Reading Time: 7 minutesMy wife and I were finishing our freshman year of high school when Mount St. Helens erupted on May 18, 1980. She was in Maryland, and I was in New Jersey, but we both remember hearing about the eruption and seeing the devastation it left behind. Over the years, we
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Reading Time: 4 minutesAn earlier flight turned a Louisville business trip into an opportunity to explore. With a coastal storm threatening travel plans, I moved my flight to Friday, September 25, 2026, arriving a day earlier than originally planned. After I changed the flight, I searched Google for “fossils near Louisville.” That simple
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Reading Time: 5 minutesA conference brought me to Denver in June 2026, but arriving before the business portion of the trip gave me a chance to visit somewhere I’d long wanted to explore: Dinosaur Ridge. The plan sounded simple. Check into the hotel, unpack, take an Uber to Dinosaur Ridge, explore, and return
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Reading Time: 4 minutes“Want to go fossil hunting?” It was an unusual question to ask the owner of the company I work for while riding to our Nashville hotel, but he said yes! We flew in early to prepare for a conference, only to learn after landing that we couldn’t access the conference
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Reading Time: 6 minutesA business trip can offer more than meetings, airports, and hotel rooms. With some planning, it can also create an opportunity to hike a nearby trail, paddle, search for fossils where collecting is permitted, or explore somewhere you might never visit otherwise. I have added outdoor adventures to business trips
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