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When Cheryl and I returned from the desert after Thanksgiving, we proceeded to begin our first real vacation in about 15 years. We’d had plenty of days attached to the weekends, like a Friday or a Monday, but our family...
Anonymous user
- Tue Jan 9, 2007 09:52:40 PST
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We had a great Thanksgiving here in town and decided to eat out, which meant no food preparation and no cleanup. All we had to do was put clothes on, drive a short distance to the eating establishment, some minor turkey carving...
Posted by rdtusmc
- Wed Nov 29, 2006 10:18:01 PST
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After my last column was edited and published, I realized that several loose ends needed to be tied up regarding the off-roading accident I referred to. Here are some of the details:
It was a dark and stormy night. Never mind, just...
Anonymous user
- Tue Oct 3, 2006 10:53:26 PDT
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Through five decades of camping with family and friends, I have developed a pre-camping questionnaire you may wish to use, discard or add to. Camping with other people can be a real test of friendship. Sometimes going camping with others...
Posted by rdtusmc
- Thu Aug 10, 2006 05:53:41 PDT
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It was with great anticipation that I began skimming the pages of the recently released 2006 edition of Kern Life, The Bakersfield Californian’s guide to living in Kern County.
After I raised so much Cain last year with their...
Posted by rdtusmc
- Sun Jul 30, 2006 16:09:08 PDT
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By Dick TaylorOutdoors ColumnistThe look on the face of a child who is experiencing a fun outdoor activity is one of those priceless things in life.We can create the environment for kids to have fun. Certainly times have changed from...
Posted by rdtusmc
- Sun Jul 16, 2006 15:07:04 PDT
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It’s that time of year again when our motorcycle club The Badgers, hosted their 37th annual Mother’ Day Cop-Out desert race near Ridgecrest May 13 &14. The Badgers is a family-oriented group of riders formed in...
Posted by rdtusmc
- Wed May 17, 2006 06:23:25 PDT
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I was determined to put aside some weekends for us to get out of town with our camper and enjoy the great outdoors that Cheryl and I are so passionate about.It’s not that we’re such social butterflies, but sometimes you just...
Anonymous user
- Wed May 3, 2006 06:51:21 PDT
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I was told some time ago that Southwest Bakersfield would be getting its own Voice publication, similar to what Northwest Bakersfield residents have been enjoying in the form of The Northwest Voice since May of 2004. I was fortunate...
Posted by rdtusmc
- Sun Mar 19, 2006 17:02:29 PST
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Cheryl and I are getting pretty well settled into our house after the move this summer. We’ve acquired way too much “shtuff” living in the same old house for 26 years. We gave some of that “shtuff” to charity, family and...
Anonymous user
- Tue Mar 7, 2006 15:06:08 PST
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As some of you may know, I take great pride in the fact that Cheryl and I raised our kids to be environmentally responsible while enjoying the beauty of our great outdoors on a dirt bike, quad or 4x4. And most all who also enjoy...
Anonymous user
- Tue Mar 7, 2006 14:59:16 PST
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As I was traveling by train with my wife, Cheryl, to visit my sister in Pleasant Hill in the Bay Area recently, I was reminded that Bakersfield is not the only Central Valley community with an insatiable appetite for houses –– an...
Anonymous user
- Tue Mar 7, 2006 14:46:11 PST
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