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Macy’s and the Walnut Room

Posted on November 12, 2015 by Roger

Every year at Christmastime we visit downtown Chicago to see the decorations. One of our annual stops is the Walnut Room at Macy’s where a giant tree is set up in the middle of the dining room (a tradition left … Continue reading →

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Officer’s Row

Posted on November 5, 2015 by Roger

Fort Vancouver was a U.S. Army post from 1849 until 2011 when many of the barracks and other buildings became part of the National Park. In 1849, construction began on a row of houses on the ridge above the fort. … Continue reading →

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Bird #61c — Dark-Eyed Junco (Oregon)

Posted on November 5, 2015 by Roger

junco hyemalis thurberi Thursday, November 5, 2015 Fort Vancouver National Historic Site — Vancouver, Washington There is a large English-style garden in front of the Hudson’s Bay stockade in the National Park. As I walked along the path that led … Continue reading →

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Fort Vancouver National Historic Site

Posted on November 5, 2015 by Roger

Nothing particularly amazing ever happened at Fort Vancouver, but the site has had a long and varied history. I started my tour at the Pearson Air Museum, an old hangar for what used to be an Army air base — … Continue reading →

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Bird #472 — Cackling Goose

Posted on November 5, 2015 by Roger

branta (to burn) hutchinsii (named for Thomas Hutchins, 1790 English attache of the Hudson’s Bay Company) Thursday, February 5, 2015 Fort Vancouver National Historic Site — Vancouver, Washington In 2004, it was determined that the four smallest subspecies of the … Continue reading →

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