Random Past Posts
Mt. Cook, New Zealand 2013 was my Year of Mountains! I hiked and/or biked them on four continents in Patagonia, Europe, Colorado, and here. Next year? Beach!! Pennies aren't lucky in New Zealand. In fact, so ill-fated is the New Zealand one cent piece that it's More...
Italy: Cinque Terre On Italy’s western Mediterranean coast -- way up north on the front and top of the “boot” – is an area called the Cinque Terre (“five lands”). It’s a series of five colorful little villages that have been hanging on More...
Leadville 100 Trail Run – A View from the Sidelines As a spectator watching the 30-hour Leadville Trail 100 Run last weekend, I watched the 4 a.m. pre-dawn start on Saturday, put in a very long day along the course, got a nice dinner and a full night's sleep, then More...
Panama Canal If you want to get a boat from the Pacific Ocean to the western Atlantic or Caribbean, you can brave the three-week trip around Cape Horn at the bottom of South America -- or you can spend one sunny day More...