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Seaside, Oregon
Sometimes when we go touring, it's important to remember that nature was...
Mon Mar 01, 2010 0 Comments
© 2010 Brian Davidson/Uncharted Staff Photographs by Brian DavidsonAs waves glide over the sand, tumbling over each other with the outgoing tide, seagulls shriek, children shout, and I pick my way through half-buried plastic bags and discarded cigarette butts peppering the beach at Seaside, Oregon. The man approaches.He carries a mesh bag in one hand and what looks like a posthole digger in the other. He walks on the wet sand, not too near whe... View this Story
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King of the Hammers
Uncharted Explorer aims to make his mark in the ruggedest of off-road ra...
Thu Feb 04, 2010 2 Comments
© 2010 Brian Davidson/UnchartedPhotographs by Kevin Gallaway, Thad Garner and Laney Cheney Guys like me don’t like driving over potholes. I hit one. I hear my poor Toyota pickup rattle, feel it buck, and I let fly with an ay-yi-yi or something else I don’t care to put in print.Guys like Cody Fuquay, they don’t mind the potholes. I’m sure he doesn’t annoy his passengers, or his fiancée, by purposely driving ove... View this Story
Stand Aside, Yukon Cornelius
Wahoooooo! Ashton sled dog race brings paws to adventureland.
Sat Feb 28, 2009 0 Comments
© 2009 Brian Davidson, Uncharted Staff It's an event that screams for nicknames.Lydia “Whistlin' Lyd” Hutchinson you'll meet in a moment. Right now, let's talk about Tud. “Tud” is the nickname. “Tud” Kent. He regularly ran the mail from Ashton, Idaho, to the Railroad Ranch in Island Park, Idaho, a journey of about thirty miles. In 1917, he and four others founded the American Dog Derby. He won t... View this Story
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Portland's Japanese Gardens
Finding Buddha is half the fun
Fri Feb 12, 2010 3 Comments
© 2010 Michelle Davidson/UnchartedPhotographs by Michelle Davidson While America’s South combats kudzu gone amuck thanks to ideal growing conditions and a lack of insect enemies to keep it in check, southeastern Idaho has its own small problem. The saying is, there are a hundred zucchini (courgettes, for my European friends) for every zucchini plant. The other saying is, don’t ever leave your door unlocked during harvest season, or you&... View this Story
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Shadow Run
A Midnight Run in Michigan's Al Sabo Preserve
Mon Feb 01, 2010 0 Comments
© 2010 UnchartedBy Joseph BurkheadA cool, humid darkness blanketed around me. In a jogging stride, I put a foot forward, but like everything around me it was swallowed up in a deep blackness, hiding my own foot as I pounce forward.  No telling what lay beneath either. I thought to myself, “When will my foot hit the ground? And when it does, what will it impact? Is the ground sloping up, or down? Is there a big log, or a puddle ... View this Story