Category: Travels
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HHN 34
Halloween Horror Nights 2025 John and I had a 2+ hour delay on our flight to Orlando for the last weekend of HHN34. It turned out that it was a staffing shortage at the control tower and not the remnants of Hurricane Melissa (how ironic if our trip had been ruined by a storm with…
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La Plata Peak – Colorado
Northwest Ridge Tuesday, July 8, 2025 La Plata Peak is the fifth tallest mountain in Colorado and is located in the Sawatch Range, not too far from Mt. Elbert. The weather forecast was ideal: no chance of rain/thunderstorms; in fact, there were no clouds in the sky, and it was a bluebird day. I thought…
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Huron Peak – Colorado
Northwest Slope Sunday, July 6, 2025 Oh my goodness, this was one of the prettiest hikes I’ve ever done. The forecast was perfect, so we slept in; no 4 AM wake-up for us! Actually, we went to bed not knowing if we were going to hike at all on this day because it would be…
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Mt. Elbert – Colorado
Northeast Ridge Saturday, July 5, 2025 Mt. Elbert is the highest mountain in Colorado at 14,438′. We hiked this with friends on a gorgeous Saturday with an ideal weather forecast. They stayed at Mt. Elbert campground; we had an hour-an-a-half drive, so we left at 4:30 AM to meet them at 6:00 AM. It was…
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Mt. Sherman – Colorado
Southwest Ridge July 4, 2025 This was a type-2 fun day… Mt. Sherman is part of the Mosquito Range in central-ish Colorado about 10 miles west of Fairplay. We decided on this mountain because we needed something relatively short and easy to get us acclimated to the altitude. Plus, we were hiking Mt. Elbert the…
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White Mountains, NH
Owl’s Head– via Black Pond “bushwhack,” up the slide and down Brutus bushwhack Owl’s Head is number 43/48 of the 4,000 footers in the white mountains of NH. It’s not a favorite of many; I can’t think of a single person. But, for those working on a list, ya gotta do it. Here’s one option…
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White Mountains, NH
Wildcat D, Wildcat, Carter Dome, South Carter, and Middle Carter Saturday, June 21, 2025 Finally, a nice Saturday in New Hampshire! John and I wanted these five mountains but didn’t want to take two cars to spot, ride our bikes on Route 16, try to hitchhike, or do a 3-mile road walk. Instead, I dropped…
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Seattle
From its location on the water, to the view of Mt. Rainier on a clear day, to the cultural activities and progressiveness, I fell in love with Seattle. If it wasn’t for the climate in the winter, I would move there in a second. We rented a condominium right on 1st Avenue in the Belltown…
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Amazon Spheres, Chihuly Garden and GLass Museum, Elliot Bay Trail, fish throwing, Macrina Bakery, Miner's Landing, MoPop, Museum of Pop Culture, Needle, Pike Place Market, Seattle, Seattle Aquarium, Seattle Great Wheel, Some Random Bar, Sonic Bloom, Space, Taueria Cantina-Belltown, Uptown Espresso- Belltown, Uptown Espresso-Pier 70
Adventuring with Mel and John 