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Gretchen Staebler

Gretchen Staebler

I am a Pacific Northwest native transplanted to the southeast for 36 years. In 2012, I returned to my childhood home and fell in love with this corner of the country again. I am a grandmother, a storywriter, a teacher, an attention payer, a hiker, and a back roads wanderer.

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Gretchen Staebler

Gretchen Staebler

I am a Pacific Northwest native transplanted to the southeast for 36 years. In 2012, I returned to my childhood home and fell in love with this corner of the country again. I am a grandmother, a storywriter, a teacher, an attention payer, a hiker, and a back roads wanderer.

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“Story is the shortest distance to the human heart.”

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Adventure Log: Weldon Wagon Trail
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Adventure Log: Weldon Wagon Trail

Washington’s public state lands opened back up for day use on Tuesday. Except the ones that didn’t. My favorite hiking … Continue reading Adventure Log: Weldon Wagon Trail

For Times Such as These
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For Times Such as These

April 2, 2020 Pre・science /’preSH(ē)ǝns (noun): the fact of knowing something before it takes place; foreknowledge. I don’t claim to … Continue reading For Times Such as These

Adventure Log: Silver Star Mt./Ed’s Trail
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Adventure Log: Silver Star Mt./Ed’s Trail

Dateline: July 11, 2018 Help. Thanks. Wow! The prayer that is sufficient for everything is applicable for this hike in … Continue reading Adventure Log: Silver Star Mt./Ed’s Trail

(Mis-) Adventure Log: Sunrise Peak
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(Mis-) Adventure Log: Sunrise Peak

I had an uneasiness about Sunrise Peak in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest, that the last review on the Washington … Continue reading (Mis-) Adventure Log: Sunrise Peak

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Adventure Log: Spray Park
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Adventure Log: Spray Park

Now I understand why the ancient Jews’ name for God was the unpronounceable YHVH: sometimes there are no nouns big … Continue reading Adventure Log: Spray Park

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Flora & Fauna Friday

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Adventure Log: Boundary West, Mt. St. Helens
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Adventure Log: Boundary West, Mt. St. Helens

The day dawns yellow sun rising to cloudless blue. My destination sits at the end of the valley from my … Continue reading Adventure Log: Boundary West, Mt. St. Helens

Adventure Log: Lower Lena Lake
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Adventure Log: Lower Lena Lake

July 1, 2017 Trip latte in hand, I left town at 6:30 Friday morning and turned CuRVy toward the Olympic … Continue reading Adventure Log: Lower Lena Lake

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