Travel
Camping Destinations via Hike, Bike, or Bus
With car-free camping, adventure begins when you leave your front door. Here are 5 Spokane-area destinations to arrive by bike, bus, or hike.
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Last Dispatch from Iran
Harvesting mint on Damavand. // Photo Jon Snyder. Sunday was the day before we flew back home. We spent the day driving to Damavand Mountain, ...
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Planting Trees
Bijan and the Tehran cyclists at the tree planting. If you’ve ever seen Tehran traffic you know they put the hard in core. Photo Jon ...
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Gaining Elevation
Breakfast before hiking. Friday. A great day with Nasim and Jafar in the mountains north of Tehran. We saw some amazing rock climbers, including some ...
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Low Points and High Points
The ride back from the airport at 3AM. Thursday We arrive at our hotel a 3AM. I go to sleep with the help of Tylenol ...
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Persopolis Rocks
Tuesday May 13 In a book you can’t tell how big it is. It’s like 20 ancient archeological sites in one. Tombs, palaces, collumns, and ...
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In The Middle of Nowhere
Eating lunch at the old fort outside of Kashan. 5/8 Day 4 It is very hard to find the time to write and post entries. ...
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Live from Tehran, Day 1
Sign in window of leather goods store in North Tehran. Sign is turned sideways. It’s hard for me to get online and the connections are ...
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On Our Way To Tehran
This beauty is an Iranian 10K Rial note. Despite it’s elegant engraving and nice colors it’s only worth about one dollar. Right now Pam, Tom, ...
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