with all the Covid restrictions and increased tensions. Glad to be back in Europe for a little bit\u2026<\/p>\n

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\nReturn to Paris for a few weeks to connect with friends and favorite places, with a bit of urban exploration in between. Looking forward to familiar locales and fun times in the city of light once again…
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\nEvery Day Is a Clean Up Day<\/a> in 2021. Ladies Offroad Network<\/a> has partnered with TreadLightly!<\/a> to create a year-long program that encourages members to pick up trash on the trails whenever they are out off-roading. Participants simply pick up the trash, weigh it, take a photo, and log the location and time it took, then upload the details. At the end of the year there will be a series of prizes based on pounds of trash removed from the trails as well as participation in other TreadLightly! initiatives. This is a great way to do some good on a local level and make a larger impact via the national program…
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\nAdvanced sand dune training with Barlow Adventures<\/a> at the Imperial Sand Dunes in southern California. This three day driving and navigation program focuses on moving safely and effectively through large dunefields. Skills-building exercises are intended to improve pace, line choice and vehicle control, as well as developing precision map and compass navigation technique…
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\nTrail Guiding for the California 4-Wheel Drive Association’s second annual Death Valley Experience<\/a> fundraiser event running in March. Each day will feature a choice of runs to some famous, some infamous and some secretive points of interest within Death Valley National Park. The runs will depart from Furnace Creek and from Stovepipe Wells. Some of the points of interest we will visit during Death Valley Experience 2021 include Zabriskie Point (famous), Barker Ranch (infamous) and the Racetrack (learn the secret of the moving rocks). Other points of interest include Dante\u2019s View, 20 Mule Team Canyon, Artists\u2019 Drive, Chloride Cliffs, Aguereberry Point, Skidoo, Titus Canyon, and Darwin Falls. All of the trail runs are suitable for novice drivers and SUVs with high clearance and 4-wheel drive…
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\nStay tuned for a new kind of exciting adventure coming up in Summer 2022. Details will be released early next year…

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