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A lot of mixed emotions today, as I got to spend my morning enjoying 27 more holes of disc golf, only to spend the afternoon meeting with a neurosurgeon in…

After approximately eighteen hours of meetings with colleagues in the Oregon Small Business Development Center Network the past two days, and after saying some quick goodbyes to several friends, I…

After spending the past eighteen hours presenting at a conference in Brookings, Oregon for work, I needed to make my way ~4.5 hours North to Eugene, Oregon for another work…

It had been FAR too long since I have had the chance to sneak off and play a little disc golf (in the midst of having two full-time jobs and…

This past week has been a whirlwind of activity! I needed to travel to Birmingham, Alabama for work, to attend a Rural Guided Pathways Project conference with the National Center…

Planets aligned for me this morning. My being stuck waiting for several sets of disc golf tee sign contacts to get back to me with feedback and approvals on their…

Over the past few years, I have participated in several lively conversations about what makes a place to play disc golf a "course." Specifically, how I have determined how many…

After reaching 2,000 courses played two days ago, and after enjoying our youngest daughters' performance at the 44th Western International Band Clinic in Seattle, we helped our daughter cross an…

Today was a day full of incredible emotions for me. A day forty-four years in the making. From the time Pastor Drew came to tiny Karmel Covenant Church in rural…

Today I needed to make my way up toward Seattle, to attend the 44th Western International Band Clinic event that my youngest daughter is participating in on Monday. So it…

After finishing up about an hour early today at the Oregon Manufacturers' Summit in Tigard, I thought I would try and get greedy and sneak in ONE MORE disc golf…

Today I was back on the road. This time for a half-day trip North to the suburbs of Portland, Oregon, to attend the Oregon Manufacturers' Summit in Tigard. After having…

After finishing up with two days of work at Vertical Horizons Treehouse Paradise (such a fun experience), I mercifully headed for home today. Getting a few days of having only…

Today was a day I had been looking forward to for months. A chance to experience luxury treehouse accommodations at Vertical Horizons Treehouse Paradise near Cave Junction, Oregon. Such an…

Today I made my way from Redmond, Oregon down to a little Southeast of Cave Junction, Oregon. And since today was primarily just a travel day, I was able to…

Our Oregon SBDC Directors Fall Conference at Eagle Crest Resort finished about an hour earlier than had been planned this afternoon. So I decided I had time to sneak in…

After settling in and attending our first day of meetings at our Oregon Small Business Development Center Directors Fall Conference at Eagle Crest Resort in Redmond, I quick hustled a…

Today was the day I embarked upon my "heck week" (censored, ha) at work. Four hours of driving on Monday to a conference in Redmond, then four hours of driving…

This morning, I woke up on a mission. I was going to play McVay Rock State Park a little South of Brookings, Oregon. But I was also going to return…