Medieval Fish Hatchery and the Italian Eiffel Tower
I have something in common with Pope Pius II: we are both impressed with big trout.
Read More Medieval Fish Hatchery and the Italian Eiffel TowerAuthor: Crystal M. Trulove
storyteller, thinker, worker, lover, student, mother, dreamer, achiever
Under the Etruscan Sun
This area was occupied by the Etruscans until their assimilation with Rome by 27 BCE.
Read More Under the Etruscan SunOstia Antica
Ostia Antica is an excellent opportunity to study what things must have been like in Rome.
Read More Ostia AnticaTravel and Arrival
We calculated that we had been awake (or poorly dozing here and there) for around 31 hours before we had access to a bed.
Read More Travel and ArrivalWe did the PTC!
The Belle Brigade is a relay team of walkers made up of women military veterans.
Read More We did the PTC!Graduation and other updates
I am so late in telling you, but Tara graduated from college!!! Yes, in June my kiddo received their Bachelor of Science in Geology. I am very very proud of my baby for sticking with it and doing all the work to make it happen in the end. It took six years and there is […]
Read More Graduation and other updatesGoat Lake and Jordan Basin
It was our last day and I pushed through the pain in my feet to keep going.
Read More Goat Lake and Jordan BasinSmoky Old Snowy
See that? No, you don’t, because of the smoke.
Read More Smoky Old SnowyPCT and Cispus Pass
On our second day we continued to climb in elevation and into the heart of the Goat Rocks Wilderness.
Read More PCT and Cispus PassReturn to the mountains
The trailhead is at about 4000 feet elevation and we climbed about 1700 feet that day in only 4.5 miles.
Read More Return to the mountains
Conscious Engagement 