It seemed, back in March, that the summer would never come. And now, summer is over, and I’m currently on…
Continue ReadingFrank Church Trip 2022 – Day 4
Once again, the morning was surprisingly warm. I thought that surely It would have been cold here; it’s always cold…
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The day I returned to work after my big backpacking trip in the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness, I rode my bike. This…
Continue ReadingFrank Church Trip 2022 – Day 3 Part 2
I knew that the direct approach would likely result in Ambrose hardening his determination not to go up to the…
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I can’t believe it’s the last day of August! What happened to the summer? There were so many trips I…
Continue ReadingFrank Church Trip 2022 – Day 3 Part 1
Today was going to be the longest day of hiking for us on the whole trip. We were going to hike…
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There’s going to be a preseason hockey game in Boise for the first time in many years. There was supposed…
Continue ReadingFrank Church Trip 2022 – Day 2
Wake up time for this trip was set to be 5:30 am, unless an exception were to be agreed upon…
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I spent a lot of my teenage years wishing I could just be happy. All the time, I felt sadness…
Continue ReadingFrank Church Trip 2022 – Day 1
Now, I can understand why Ambrose would want to call this day “zero.” We weren’t going to be hiking very…
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