Photo: Melanie w Sassolungo mtn view Fri Sep 11 We walked into town to get the Alpe Suisi cable car up the mountain and did a circuit over the plateau/Seiser Alm. Desiree and I pet a friendly horse

Photo: Dramatic Fermeda Towers Sat Sep 12 These couple of days in Ortisei have been grand. Two really nice day hikes with fabulous weather. Saturday we joined the throngs to go up the Seceda cable

Photo: St. Marks Basilica Sun Sep 13 We drove the easier way via more highways to Belluno and took the train to Venice. A fun vaporetto boat ride to our neighborhood. The Airbnb is lovely and the

Photo: Lagoon view w Gondolas Mon Sep 14 Love this neighborhood; it’s charming, typical windy streets and quiet. This morning we took it easy and had breakfast in the apartment. We headed off to an

Photo: Winding canal San Polo Tues Sep 15 Today we toured the Jewish Ghetto which was in our neighborhood. The guide took us through two rather elaborate synagogues. One was Levantine (Greek/Turkish)

Photo: View of Women's face in mountain Dyer Yeti and I stayed a couple of more nights in Dyer at the RV park. The managers were super friendly. On Sunday, Mother’s Day, Charlene brought us

Photo: Jac on summit of Last Chance Mtn It was very exciting times: I was going to do another section with Jac. This part of the trail crossed from Death Valley, CA into Nevada – fun to cross the

Photo: Salt Creek boardwalk This next section that Jac hiked was through the Black mountains and had several tricky pour offs to drop down. We watched her progress via the Garmin mini and she seemed

Photo: Amargosa River Gorge near China Date Ranch We spent several days at the RV park in Shoshone after arriving here from Baker. Jac was doing the section that would end along the Amargosa River.

Photo: Jac contemplates Wildhorse Mesa climb On Sunday April 19th, I hiked in a few miles into the section that had bedeviled me before…with Wild Horse Mesa. I had backtracked because I did not