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Stories and advice from the road for digital nomads worldwide.

The Ark Saucer of Sauvie Island

The Ark Saucer of Sauvie Island

On a quiet stretch of Columbia River beach, an unexpected ark sends us to discover the life of the maverick inventor who built it.

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Shi Shi Beach Trail

Shi Shi Beach Trail

On a backpacking trip to the Olympic Peninsula's rugged Pacific coast, I explore four possible future scenarios for rural coastal areas.

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Jefferson Park Wilderness

Jefferson Park Wilderness

Thoughts on rough roads, carefree trails and backcountry science in Oregon's Jefferson Park.

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Crossing the Sixes River

Crossing the Sixes River

Hiking the Oregon Coast from Bandon to Port Orford: Snowy Plovers, hipsters and cops.

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Clatsop County Road Trip

Clatsop County Road Trip

On the Oregon coast, I write about my dearest subject: perpetual road travel.

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Portland: Bluegrass in Cascadia

Portland: Bluegrass in Cascadia

Notes on traveling to Portland, Oregon, laidback capital of Cascadia — before I moved there.

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Thunder on the Zumwalt Prairie

Thunder on the Zumwalt Prairie

Frozen rattlesnakes and wolf politics in the fabled setting of the Zumwalt Prairie.

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Balancing Clayoquot Sound

Balancing Clayoquot Sound

Notes from Tofino, Vancouver Island on the stunning and isolated Clayoquot Sound.

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Shades of the Hood River Valley

Shades of the Hood River Valley

Color and camouflage in nature, from the Hood River Valley area of Oregon.

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The Artist and the Whale Hunter

The Artist and the Whale Hunter

An interview with a native artist on the whaling controversies and life in Neah Bay.

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Umpqua Dunes Genesis

Umpqua Dunes Genesis

I travel to the Umpqua Dunes in pursuit of the answers of a mysterious stone tool.

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Foraging Nehalem Valley

Foraging Nehalem Valley

Glowing Mushrooms, deer-meat, stone and a Portland underworld of old ways.

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