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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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Tag: Rialto Beach

The Olympic Peninsula
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The Olympic Peninsula

Adventures continue with my friend Katherine from North Carolina. We headed out from the coffee kiosk at seven o’clock Wednesday … Continue reading The Olympic Peninsula

Flora & Fauna Friday
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Flora & Fauna Friday

Technically neither flora nor fauna, but nature! Each Olympic Peninsula beach is unique. Rialto’s superpower is colored stones. And I … Continue reading Flora & Fauna Friday

Wordless Wednesday
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Wordless Wednesday

Continue reading Wordless Wednesday

Adventure Log: Olympic National Park, Camping with the Littles
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Adventure Log: Olympic National Park, Camping with the Littles

I returned last week to a campground of my childhood, Mora, at Rialto Beach in the Olympic National Park. I … Continue reading Adventure Log: Olympic National Park, Camping with the Littles

Adventure Log: Pilgrimage to the Olympic Peninsula
Adventure Log

Adventure Log: Pilgrimage to the Olympic Peninsula

Adventure is not always to unfamiliar places, and the western edge of the Olympic Peninsula is one of the places … Continue reading Adventure Log: Pilgrimage to the Olympic Peninsula

Adventure Log: Camping 2018
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Adventure Log: Camping 2018

Dateline: July 23-16, 2018 Willaby Campground, Lake Quinault, Site 19 It’s an alternate plan after discovering the place I reserved … Continue reading Adventure Log: Camping 2018

Adventure Log: Rialto Beach
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Adventure Log: Rialto Beach

On the first full day of my camping trip at Lake Quinault, I head to the coast. It’s just 45 … Continue reading Adventure Log: Rialto Beach

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