by Scott Sady The Tahoe area has always been a breeding ground for winter Olympic athletes and this year at Sochi is no exception. We already have a South Lake Tahoe lady, Jamie Anderson with a gold and Squaw Valley’s Julia Mancuso steps it up for a bronze medal in her third straight Olympics as …
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by Scott and Monique part 3 of 3 The last leg of our journey had us leaving northern Oregon and heading to the Hoh Rain forest. This was a small, but scenic area. Mossy, yet hot and sunny while we were there. Not very rainforest-like at all. While the only real accessible parts of any …
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by Scott part 2 of 3 After leaving Jedediah Smith redwoods in northern California, we headed to the Oregon Coast. This was all new area to me, and in hindsight, we didn’t spend nearly enough time here. The Oregon coast is to me, an idealized, romanticized version of the California coast, only without the crowds, …
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by Scott part 1 of 3 My original plan was to head to Utah and Arizona and hike and photograph the slot canyons, but after finding most of the trails I was interested in limited to less than 15 people (and completely booked up) we decided to head to Olympic National Park in Washington state, …
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by Scott Sady While most folks were shining up the barbie and heading for the hills for the annual Labor Day weekend, I was fortunate enough to get a call from American Civil Constructors (ACC.) They do the shiny, grooved, brownish road surfaces that you see so much of in the Bay Area and along …
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