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A Quiet Mountain Getaway in Fairplay, Colorado
We get to run away to the mountains today! We got up at a reasonable hour, made coffee, slurped up some cereal, finished throwing our stuff in the car, and off we went. The drive was fairly uneventful, and we… Continue reading
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Exploring Castro Marim, Tavira & Armona Island: A Day in Eastern Algarve
It was supposed to be raining today… Yuck. We had decided since the weather wasn’t going to be stellar, we would drive almost to Spain and check out some salt flats where there might be flamingos. I can’t believe I… Continue reading
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A Slice of Real Life: Racing Collegiate Peaks
Occasionally, Matt and I do something OTHER than travel all over the place. You see, Matt is a mountain biker, and I’m a trail runner. Every now and again, we’re fortunate enough that an event offers races in both disciplines.… Continue reading
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Lake Humantay: A Glacial Jewel in the Andes
Ahhhh, a decent night of sleep! Finally! And Matt woke up, having slept all night too, not having to run to the bathroom… He seems to be feeling better. We didn’t jump out of bed super early, but we headed… Continue reading
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Our Peru Adventure Continues: Awe-Struck by Machu Picchu
Ugh. Apparently I can’t sleep at altitude for shit. And there were people in and out of the hotel at all hours of the night – I guess we’ll be the ones doing that next week, so I can’t complain… Continue reading
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Chillin’ Out in Rincón!
We talked last night about what we wanted to do the next couple of days. We (okay, I) had twenty million ideas of what to do and where to go, but as we thought about it, we realized we’re tired… Continue reading
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Sailing School Ends and the rest of Florida
I’m laying here, on the trampoline at the front of the catamaran, and my only thought is, “it just doesn’t get any better than this.” Today started out fairly early. I made some coffee and hung out outside to watch… Continue reading
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Sailing School Begins
WE LEAVE FOR OUR SAILING CLASS TODAY!!! I slept til almost 7:00 this morning, which was nice… Then coffee, breakfast, and a whole lot of not much. Figuring out what else we needed to pack, how else we could stuff… Continue reading
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Flagstaff and the Grand Canyon
The morning after the race, we got to sit and drink good coffee that Kris brought and chat and rehash with Renee. We packed and cleaned everything up and headed out by about 10:00 am. Kris and Renee had a hellish… Continue reading
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More Moab – More Scrambling and Race Day!
After the almost-running-out-of-gas fiasco, we went back to the hostel and chilled out for a bit in our room, then found a 1.6 mile hike that was 8 minutes away. What the hell, we went for it. Such a cool… Continue reading
