Category: travel
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Málaga – New Discovery in Spain!!!
Monday 7.6 miles, Tuesday, 10.2 miles Monday, March 31, W’s rental car pick up for their Valencia drive was just around the corner from me so we shared a café con leche together and he dropped me off at the Madrid airport – so special and convenient for me!! And I was able to give…
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Regreso al Sol
Return To The Sun – well sorta… Today is my first full day back in Spain, and it is gloriously sunny!! (And of course I left my sunglasses at home…) I am in Madrid connecting with mi hijo y su pareja (my son and his Significant Other). W & K have been in Spain since…
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Mission Santa Clara de Asís
Our last day on the California Missions Trail, Los Gatos to Santa Clara, Thursday, July 13, 2023 From author, Sandy Brown, in the introduction of his book, “Pilgrim Route, Hiking and Biking The California Missions Trail From Sonoma to San Diego.” (www.cicerone.co.uk): “The Early American Period (1848-1884): Gold Rush, Land Rush – And Genocide. In…
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What A Long, Long Day!!!
California Missions Trail, Scotts Valley to Los Gatos Wednesday, July 12, 2023 More from author, Sandy Brown, in the introduction of his book, “Pilgrim Route, Hiking and Biking The California Missions Trail From Sonoma to San Diego.” (www.cicerone.co.uk): “The 1821 Treaty of Córdoba officially confirmed Mexico’s separation from Spain, and Alta California, as California was…
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Santa Cruz to Scotts Valley Tuesday, July 11, 2023 California Missions Trail
A little bit more from author, Sandy Brown, in the introduction of his book, “Pilgrim Route, Hiking and Biking The California Missions Trail From Sonoma to San Diego.” (www.cicerone.co.uk): “After exploring up the California coast, in 1542 – although notably missing San Francisco Bay – Spanish explorer, Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo reported to the Spanish Crown…
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A New Adventure – The California Missions Trail, July 10-13, 2023,
The California Missions Trail stretches 800+ miles between California’s Spanish missions built (and moved and rebuilt, in many cases, due to fires and floods) over 200 years ago. There is much history, culture, and heartbreak in the unique stories behind all of the missions and their establishment by the Spanish or Franciscan priests and the…
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Troncones, Mexico
January, 2023 It has been raining a bit more than usual in the Pacific Northwest, and there has even been snow in the lowlands along some of the trails that I have been trekking upon with my Like Minded Women tribe. Soooo, my fantasizing of our upcoming (previously) annual trip to Mexico became an ongoing…
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Fall Recreation in the Pacific Northwest
I do believe that October is a great month in so many places around the world! It is for sure an incredible time in the Pacific Northwest!! It was stated on the news that our October temperatures were 10° higher than the historical average. I have more information gleaned in Italy that I’ll be sharing,…
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Time To Get Back To Creating Local Adventures!
Monday, September 24, 2022 What a far flung adventure I have had the good fortune to experience! The long days of warm sunshine seem a memory now as my European trip comes to a close. The sunrise today wasn’t even until 7:27 – and there was a question as to whether it would make an…
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More On Florence
Hello! I am back home in Washington State where the Beautiful fall weather continues with unusually high temperatures and where there is an electricity around the accomplishment of our Seattle Mariners who have made it into the Major League Baseball playoffs for the first time in TWENTY ONE YEARS!! What an Epic Journey I have…