Tag Archives: Explorers

National Treasure #106: Paul Landry

Posted on 06 March 2017 by Isabel Gibson

Explorer and hero. Continue reading →

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National Treasure #92: David Thompson

Posted on 01 February 2017 by Isabel Gibson

Canadian explorer. Well, explorer of what became Canada. Continue reading →

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Bollards in Astoria

Posted on 02 July 2015 by Isabel Gibson

A photo of rectangular granite bollards, set in an apparently infinitely receding series near the Astoria Column, complement reflections on historic Lewis and Clark landmarks and how nice it is to have dry feet. Oh yeah, and food. Continue reading →

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What It Is to Scale the Heights

Posted on 22 March 2015 by Isabel Gibson

Putting genteel Georgia behind us, we angle across rural northern Florida to the Gulf Coast and hang a right. And then we drive. And drive. Most of those two days in early January is spent on the who-knew-it-was-so-wide Florida panhandle, … Continue reading →

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