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Book Rated: The Light Pirate, by Lily Brooks-Dalton

2026-07-27 GOODREADS LOG

> SCANNING: The Light Pirate> AUTHOR_SIG: Lily Brooks-Dalton> SENTIMENT_Q: 80.0% POSITIVE> THEMATIC_VECTORS: SASQUATCH_APPEARANCES, CHEESE_DISTRIBUTION, NARRATIVE_STRUCTURE> LEXICAL_DENSITY: 45.93> MEMETIC_HAZARD: LOW

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Sunset down Rock Creek. We've been wading around since my wife got very into the idea of finding sapphires in the water, and has now found like 15. Not bad! I don't think we count as rockhounds yet, but "rock appreciators" perhaps.

2026-07-27 PIXELFED RELAY

A road lies next to a running river, with trees in silhouette as the sun sets in a cloudy sky. [Fuji X-T5 / Sigma 17-40 1.8]

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Lil' guys of Rock Creek. The pika were a wonderful surprise; we've been hoping to see one for years now, and now we find that they're a 10 minute walk from the guard station!

2026-07-25 PIXELFED RELAY

A little squirrel pokes its head up, its mouth filled with grass. [Fuji X-T5 / Tamron 18-300]

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Hearst Lake, tucked up behind Anaconda. Every time we roll through Anaconda we really like it – it seems like there's always something neat going on. The co-owner of the Pinter's Portal Hostel (itself very nice) was telling us about a couple new trails that've just been built coming off town, yet to formally open, so yet again we have a reason to go back!

2026-07-24 PIXELFED RELAY

Many rocks lie under the surface of a lake, with mountains and forest behind. [Fuji X-T5 / Tamron 18-300]

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Heading south down the back-side of the Pintlers. We're starting to get a lot of smoke from the fires in Eastern Washington.

2026-07-23 PIXELFED RELAY

A mountain range rises in the distance behind greenery and a rocky outcrop. [Fuji X-T5 / Tamron 18-300]

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And the bigger of the Twin Lakes! There was a horse camp on the other side of it... I was slightly jealous.

2026-07-22 PIXELFED RELAY

A large mountain looms behind the forest on the edge of a lake. [Fuji X-T5 / Tamron 18-300]

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Book Rated: Trail Work: Restoring the Paths and Stories of America's Public Lands, by Dillon Osleger

2026-07-21 GOODREADS LOG

Cover for Trail Work: Restoring the Paths and Stories of America's Public Lands

> SCANNING: Trail Work: Restoring the Paths and Stories of America's Public Lands> AUTHOR_SIG: Dillon Osleger> SENTIMENT_Q: 40.0% POSITIVE> THEMATIC_VECTORS: FUNKY_ROBOTS, CHEESE_DISTRIBUTION, LEXICAL_ANALYSIS> LEXICAL_DENSITY: 48.69> MEMETIC_HAZARD: LOW

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One of the Twin Lakes (perhaps "Lesser Twin"), north of Mount Evans.

2026-07-20 PIXELFED RELAY

A nice lake with rocky shore in the foreground, trees to either side, and blue skies above. [Fuji X-T5 / Tamron 18-300]

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I'm not sure I've ever seen skies as weird as we did at Birch Creek. These were all within a few minutes of each other – orange skies one way, deep blues another. And later, lightning rolled through that we listened to on the radio.

2026-07-20 PIXELFED RELAY

Orange skies over scrubby brushland. [Fuji X-T5 / Sigma 17-40 1.8]

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Book Rated: Children of Memory, by Adrian Tchaikovsky

2026-07-19 GOODREADS LOG

> SCANNING: Children of Memory> AUTHOR_SIG: Adrian Tchaikovsky> SENTIMENT_Q: 80.0% POSITIVE> THEMATIC_VECTORS: WORLD-BUILDING, ENTOMOLOGY, SPECIES_UPLIFT> LEXICAL_DENSITY: 52.92> MEMETIC_HAZARD: LOW

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Book Rated: The Light Pirate, by Lily Brooks-Dalton

Sunset down Rock Creek. We've been wading around since my wife got very into the idea of finding sapphires in the water, and has now found like 15. Not bad! I don't think we count as rockhounds yet, but "rock appreciators" perhaps.

Lil' guys of Rock Creek. The pika were a wonderful surprise; we've been hoping to see one for years now, and now we find that they're a 10 minute walk from the guard station!

Heading south down the back-side of the Pintlers. We're starting to get a lot of smoke from the fires in Eastern Washington.

And the bigger of the Twin Lakes! There was a horse camp on the other side of it... I was slightly jealous.

Book Rated: Trail Work: Restoring the Paths and Stories of America's Public Lands, by Dillon Osleger

One of the Twin Lakes (perhaps "Lesser Twin"), north of Mount Evans.

I'm not sure I've ever seen skies as *weird* as we did at Birch Creek. These were all within a few minutes of each other – orange skies one way, deep blues another. And later, lightning rolled through that we listened to on the radio.

Book Rated: Children of Memory, by Adrian Tchaikovsky

I'm not sure I've ever seen skies as weird as we did at Birch Creek. These were all within a few minutes of each other – orange skies one way, deep blues another. And later, lightning rolled through that we listened to on the radio.