A defeated spirit takes longer to heal than muscles and bones. I have not really wanted to scale mountains since Kilimanjaro. I mean, I absolutely continued to do it anyway, like completing Half Dome last summer, but none of it… Continue Reading
Them: What are you going to do in New York? Me: I’ve been dying to visit the Oculus. Their eyes light up they think it’s related to Oculus VR when I jump back in… Me: No no not Oculus VR,… Continue Reading
While I was planning this adventure I figured as long as I was in Tanzania, I might as well check out a safari since I wasn’t sure if after Kilimanjaro I’d ever make my way back to Africa again. Another… Continue Reading
On the journey home I was texting with CB. Me: I can’t wait to see you when I get back. CB: Me too. I wonder if you’ve changed (because of this trip). As I type this, I still don’t have… Continue Reading
I don’t want to spend time doing something or anything, let’s just go digital. Someone said that to me recently, and I could not understand it. It seems like the world has become reliant on delivery and instant gratification with… Continue Reading
Him: What are you doing over the long weekend? Me: We’re going to listen to John Williams at the Hollywood Bowl, I’m so excited! Him: Sorry Jessica, I’m not that hip. I don’t know who John Williams is. Me: You… Continue Reading
Weekends are for trespas… I mean exploring the roads less traveled. Just when I thought I had done “all the things” in LA, on this recent trip we discovered the old Griffith Park Zoo. Griffith Park Zoo was a city-owned… Continue Reading
While camping along the PCT the other week, after pitching our tent with a couple slip knots, Steve taught me how to do a quick Alpine Butterfly Knot. I probably remember this one better than the knots I learned from… Continue Reading
I’m going to tell this story before the rest, just in case I never complete writing about the other days leading up to this one, because I don’t want to forget this day. Today on the agenda was having lunch… Continue Reading
Juxtaposed with my trip to New Zealand a couple years ago, getting ready for Vietnam was more of a blur. It was busy at work, the kind of busy where you don’t have time to make yourself dinner and where… Continue Reading