Who woulda thought that in late December the trails at Phils would be terrific and the trails in the desert would be sandy.

See ya out there Gregg!

– Richard Adler

This article appears in Jan 5-11, 2012.

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In reply to: In Search of a Silver Lining: You don't need snow to celebrate the solstice (Outdoors, 12/21):

by Intern, The Source - Bend, Oregon
January 4, 2012

<h1>In reply to: In Search of a Silver Lining: You don&apos;t need snow to celebrate the solstice (Outdoors, 12/21):</h1> <p class="byline">by Intern, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />January 4, 2012</p> <p>Who woulda thought that in late December the trails at Phils would be terrific and the trails in the desert would be sandy.</p> <p>See ya out there Gregg!</p> <p><em>- Richard Adler</em></p> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/opinion/in-reply-to-in-search-of-a-silver-lining-you-donandapost-need-snow-to-celebrate-the-solstice-outdoors-1221-2139796/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com&quot;&gt;The Source - Bend, Oregon&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cropped-Untitled-design-4.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;</p> &lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=17458&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://www.bendsource.com/opinion/in-reply-to-in-search-of-a-silver-lining-you-donandapost-need-snow-to-celebrate-the-solstice-outdoors-1221-2139796/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/bendsource.com/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;

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