Author: David Berger
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Ouray!
Hooray for Ouray! Mountains above Telluride, Headed over the pass toward Ouray We were on our way from Telluride, up over those gorgeous mountains, and across the way to Ouray. Now to be fair we actually had to go out and around those mountains, but let me tell you – the view was worth every…
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Telluride, on the way to Ouray!
The Last time I reminisced, I was thinking of our drive up over Lizard Head pass, and down into the west fork of the Dolores. We’d passed through beautiful mountain meadows, and back down to the familiar, gorgeous beauty of the Dolores river valley and the McPhee reservoir. The next series of memories that came…
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West fork reflections
Good morning! It’s a beautiful bright day here, the first time the sun’s been out in a few days, which is fantastic! The rains have been welcome and have given us a verdant lush garden. The bright sunlight on the grass brought my mind back to my last post, and Lizard Head Pass. The sunlight…
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Headed up to Lizard Pass
Good evening folks, It’s good to get a chance to sit down and start writing. It’s been a while, so please excuse me as I brush off the dust, settle into the couch, and start typing. It was a cool morning, the rains having passed in the night. The strong scent of sage and brush-land,…
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Casa Cielo, Fishin, and a Sunset
There’s nothing quite like the quiet, still mornings you have when your body is adjusting to a whole new climate and atmosphere. The Jet lagged wake up call at 3am, and the still silence that you’ve been missing for the last week which permeates everything. It’s a great feeling, and I hadn’t realized just how…
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Headed to Colorado, the Drive to Cortez
Howdy folks! It’s been a few days since I had a chance to write, and by a few days I guess I mean weeks! Wow, time has really been flying. It’s been a crazy adjustment period as I’ve begun settling into my duties as PCVL and have started learning about Southern Province and Zambia. We’ll…
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On the road, our daytrip to Sedona:
It was a bright early morning, the sun just beginning to lighten the horizon. We’d already packed up the truck, and were just putting the finishing touches on everything as we gathered our gear and headed out into the dawn. It had been three days, back in the luxury and comforts of home and the…
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Visiting Home – the first three days
It’d been one heck of a flight, 38 hours of travel across nine time zones. I’d flown from Lusaka, to Johannesburg, connected to a Delta flight and made the 16 and a half hour trek across the Atlantic ocean to Atlanta, boarded another connection and popped over to Denver, and then I was on my…
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First night home
It’s a beautiful, enchanting evening in our back yard. I’m home for the first time in two and a half years. It’s been an amazing journey, an adventure that I’ll never forget. Two years, millions of memories, and overwhelming series of moments etched in time. Here I sit, nestled into a big yard chair as…
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Ringing Out – My last week as a PCV
In my last post I talked a little bit about how I had arranged my packing during my last week, and how I had used it to reinforce my commitment to returning to Zambia. I also spoke a little bit about the sequence of events that occurred that week. I ended up with my heading…