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Larry Peirce
Dec 12, 2021
The Power of Potluck
Posters went up in advance of the Thanksgiving potluck dinner. It was the first big indoor gathering in months, and we almost didn't go....
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Larry Peirce
Nov 18, 2021
First week in Florida
Spanish moss hangs from a tree along Lake Lochloosa, near Hawthorne on our trip south. We just stayed overnight but for future...
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Larry Peirce
Mar 6, 2021
Ice, cold come to the coast
Saturday, February 15 dawned to a layer of ice on the bayside grass, which would soon turn brown. Pelicans and gulls and other coastal...
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Larry Peirce
Dec 23, 2020
Late afternoon bayside show
A pelican lands on a channel marker of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway. Note: Just a few yards from our camper, we have the best place...
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Larry Peirce
Dec 4, 2020
After all, it's OUR December
Sunset on an early December day creates a changing scene across Estes Bay down the coast from Rockport, Texas in this panoramic photo....
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Larry Peirce
Nov 16, 2020
North Texas hideaway
Saturday's high was in the 80s, but Sunday morning reminded us of the change ahead, with northerly winds dropping the temperature to the 40s
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Larry Peirce
Jul 31, 2020
Stunning lake and sky scenes ease the workload
Mammatus clouds hang ominously over the Pactola Lake Campground on July 2. Fortunate for us, they didn't produce any large hail. They...
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Larry Peirce
Jun 17, 2020
Escape to the Wyoming border
Thunderheads build on the west side of the Black Hills on an early June morning. Sheridan Lake, Black Hills, South Dakota Editor’s note:...
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Larry Peirce
May 16, 2020
Ready or not, here they come
Whitetail deer have had the run of the campgrounds next to Sheridan Lake all winter. They'll move to more secluded areas once hundreds of...
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Larry Peirce
May 10, 2020
Happy Mother's Day from the hills
The spring grasses and flowers have yet to emerge on the shores of Sheridan Lake, named for the former town that was submerged when...
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Larry Peirce
Apr 23, 2020
Locked up at Las Cruces
NOTE: For this post, we travel back in time, before all the COVID-19 stuff began, when we just dealt with setbacks as they came along. At...
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Larry Peirce
Apr 12, 2020
Pandemic moments: Takeout, virus talk and a parade
A line of cars and pickups grew as people waited for their takeout orders at Paraiso Mexican Restaurant in Minneola. MINNEOLA, KANSAS...
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Larry Peirce
Apr 3, 2020
Spring in wide open spaces
The sun rises over a farmstead near Minneola that has been in Angie's family for decades. MINNEOLA, KANSAS It’s April 3 Finally, March,...
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Larry Peirce
Mar 25, 2020
Distancing, adjusting, hiking
A moss covered pile of fallen trees provides the only color just a few days into spring along a creek in Miami County, Kansas....
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Larry Peirce
Mar 17, 2020
Chasing a BIG ship by bike
The Saipem Constellation, a pipeline laying vessel, motors through the Corpus Christi Channel at Port Aransas. The ship is almost two...
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Larry Peirce
Feb 25, 2020
A chance encounter and a schedule to keep
In our 18 months of wandering, we’ve had a few of those cross-country drives, getting from point A to B with overnight stops, where we...
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Larry Peirce
Feb 9, 2020
Days by the bay
Hello from our campground on Estes Bay, about four miles west of Rockport. We chose this place because we could park about 50 feet from...
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Larry Peirce
Jan 27, 2020
Credit where credit is due
Welcome to the TQN blog. Larry here. Since I’m the writer in the family, you’ll soon find that most of the writing is mine. But let’s...
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