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Mellow New Year's in LG
January 31, 2016 - The afternoon we left Boise to drive to La Grande my cold started ramping up again, only this time it went full throttle...
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An Idaho Christmas
January 31, 2016 - Christmas 2015 was a "Merrick" Christmas. We arrived the Tuesday evening before Christmas and had the pleasure of spendi...
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Roma - Our Last Stop!
January 31, 2016 - It's only been seven months since we returned home from our epic vacation to Italy and I JUST finally finished sorting t...
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We love the Hardings
January 24, 2016 - Most years when we head home for Christmas, we take enough time off to do the full loop to both Oregon and Idaho and see...
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Christmas Festivities
January 24, 2016 - We somehow managed to pack all of our California Christmas traditions into the first 10 days of December. It made for a...
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A Montana Thanksgiving
January 22, 2016 - With the Pfaffenbachs visit to La Grande over Thanksgiving to meet Gus and with Patrick's call schedule for work, we and...
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Meeting Gus
January 22, 2016 - On Saturday, November 7, Gus Lee Thomas Pfaffenbach joined the Kalemba family. Due to some unexpected circumstances, Lee...
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Spoiled...
January 19, 2016 - Lee and I were super fortunate to have my parents come visit for nearly two weeks this last fall. We love it when they c...
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Stanford 2015 Football Season (more catch up)
January 19, 2016 - Every other year the Stanford football home season is pretty solid. 2015 was one of the good years - we hosted Oregon, U...
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Our Week in Sardegna - Part 2
January 10, 2016 - Because of my little mix up with the boating outings, we ended up having our two boat trips back to back. On Tuesday, Ju...
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Our Week in Sardegna - Part 1
January 10, 2016 - Once we completed the AV1, we traded in the trails of the Dolomites for the beaches of Sardegna. We found a house in Por...
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Day Nine of the AV1 - Malga Pramper to Forno di Zoldo
January 10, 2016 - Day nine was bittersweet. We looked forward to a clean set of clothes and an opportunity to rest our weary feet from the...
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Day Eight of the AV1 - Brutto Carestiato to Malga Pramper
January 10, 2016 - Day eight was our last full day and night on the AV1. It was so hard to believe that our time was coming to an end. Our...
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Day Seven of the AV1 - Tissi to Brutto Carestiato
January 10, 2016 - Day seven started bright and early, which both had its pros and cons. Pro because I wanted out of that bunk room and hor...
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Day Six of the AV1 - Passo Staulanza to Tissi
December 25, 2015 - The day we hiked from Passo Staulanza to Tissi was another one of our favorite days, despite the blazing heat. Once we g...
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Day Five of the AV1 - Cinque Torri to Passo Staulanza
December 25, 2015 - July 6, day five, was the longest and hardest day of the entire hike. Fortunately for us, we awoke very well rested and...
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Day Four of the AV1 - Lagozuoi to Cinque Torri
December 25, 2015 - We had heard sunrise at Lagozuoi was amazing (it was the primary reason why we stayed there) and so we started our day a...
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Day Three of the AV1 - Lavarella to Lagozuoi
December 23, 2015 - Day three was one of our favorite days on the Alta Via 1. We hiked from Lavarella to Lagozuoi. It was one of our longer...
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Day Two of the AV1 - Fodara Vedla to Lavarella
December 23, 2015 - Our first morning on the AV1 was stunning (July 3); clear blue sky and lots of sunshine in a gorgeous valley. Even thoug...
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Day One of the AV1 - Lago di Braies to Fodara Vedla
November 15, 2015 - July 2 was the start to an incredible nine days of hiking in the Dolomites. We had strategically planned to begin our hi...
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Cortina: Katie's 40th Birthday Trip - Post 2
November 15, 2015 - From Venice, we caught a bus to Cortina d'Ampezzo. A fancy ski town in the Dolomites, it reminds me of Vail (only more q...
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Venice! Katie's 40th Birthday Trip - Post 1
November 01, 2015 - I started dreading turning 40 just days after my 39th birthday. I know that everyone dreads turning another decade older...
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Backyard Transformation
October 31, 2015 - Over the last two months Lee and I have spent every daylight, dusk and even dark minute before 10pm working out in the y...
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Backyard Makeover
September 08, 2015 - This last spring we spent a lovely weekend outdoors at a friend's house and came home enthusiastic about redoing our bac...
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Yosemite!
June 20, 2015 - Back in my single days I would plan a trip to Yosemite every spring. While we have been successful at getting to Yosemit...
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Southern Utah
June 12, 2015 - During our last visit with the Hardings (around Christmas) we decided that our next visit needed to be in the great outd...
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Crazy Month of May!
May 31, 2015 - The month of May has been a blur! I’m not quite sure where it has disappeared to. I can’t believe it will be June tomorr...
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Beginner's Luck
May 31, 2015 - Whitney, our sister-in-law came out to California for the first time as part of a certification course the weekend of Le...
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Lee's Birthday
May 29, 2015 - One of our only weekends in town this last month (May) was Lee’s birthday weekend. I think it ended up being a pretty fu...
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Cole & Aubrey's Sealing Weekend
April 08, 2015 - Last year on March 28, Cole and Aubrey were married. This year on April 3, they were sealed together for eternity. There...
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Trdelnik
April 08, 2015 - This time last year we were in Prague and couldn't get enough of the street food. Our favorite thing was Trdelnik, an Ea...
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East Bay Hiking
March 31, 2015 - We have some ambitious hiking plans in the works for this summer and so we've been trying to get out and get a few miles...
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Alcatraz
March 13, 2015 - Last weekend we joined the throngs of San Francisco tourists and had a great time. Our first stop was Pier 33 where we c...
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Aziza
February 16, 2015 - When my parents asked us what we wanted for Christmas this year, we said "experiences". They surprised us with gift cert...
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Legoland!
February 08, 2015 - Lee's brother and his family spent several days of the last week in San Diego for a trade show. When Legoland was on the...
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Perks of Hanging Around
January 27, 2015 - We're mixing it up a bit this year and are actually choosing to stay close to home (more or less) at the beginning of th...
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