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Redwoods Trip II: Rogue River
June 2-3, 2024 | Photo Album We flew from Tulsa to Medford, Oregon by way of Denver. Our flights were easy and went well. The Rogue Valley International-Medford Airport is relatively small, with a 110,000 square foot terminal building that … Continue reading
Redwoods Trip I: The Plan
Wendy wanted to see the redwoods. So for our annual June vacation, I looked into returning to northernmost coastal California, where 18 years earlier I had walked among the tallest trees on Earth. There are actually three distinct redwood species: … Continue reading
Driving an $80,000 SUV
Wendy and I flew to southwestern Oregon in early June. We needed a rental vehicle I could drive over to the coast and down to the Redwoods in northwestern California, and when I went hunting online, the cheapest rental at … Continue reading
Tot Rods, Big Wheels, Sting-Rays, and Scorchers
Christmas 1969 brought me the first childhood vehicle I clearly recall: a Murray Tot Rod pedal car. I had a tricycle before it, and two different bicycles after it to round out my childhood vehicles before I got my first … Continue reading
Fragmentary Fisher-Price
Fisher-Price made toys that I know I loved despite infantile amnesia. Children generally cannot remember events from before the age of three and start remembering things consistently around the age of four. We adults can access fragment memories, which are … Continue reading
Meador Manor 