For the last twenty years or so, I have a personal tradition to always try to cross something off my “bucket list” on or as close to my birthday as possible. Past examples were jumping out of a perfectly good airplane, taking a rock climbing class, racing in a sailboat regatta (and winning!) This year, with the Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta falling on my birthday weekend, it seemed like the perfect year to cross off……the hot air balloon ride! Continue reading
After ten years of living in New York, I still miss it so badly it hurts sometimes. I have to remind myself that I was ready to go when September 11th happened. I had reached critical mass with the insane pace, the bleak, dark snowy winters, and the crowds on the daily commute. Or so I thought. Continue reading
It was a really rough day yesterday. I vowed to spend the entire day not turning on the television, not posting to Facebook, because I just don’t want to hear the sad tributes anymore.
Each year is the same. I wake up in the morning with a bright, fresh outlook, thinking I am ready to move on. Continue reading
It’s not all about hiking at Acadia. Even the most avid of hikers needs a break occasionally to shift the nurturing from the soul to that of the soles!
Nice flat ride along Eagle Lake
My favorite way to air out the hiking boots is to rent a bike for the day and ride Acadia’s carriage roads,45 miles of broken-stone roads built between 1913 and 1940 as a gift from John D. Rockefeller Jr. Continue reading
My absolute favorite thing to do in Acadia National Park is hike the over 150 miles of hiking trails. There are so many choices!
Typical intersection of multiple hiking trails
Did you ever give any thought to your “death row meal?” What would you request as your “special meal” on your last day just prior to execution? Continue reading
View from “Great Head” hiking trail
In as much as San Miguel de Allende in Mexico feels like my “home away from home,” it has mostly been a winter destination for me, celebrating Thanksgiving or New Years with family there in years past. But as for a favorite summer destination, Acadia National Park could certainly qualify as “my summer home.” Continue reading
What kind of freak climate collision brought 68 degree lows to Texas in mid-August? Who cares, I’m going CAMPING!
I recognized about mid-week that the upcoming cooling trend was a rare gift in the midst of Texas summer heat, offering a small window of opportunity to get my long overdue outdoor “fix.” Continue reading
Excited to be on a field trip to Canon del Sumidero!
After having spent several chilly, gray rainy days in succession in San Cristobal, I was overly excited at the promise that a lower altitude destination might hold. Just the prospect of having shorts and sandals on was enough to thrill me like a school kid on a field trip! The trip to Sumidero Canyon National Park delivered all that and MORE! Continue reading
“If everybody acted in a simple and human way, we’d all be saints.”
— Don Sergio Castro
What a full-on “gut check” it was to arrive at the “Museo de Trajes Regionales” at 5:00pm on a rainy night, expecting to tour a museum of indigenous clothing…which eventually happened. But not without a reality check first of how the 45 year old costume collection came to be…. Continue reading