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Gripes from a grumpy GPS user

by Dave Pidgeon on February 18, 2010

This GPS user has had enough! Listing some frustrations with GPS devices and software.

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Marital Blitz: The Perils of Traveling While Married

by Dave Pidgeon on February 4, 2010

The wife and I are trying to plan a trip together. And the stress could kill us.

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TRAIL TUNES: Follow the storylines

by Dave Pidgeon on February 4, 2010

TRAIL TUNES ponders about what’s left to discover in the world.

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TRAIL TUNES: Sail away

by Dave Pidgeon on January 21, 2010

I’m no sailor. Wish I was. Born cursed with land legs and a stomach that doesn’t like waves, I get in a boat on even the most tranquil of lakes and find myself draped over the side trying to keep lunch down. I am, however, subject to the trade winds in my mind. When the [...]

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Let’s get wild

by Dave Pidgeon on January 12, 2010

Compass Points starts a conversation about whether America has true wilderness, or is it a state of mind?

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TRAIL TUNES: Imploring the winter gods

by Dave Pidgeon on January 7, 2010

The nation’s caught in a deep freeze to start 2010, which inspires today’s TRAIL TUNES.

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TRAIL TUNES: Change the climate change debate

by Dave Pidgeon on November 18, 2009

The current narrative about reversing global warming – or the planet will perish – is going in the wrong direction. A message about the daily fiscal benefits of living green is how environmentalists will win the political debate. Oh, and there’s a song and video at the end of this post. It’s Trail Tunes, after all.

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Everglades profiled by Beautiful Places

by davepidgeon on October 22, 2009

I come from where the rivers meet the sea That’s part of why I’m so wild and fancy free -Jimmy Buffett “Floridays” Among my lifelist trips is a kayak journey through Everglades National Park, the swampy and massive sponge of biodiversity in southwest Florida. I remember as a child boarding a small motor boat, the [...]

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Strangers until we meet

by davepidgeon on April 18, 2009

  We finally met Trent Hammond on Monday.   He stood knee deep in the green ocean, Costa Rican sun blazing down while he radiated California coolness. He wore sporty sunglasses, a gray ballcap turned backwards and an Adidas soccer jersey while a sharp, bearded chin contained a constant smile. He married his soul mate [...]

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