Category: General
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My COVID Experience
It finally got us… or me. Fortunately, I was the only member of the family to catch it. We’re quite certain it was from a school event where a handful of parents tested positive and then a trickle of children and teachers the following weeks. I never got too sick aside from one night in
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It got me!
After dodging it for two years, COVID has entered our home. I’m the only one testing positive so far and we’re hoping it stays that way, but man, it’s out there! We know of ~7 friend cases around the US when it had previously never been more than 1 or 2. I’m isolated in our
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Snow Season Recap
Days on the mountain have been hard to come by for various obvious reasons the past few years, but this year I got five days in (assuming I’m done at t-minus two weeks until baby girl) and in pretty cool fashion so I figured it’d be worth sharing. Big ups to my massively pregnant wife
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Doing Less: Bike Team
As of the end of January, I am no longer on my bicycle team board. I served six functional years over the past five actual years; two initially as web and communications director, three as president, and one of those presidential years also as web and comms after a board member moved. Double duty with
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Rafting the Tieton
We finally got back on track with a rafting trip this year. We kept it “local” by visiting the Tieton just outside of Yakima with Wet Planet. The trip almost didn’t happen due to wildfires, as we were wearing masks just to breathe in town, but the skies miraculously cleared upon reaching the canyon. The
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Farewell, RAV4. Hello, Highlander!
My mom’s trusty 2001 RAV4 blew its transmission this summer. I let it sit a few months attempting some easy fixes and figuring out what to do next before listing it as-is on Craigslist. After a month or two, it sold for far more than any 20 year old car with 160k miles and no