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Mike Vouri: Tribute to Russ Illig

Russ Illig, one our faithful volunteers from the 1990s and 2010s, passed away on December 11. He was 94. Russ Illig photo We came…

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Mike Vouri: Dancing the Night Away on San Juan Island

“Say Herman, you want to get a pair of those fine dancing pumps at the Blue Front store before the next dance? Like everything…

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Mike Vouri: On Hadrian’s Wall: Bowness-on-Solway

July 17 Bowness on Solway We made it. Our journey along the Hadrian’s Wall path ended at about noon, following a final push into…

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Mike Vouri: Along the River Eden and into the Marshlands

July 16 Easton - One night and five miles to go before reaching the end of the hike and a hut clinging to an…

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Mike Vouri: Lost Rain Gear, Reivers and the Bishop’s Curse

Another bright morning in Cumbria, this one enhanced by mixed aromas emanating from the kitchen and the stables below our window at the Lanercost…

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Mike Vouri: Lanercost Priory and the End of Masonry

When it was time to move on along the Hadrian’s Wall path from Gilsland, our host Jackie leashed her young black lab and escorted…

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Mike Vouri: On Hadrian’s Wall: Gods, Cows and Walltown

As we sat on a picnic table at the Cawfield Crags park, a little more than halfway along the Hadrian’s Wall path, I thought…

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Mike Vouri: On Hadrian’s Wall: Into the West

After a day of hiking and sightseeing along Hadrian’s Wall, Jerry and I sat on the lawn in front of the Vindolanda visitor center…

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Mike Vouri: On Hadrian’s Wall: The Hard (Best) Part

July 12 Once Brewed (Vindolanda) As I write this in our room at the Vallum Lodge, the sheep are bleating plaintively several pitches above…

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Mike Vouri: On Hadrian’s Wall: Bridge Over Ancient Waters

I swayed like a drunk engaged on a balance beam as I skirted thorny foliage encroaching on a narrow sidewalk that runs along England’s…

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Mike Vouri: Covid on the Wall

For me, the word “pandemic” was either from my grandfather’s stories or found in history books about events that have faded from living memory.…

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Mike Vouri: On Hadrian’s Wall: Romans Didn’t Need Smart Phones

Since Covid-19 struck last year we have become accustomed to virtual experiences such as museum tours, town council meetings, inaugural events and even the…

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Mike Vouri: On Hadrian’s Wall: A Hike Across England

There was a moment when hiking in northern England that I ascended a bare hillside fringed by conifers and flashed instantly to Mt. Finlayson…

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Mike Vouri: Scofflaws and Moonshine: San Juan’s Stormy Joint Occupation

O'Reilly's gone to Hell Since down the pole he fell. He drank up all the bug juice The whiskey man would sell. Oh, they…

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