The fierce wind blows down the mountain at Eldora, Colorado, across the frozen water of Peterson Lake and makes the Forester sway in its parking spot. Logic tells me that once we cross the road and enter the tree cover, the wind’s power will lessen, as will our risk of hypothermia. Logic also suggests that […]
Our finals days in Tanzania were spent in the Serengeti National Park. This beautiful space has been fully preserved since 1951 (and partially so in earlier efforts by the British government). The park is so special because it, and surrounding protected game areas, are home to the 1.2 million wildebeest who migrate annually through it. […]
Here are a few more photos from Tanzania:
The Ngorongoro Crater is “the world’s largest inactive, intact, and unfilled volcanic caldera,” according to the journal Biological Conservation. The crater was created when a large volcano exploded and collapsed on itself two or three million years ago. I recently visited Volcanoes National Park in Hawai’i and it’s hard to imagine a spewing, roiling crater […]
I try to read for pleasure every day, but that doesn’t always happen. Life and TV (on the Internet) usually get in the way. I also try to plan a Reading Day once a month. On Reading Day, I do not exercise or attempt to try an elaborate new recipe. I do not write or […]
I wake on Tuesday morning early. Like 4:30 a.m. That’s too early to try to get up, so I listen to old episodes of the podcast “Too Beautiful to Live,” and wait for my alarm to go off. The group is meeting at 7 a.m. to go on a morning safari in Lake Manyara National […]
I hate cooking. Now that I have the flexible job when it comes to time and locale, I have to defer to Richard’s job. That means, I have to do the cooking. I hate cooking. Here’s an example of how much I hate cooking: on the nights that Richard is not around for me to […]
Our arrival, and my first impressions of Tanzania, were hazy with fatigue, but the excitement of being in a new country (and continent) kept me awake through it all. We were met at the Kilomanjaro International Airport by our guide, David Bygott, a wonderful gentleman with decades of experience in and love for Tanzania. Unfortunately, […]
I am leaving for Tanzania tomorrow. I am very excited for the 10-day tour and the glimpse it will provide into the culture of this unique place. In preparation for my trip, I was prescribed a malaria prophylaxis to be taken two weeks prior to departure, throughout our travels and for a few weeks after. While […]
Richard and I will start our Pacific Crest Trail thru-hike attempt in just over two months. See you soon, April 17! To be perfectly honest, I had not given much thought to the exact date we would begin. I knew it would fall into place as we got closer to April, finished buying all the […]