July to Oct 2022 (returned around time of MVG funeral) extensive exploration & hiking Oregon coast to WA coastline Olympic NP (extensive hiking) & Cascades; thru Wenatchee to Hanford WA, to WA State U (Pullman WA) & across border to U of Idaho (Moscow ID) , over the hill thru hell's canyon, to Boise. from Boise back to CA 
