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Paris: Early morning Departure\u2026<\/h5>\n


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The city is still asleep\u2026<\/strong><\/h6>\n


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9 December 2021:<\/strong> Left the neighborhood in the darkness of early morning, the city still asleep. It was a strange goodbye to a favorite place and though I am unsure when I will be back, I hope it will be soon — “au revoir Paris!”\u2026<\/p>\n

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Paris: A Hint of Nature in the Urban Space\u2026<\/h5>\n


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


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7 December 2021:<\/strong> The rough-hewn edges of the urban spaces leave little room for nature, but along the canal a few trees still shed their last autumn leaves, and one seemed to pose on the pave waiting to be noticed\u2026<\/p>\n

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


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A bit of street art adds color to a grey day\u2026<\/strong><\/h6>\n


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6 December 2021:<\/strong> Took a favorite walk down to the Canal St. Martin and passed some good street art en route. I think the vibrant colors are extra welcome in contrast to the city’s winter grey tones, and I look forward to the unexpected surprises hidden in plain sight as I make my way through the urban landscape \u2026<\/p>\n

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Paris: A View on the Seine\u2026<\/h5>\n


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A look down the river\u2026<\/strong><\/h6>\n


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5 December 2021:<\/strong> Got out of the usual neighborhood today for a Kafka-esque day of frustration with the modern machine-based society where it is impossible to buy a ticket for a suburban train on a sunday because there are no humans working in the ticket office and the automated machine vendor does not accept a US credit card without a “code” and will not take cash. So back to the 10eme with a brief stop to change metro lines and a pretty view down onto the river from the elevated track \u2026<\/p>\n

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Paris: Rainy Day Street\u2026<\/h5>\n


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Typical winter weather in the city of light\u2026<\/strong><\/h6>\n


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1 December 2021:<\/strong> A little bit of rain on a grey winter day in Paris doesn’t change anything much for our neighborhood. The streets are still busy as folks are starting to prepare for the Christmas holiday. In the 10eme there is always some interesting street art to attract the eye and make us think\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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COMING UP SOON:<\/strong><\/p>\n


\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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