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Book Review: Walden

  Okay. Admittedly I’ve read parts of this book, but never read it cover to cover. But, since we were going to Boston, and then Walden Pond for our next trip, I decided that I really needed to finish this book. So, I started a few months ago, and finished on the airplane ride into [...]

September 10th, 2011
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We’re going going to Monterey

With the 4th of July weekend, Bridget and I decided to extend our long weekend and relax on California’s Central Coast. The coastline’s scenery will provoke your deep thoughts as you fixate upon the waves crashing along the rocky coast. A view that only the central coast can offer.  Quite the site to see. We [...]

July 10th, 2011
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Reno-Tahoe Odyssey: Year 3

Where’s Walden struck again with another great year. Another year, another relay run around Tahoe, through Virginia City, and back to Reno. This year though I pulled the dreaded Leg 4 out of the hat, and I enjoyed the challenge. This series of runs is supposedly the hardest of the twelve. The first leg runs [...]

June 24th, 2011
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A Lonely Journey to Nevada’s Backcountry – Day 4

With the storm now that had passed and still on our spare tire, we woke early to continue back home. We needed two more stamps to be official from Fallon and Fernley, which we obviously passed on our travels out here. And so the travels continue… ————————————————————————————————————————————- From Nevada Travels, posted by Bridget Weaver Walden [...]

May 31st, 2011
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A Lonely Journey to Nevada’s Backcountry – Day 3

6am. I opened up the curtains to find the parking lot blanketed with three inches of snow. Grrr. Well, we’re not letting a little snow storm ruin our trip to the Lehman Caves. A quick stop to the store for a banana muffin, and we were off. ————————————————————————————————————————————- From Nevada Travels, posted by Bridget Weaver [...]

May 31st, 2011
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A Lonely Journey to Nevada’s Backcountry – Day 2

We woke up early as today was Dinosaur day. We grabbed some breakfast, and Lisa begged me to take her picture with a John Wayne cutout. And then we headed out towards Berlin. ————————————————————————————————————————————- From Nevada Travels, posted by Bridget Weaver Walden on 5/30/2011 (Showing 13 of 29 items) ————————————————————————————————————————————- Berlin Berlin is about a [...]

May 31st, 2011
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A Lonely Journey to Nevada’s Backcountry – Day 1

This Memorial Day Holiday we decided to take the Highway 50 challenge and become a survivor of the “loneliest highway.” This adventure includes five cities, and the adventures in between. We got a late start Friday, as Lisa and I waited for Bridget to get off work. But, regardless, we left that afternoon a bit [...]

May 31st, 2011
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Minions, Trails, and… where’s Bridget?

Bridget and I went down to the bay area with Ron, Chris, Nagisa, Jason, OB, Dustin, and Anya. Our first priority was to run Bay to Breakers as Minions, but I also wanted to run another half marathon in Oakland. And so our running weekend began… Saturday This Coastal Trails run started in Joaquin Miller [...]

May 27th, 2011
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Book Review: Investing for Dummies

I wanted to grab a book on investing since I know nothing about investing. I go cross-eyed when I hear about hedge funds and HSA accounts. So I decided to at least get a better understanding. I know what you’re thinking… this must have been a real page turner, every page a new adventure. Well… [...]

May 27th, 2011
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In Chicago for the AMA

I have been a board member for the AMA (American Marketing Association) for the past three years. This year I had the opportunity to fly to Chicago to learn more about the organization and the national chapters who were involved. The three day seminar didn’t leave much room to see the town, but I was [...]

May 9th, 2011
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