I have had some time to think about my experience in Canada after falling and injuring myself and thus ending up in the emergency room at the Port Hardy Primary Health Care Center. There is always that talk about the difference between American and Canadian health care and I had a chance to experience it…
744. That is how many clicks I have had on my last post, She Died Doing What I Love, since July 14th. I have been blogging since January 6th of 2016 and I have published 185 posts in that time. None of them even come close to having that kind of response. The closest is…
I got home late last yesterday from a hike. Nothing special about that. Except this hike was with my sister Kristen, her sister-in-law Molly and my niece Meaghan and we were hiking on the trail to Sauk Mountain to look for the belongings of their mother-in-law and nana who fell to her death on July 11, 2017…
I started writing this post from the 16th story of a hotel in downtown Tacoma with a view of the Puget Sound peeking out beyond other tall buildings in the distance on Tuesday. I did some urban hiking to get there; riding for 3 hours on public transportation 62 miles from home to attend a training. A training…
Last week I had yet another one of those moments when I was not happy with how I look. My few extra pounds. That my clothes don’t fit like I want them to. I was hard on myself for eating way too many snacks and not running enough stairs. And then I reminded myself that I climb…
As I sit down tonight to get tomorrow’s Friday Faves and blog newsletter together and start writing on Day 4 of my Spring Break Road Trip, I came to the realization that “hiking season” is here. I know what you are thinking, isn’t it always hiking season with me? True, it is. But this is the time…