From Athens we drive to Corinth, turn South to Argos, then follow the sea shore all the way to Leonidio. There are countless serpentine turns to navigate the coastline. It takes us about 4 hours and the last hour is in darkness. We arrive at the Red Rock Cafeteria and use their free WiFi to… Continue reading Leonidio
In the beginning there was Chaos. (That’s the dude’s name; get it? Greek mythology is a lesson in vocabulary, and Stephen Fry’s book Mythos drives this point home in a very entertaining way.) From chaos a plan emerged for our trip to Greece. We board an airplane a little before midnight and ask Uranus (the… Continue reading Athens
We are traveling in Greece for almost three weeks. It will be mostly a climbing trip (Leonidio and Kalymnos), but with some diving and tourism on rest days. Here is how we prepare to live large on a small budget. Step 1: Planning I’ve wanted to go to Kalymnos ever since I started climbing. Friends… Continue reading Trip Planning: Greece
Buck-N-Horse Campground in Groton, New Hampshire has been our base camp for two months. In that time we’ve explored miles and miles of trails that are accessible directly from camp. Trail terrain varies greatly, from dirt roads to grassy logging trails to rocky forest paths. The trails loop over and around the mountain so there… Continue reading Trail Riding in New Hampshire
This Summer has been very wet, which is bad news for rock climbers and great news for fungi. On our various hikes and rides we saw dozens of varieties of mushroom. Here’s a sampling: Some are poisonous, some are delicious; it may be difficult to know which is which. We only ate chicken-of-the-woods and black trumpets,… Continue reading Mushroom for Improvement
Thick fog blankets the river valley. The sun is just barely up and it struggles to light the landscape. I’m trotting along a sandy tractor road that snakes through fields planted in potatoes, corn, and sunflowers. The farmer in me admires the soil tilth in this flood plain, imagining the beautiful crops that will soon… Continue reading Endurance Racing in Maine
“The nicest thing about the rain is that it always stops. Eventually.” -Eeyore We are all getting a bit bored and stir-crazy with the rain keeping us more or less, indoors all week. We humans have lots of things to occupy our time. However, I feel bad for Mackenzie since she is alone in camp… Continue reading Rain, Rain, Go Away
We’ve spent the last week settling into our new lifestyle. Honestly, it feels more like a vacation because of the July 4th holiday and all the activity around camp. There were about a dozen horses and riders in the campground throughout the week. Everyone was friendly and excited to participate in group trail rides and… Continue reading Settling into a new lifestyle
When you take a vacation to a remote place and don’t have internet access or even phone signal, it can be a welcome respite. When you are working remotely and trying to communicate with others, it is a frustrating first-world problem. We discovered that T-Mobile has no service from Canaan to Rumney. Worse still, no… Continue reading Getting Connected
It’s official. We are now full-timers, living in our trailer (Rubble) away from home. That is to say, we have a new home, and it has wheels. We moved Rubble from New Jersey to New Hampshire in one push. It took 8 hours, and 2 tanks of gas (we averaged 8.3 MPG, or more appropriately… Continue reading Setting Sail
