“What’s your child’s name?”
“Lachlan. It means lake land.”
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Talking directly to Lachlan, “Did you see the city lights?”
Lachlan gurgle-urgles.
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“Lights”
“Your child can see the city of lights above the rock and that all I’m going to say”
We traveled by train to arrive in the tourist town of Zermatt. We quickly realized the peaceful countryside was well behind us. We don’t mind because we want a few days to relax before we chalk. I felt like my sore throat is gone but my cold is in…
After the crazy adventures on the previous day, we decided to set out for an easier hike and change our plans. We ate breakfast and slowly drug ourselves towards the trail. We were hopeful and were pleasantly surprised that the trail as so much better on the way down.
Unfortunately…
We almost died today.
Not at the same time, but both individually. Jessi slid down the ice first. I slid later on in a different place. Today was the scariest day in a long time because we were completely overwhelmed and overcommitted to a route that was bad, then worse,…
We spent some time on the bay after the sleep abroad. There is very good food there and we had yummy pad Thai! It is an interesting and busy spot. I was surprised by all the tattoo shops. There are many stray cats too, unlike the mainland that has…
Backpacking in Yosemite was incredible enough.