JulieLeung.com: a life told in tidepools

An exchange of letters between Lewis and Clark The film at the Fort Clatsop Visitor Center noted that Lewis and Clark treated each other as equals even though Lewis officially held higher rank than his partner. It was also said that the two leaders respected and cared for all of the Corp. Much has been […]

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For months, ever since we saw Ken Burns’ documentary on Lewis and Clark, I’ve wanted to take the girls to Fort Clatsop, where the Corp of Discovery wintered in 1805. The history and fun of the adventure appealed to me. The opportunity for hands-on and feet-on learning. Make it a family vacation. Tack it onto […]

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This weekend was the first time we have taken a family vacation using hotels and restaurants in four years. It is only our second family vacation like this. Calculations reveal that four years ago we were a family of three, our oldest and only daughter then barely two years old. A much different experience than […]

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Perhaps I should have taken it as a premonition that Robert Scoble posted a hotel horror story the weekend before our family vacation. I didn’t think twice about it though, just as I didn’t think twice about the hotel I had chosen…but I should have…. I didn’t think it would matter much where we stayed […]

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And a human skull too…mosaic tiles at the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry where we stopped for a rest…

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