Big Amazing World

23/01/2017

After a quick stop on my road trip in Venice I headed north to Cortina d’Ampezzo BL where I had lunch and figured out where to go on my trek. There are so many places to enjoy a hike and find lodging that it’s not worth it for me to explain where...

22/01/2017

Hiking, lunch, and new friends!

14/01/2017

The beautiful city of Rovinj, Croatia.

08/01/2017

Summit of Pichincha – a “small” volcano overlooking Quito. Old Town Quito Friendly people, thin air, and the acclimatization has begun as I site see and jog around the steep streets at 9,350 feet. First test: climbing Illinizia Sur – 17,267 feet...

06/01/2017

The welcoming committee.

01/11/2016

29/04/2016

Both Puebla and Mexico City are worth some time on your trip. Especially if you’re coming from 1,000 feet at home like I was…acclimatizing is important. It added an incredible amount of strain to attempt 18,000 + after just two...

27/04/2016

Blue Zones are areas in which there is a noticeable difference in how much longer people live. The Costa Rica Nicoya Peninsula is one of only five in the world. In 2004 a guy named Dan Buettner partnered with National Geographic and...

22/04/2016

We try not to use the phrase “trip of a lifetime”. It sounds too final as we plan to travel to as many places as we can, for as long as we can, hopefully for our “lifetime”. But if there is a trip that is close to our top experience thus far, it is..

21/04/2016

Maybe it was because we thought hikers were really cool and we just weren’t, who knows, but we’ve had friend after friend regale us with stories of how they hiked this or hiked that. We had never hiked, but always wanted to. It was...

30/03/2016

Lisbon Portugal isn’t really on anybody’s “must visit” list that we know of, but it should be. Recently we had a few extra vacation days and a few airline miles that were burning a hole in our pocket. We did our usual, scan of the Airlines and...