Grew a goat on vacation, and what to my wondering eyes should appear?

My chin has gone grey. Just four years ago, the last time I grew it out, things looked quite a bit different:

Thought I’d post it for posterity because I just shaved it off. Can’t handle the sweat, heat, and itchiness.

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Back in the summer of 1990, freshly married, in limbo between college and seminary, we watched a film series on Sunday nights at Newberg Friends. It was Gary Smalley, as Tamara reminded me yesterday, talking about family relationships. What stood out to a bunch of us was that families should take camping trips. Why? Not [...]

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After 42 hours and 35 minutes of driving, and 2,214 miles, we’re back home. But I’m still officially on vacation, and I’m glad for that! We had an amazing time, full of scenic beauty, adventure, and crisis. I’ll probably blog about the crisis first, but for tonight, my goal was simply to break my radio [...]

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Having too much fun to blog…just a little bit of internet tonight before we leave in the morning for Yellowstone.
Glacier was unbelievable! By the numbers, rapidly:
7 cutthroat trout at Old Man Lake
6 mile hike (one way) to get to Old Man Lake with Talli and Hayley
5 rested Koskelas
4 days camping in Glacier (1 at Fish [...]

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