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Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.
April 28, 2008
I was born and raised on the other side of the country, in Massachusetts, but it was a childhood where the West was never too far away. My dad wanted us to experience the rugged beauty and wide-open grandeur of the western states, so summer vacations often meant packing up our camping gear and....