Sticking to the plan: a surprise twist

In my post “Rerouting course: weighing the options,” I share how a change in plans may necessitate revisiting and weighing the options available to us. And in the case of the upcoming vacation my husband and I planned, it showed up as an unexpected closure of a forest preserve — which ranked No. 1 on our…

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Rerouting course: weighing the options

Earlier this year, my husband booked a weeklong summer trip for two at a cabin nestled in the Northern Arizona mountains. With a forest preserve just yards from our front porch, we intended to take advantage of the cooler temperatures by hiking as much as possible. However, with the wild fires raging across the state…

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