thoughts, tales and travels
Will I be able to climb the 800 steps to the Great Wall? I wonder this as I slowly climb up the steps to Eugene’s Skinner Butte. Should I bring a hairdryer or more underwear? Probably the hairdryer. I can use it to help dry the underwear when I...
Eugene to Seattle: Delta 6855 Saturday, September 29, 11:17 am Seattle to Shanghai: Delta 589 Sunday, September 30, 7:15 pm Looks like we’ll be losing a day somewhere during our 13 hour flight! At least we’ll be arriving at “night,” so we’ll be able (theoretically) to get a good night’s...
We’ve been watching a recent PBS called Expeditions Unknown which features some recent discoveries in the Guatemalan biosphere reserve. We visited the reserve along with many other Mayan sites on our tour in March 2016, although they were only beginning to talk about El Mirador then. It’s really exciting to see...