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Ronald Reagan Boyhood Home — Dixon, Illinois

Posted on June 13, 1996 by Roger

On our way home from Herbert Hoover National Historic Site, we saw a sign that said tractors wider than a certain width couldn’t use the road. Except it didn’t call them tractors. It called them “transported implements of husbandry,” which … Continue reading →

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Herbert Hoover National Historic Site, Iowa

Posted on June 13, 1996 by Roger

We took a day trip vacation to West Branch, Iowa to see the cabin where Herbert Hoover was born in 1874. It’s on its original site, and the National Park Service has restored and reconstructed several other homes and buildings … Continue reading →

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Animal #33 — Meadow Vole

Posted on May 11, 1996 by Roger

microtus pennsylvanicus May 11, 1996 — 3:00 pm Barrington, Illinois — Crabtree Nature Center As I walked through the meadow by the pine grove not far from Crabtree Lake, I heard a rustling in the grass. I stopped and looked … Continue reading →

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Reptile-Amphibian #8 — Snapping Turtle

Posted on May 11, 1996 by Roger

chelydra serpentina Saturday, May 11, 1996 — 12:30 pm Barrington, Illinois — Crabtree Nature Center I was birding when I spotted the first one lying motionlesslly on a log in Sulky Pond. When I came back three hours later, it hadn’t … Continue reading →

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Bird #350 — Harris’s Sparrow

Posted on May 10, 1996 by Roger

zonotrichia (from zone, girdle, and trichos, hair) querula (complaining) Friday, May 10, 1996 — 3:00 pm Wheaton, Illinois — Cantigny I was on here with a group from work. I had gotten advance notice that we were going to Cantigny. … Continue reading →

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