I leave for Morocco in 1 month, which means it’s time to amp up the cardio training to get ready to hike Mt. Toubkal. It’s fall and the leaves are beginning to change, so Jen and I hit the road early to beat the crowds to the Skyline Drive in the Shenandoah’s. Driving further into …
Have you ever met someone who’d just been ‘rolfed?’ Well now you have. I’ve discovered my new favorite holistic approach to healing the body: ROLFING. Dr. Ida Rolf began the body alignment technique over 50 years ago. The process of rolfing re-organizes and re-shapes the body by releasing tension and changing the destructive effects of …
I’ve always had a guilty conscience when I buy and toss a plastic bottle of water, but it just got worse. Beverage Digest reported that U.S. consumers spent $16.8 billion on water in 2007. The report also stated that 60 million plastic bottles a day are sent to landfills, where they will sit decomposing for …
The summer harvest is drawing to a close and I’m feeling mighty pleased with myself for being so ‘green.’ I don’t mean jealous, either. What I do mean is ‘green’ in all the trendy ways – urban gardening, energy conservation, healthy eating, and exercising. Instead of getting in my car to drive to the grocery …
I always like to have a trip to look forward to; in fact, I think I’m outdoing even myself with the next one coming up in November: MOROCCO! It’s been ten years since I found myself with 4 complete strangers taking the ferry across the Mediterranean from Algeciras, Spain, to Tangier, Morocco. My college friend …
I’ve been back in DC two weeks now, and I was in desperate need of my outdoor fix. I headed straight for the Billy Goat Trail, the best little outdoor challenge nearby. Hiking along the rocky outcroppings next to the Potomac River is one of my favorite ways to combine being outside with my balance …
So long for now, Utah!
It was the last day of Sol’s Zion National Park Backpacking Trip (technically just outside of official park boundaries). The only thing worse than setting up camp in a rainstorm is breaking camp in a rainstorm. Don’t get me wrong, I was grateful to have made it through the night, but waking up to heavy …
Today was Saturday on our Zion National Park backpacking trip, and predictions of Sunday afternoon thunderstorms were weighing heavily on my mind. I decided to stage our last night of camping as close to the exit route as possible; if the rains came in early, at least we could make it off the river and …
The cameras were out like paparazzi today as we encountered one mind boggling overhang after another. We got lucky, ran into fewer patches of quicksand, and settled into a nice rhythm and flow of river walking. We rolled in to our sleeping quarters around 5 pm, hungry and getting tired. It wasn’t the Ritz Carlton …
