Disc Golfing in Paradise – Tonn’s Travels

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…

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A Quick Course in Alabama – Tonn’s Travels

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…

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What Next? – Tonn’s Travels

As I began to near 2,000 courses played, the goal I quietly had in my crosshairs since reaching 1,000 courses played in Inman, Kansas on February 27, 2017, I started…

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Vampires and Werewolves – Tonn’s Travels

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…

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2,000 Courses Played – Tonn’s Travels

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…

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Making My Way to Seattle – Tonn’s Travels

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…

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Bryant Park – Tonn’s Travels

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…

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Pleasant Surprises – Tonn’s Travels

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…

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Sasquatch Country – Tonn’s Travels

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…

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Putting Courses – Tonn’s Travels

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…

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Cline Falls Tonals – Tonn’s Travels

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…

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Azalea State Park – Tonn’s Travels

Work for Southwestern Oregon Community College brought me back South, DEEP into Curry County and into Brookings, Oregon for the next day and a half. So while I was in…

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No Hurry in Curry – Tonn’s Travels

2022 has been such a strange year. One of the best years of my life, and one of the worst, hardest years of my life at the same time. What…

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Oregon Dunes DGC – Tonn’s Travels

Today marks 67 days since I wound up in the Emergency Room in Kellogg, Idaho with what turned out to be a kidney stone...and I STILL have not passed that…

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Neskowin Creek RV Resort – Tonn’s Travels

After having about three hours to become familiar with my new office space as Director of the Small Business Development Center at Southwestern Oregon Community, College on Monday, I quick…

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Oregon State Hospital – Tonn’s Travels

After waking up this morning, my kidney stone was still talking to me. Saying: "Hey Derek, it's great hanging out with you! Can we be besties and spend lots of…

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Beginning a New Chapter – Tonn’s Travels

Today was the day. After nearly fifty-one years of calling Minnesota home in my life? Today was the day that I packed nearly all of my belongings and headed West.…

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Holy Wind, Batman! – Tonn’s Travels

Yesterday's weather forecast said that today might have hurricane-force winds. You know how news media seems to too-often sensationalize the news...in order to keep you glued to your TV (and…

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Lutheran Lakeside Camp – Tonn’s Travels

After not being able to sneak in any new courses played during my last ten days in Oregon (being without a vehicle), then after returning to Minnesota and spending the…

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Trojan Park – Tonn’s Travels

Today wound up being the last day I will have access to a vehicle on this current trip to Oregon. A LONG story that I won't bore any of you…

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