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Author: Christina

50@50 – Mount St. Helens, WA

  |   Blog, Exploring

Since “Culture” reflects our beliefs, values and identities, events have a way of jarring our reality – instantly creating a collective cultural marker.  Each generation has these markers; some, like December 7, 1941, are so strong that its “memory” is handed down to those not...

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50@50 – Sisters 2, The Lakes, OR

  |   Blog, Exploring

In Central Oregon, ancient and dormant volcanoes dominate the horizon, and the churning rivers created in the troughs are the arteries of this dry climate. Another set of great hikes lie in the mountainous namesake of the town of Sisters.  The Three Sisters Wilderness boasts dozens...

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50@50 – Sisters, OR

  |   Blog, Exploring

Central Oregon is know for its rugged beauty, lush forests, teeming rivers and recreational activities. For a hiker like me, a trip to central Oregon is as awe inspiring as a child’s first glimpse of Cinderella’s castle.  This area is only about three hours drive...

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50@50 – The Rogue! OR

  |   Blog, Exploring

In 1846, Jesse Applegate began leading emigrants through Ashland via a southern route of the Oregon Trail.  For the group of farmers, Oregon represented the land of idyllic, pastoral opportunity.  A lush valley lies along the Rouge River, just west of Ashland.  Some stayed never...

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50@50 – Ashland OR

  |   Blog, Exploring

In my discussions of how land shapes culture and how culture in America reflects the landscape, I can’t help but start with Lewis and Clark.  Their diaries, stories and illustrations, were fueled by the artists who traveled with them and, afterward, sealed the 19th century...

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50@50 – Big Sur, CA: 2 Hikes

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The images of Big Sur are so iconic that one expects no surprises – like attending a performance of Beethoven’s ninth.  The joy of actually BEING there is discovering that the reality of its landscape is so much more expansive that the few pictures one...

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