some summer adventures
I am feeling my dear mother’s pain with summer schedule coordination this summer. Phew! She is always coordinating and situating and trying to figure out the details when we meet…
One Day in Arches National Park
…and some of Canyonlands too! (Canyonlands neighbors Arches and it’s pretty do-able to visit both in a day, which I completely recommend, especially if you want to see MESA ARCH…
a little bit of Iceland eye-candy for the weekend
My friend had the opportunity to go to Iceland recently. Looking through her breathtaking pictures made me want to relive some of our own memories from when we lucked out…
Costa Rica a different world ago
I am working hard to catch up on life over here. And on the documenting of it. I’m working on my “March little things” post and realized I haven’t posted…
a day in the life of Wisconsin doctor visits
Ok, really “two days” in the life, but from the time we leave to the time we get back it really is close to 24 hours. We do these visits…
the Maasai Mara–a safari, part 2
Laikipia grew smaller and smaller as we took off in our tiny airplane on the grass landing strip. We landed in the Maasai Mara, greeted by two more Land Rovers…
Laikipia–a safari, part 1
I better get my act together and write about our adventures in Kenya this past summer now that I finally have this blog format that will show off the pictures…
the beauty of clean water, tribal names and goodbye — Uganda part 3
We spent one of our mornings in Uganda teaching safe water/health and hygiene in the shade of a big tree in a little village on the very outskirts of Mbale….
a day in the life in Uganda, and a daring repelling adventure — Uganda part 2
One of the favorite people we met in Uganda was our driver, Isma. He has so much light in his face, and it was fun to see where all that…