Well, we’ve made it. We are in Innsbruck, outside on the street, enjoying a Margarita pizza, Rosé for me, and a tall Helles bier for Nathan. The weather is a marked improvement from Denver, where it has been raining and 60 degrees for the entire month of June. The journey started in the usual andContinue reading “An Unnecessary Frisking”
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We’d be better off in Seattle
We are all set for another hiking adventure in a few weeks. Our flights, hotels, luggage transfer, and even castle tours are all booked. We’ve been trying to get in longer and longer training hikes to condition our bodies and this is where Mother Nature is throwing a wrench in our plans. After a veryContinue reading “We’d be better off in Seattle”
There’s a man in the hole
Today is our last full day on Utila, and tomorrow we start the long journey home. We can’t dive, because you need a surface interval of 24 hours between diving and flying. So snorkeling it will be, except after our errands, of course. We needed to get a few things done, namely grabbing some cashContinue reading “There’s a man in the hole”
From tears to no fears!
Today was a good day. Bittersweet, because it is our last day of diving, but it was a good one. We got up at 5:45, which is the usual time for us if we have a morning dive. The dive shop asks us to be there by 7:15, and our prearranged tuk tuk arives atContinue reading “From tears to no fears!”
You ever seen a floating fridge?!
We signed up for a two tank dive this morning. We had no idea who else was going, so it was a bit of a leap of faith. We hopped out of our prearranged tuk tuk and started readying the boat and our gear. Miriam had an open water student, so we went with DeweyContinue reading “You ever seen a floating fridge?!”
I saw one!
We had dinner last night at Mister Buddha, the local sushi restaurant. I’m like a vegetarian who also eats bacon…I don’t eat sushi or sashimi, but I bend the rules for raw oysters. We had scoped the menu out beforehand, so we knew they had plenty of cooked sushi rolls, and also pad thai andContinue reading “I saw one!”
You can feel my emotion from my ding-dings!
We decided to walk to the close restaurant last night for dinner. Its pretty pricy, and their drink selection leaves a little to be desired. To be fair, I think part of the problem is us. We pick up things; drinks, dishes, customs, and try to reproduce them in other places. A lesser Antilles styleContinue reading “You can feel my emotion from my ding-dings!”
I’ve always wanted a moat
Today was not very eventful. I am very thankful to have basically slept through the night. We employed our host’s suggestion to sleep with the Bluetooth speaker on the headboard playing “brown noise”. It took some finagaling because Nathan’s free Spotify account plays commercials. We ponied up for the free month trial of the premiumContinue reading “I’ve always wanted a moat”
Tuk tuk chicken
I didn’t have high hopes for today. I did last night at dinner, but the 2 am bump and grind woke me again and I stuggled to get back to sleep. Without a good night’s sleep, I felt like I was setting myself up for failure. Not what I wanted. We got up at 5:45Continue reading “Tuk tuk chicken”
At this point, I’m a Deet and sunscreen layer cake
Today sucked. My anxiety got the upper hand and it bit me in the ass. It didn’t have to end up like that… I could have come out on top, and for that, I think we’re both a little ticked off. Let me start over. It had all the markings of a sunny day whenContinue reading “At this point, I’m a Deet and sunscreen layer cake”