As far as launching pads go, Buenos Aires is about as good as it gets. Heike and I chose to spend a couple of days in the warm (hot), sunny part of Argentina before heading south to get on the Ocean Tramp. Our flight was good, even though it was on the dreaded United. Business…
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Happy Birthday to Me
I just turned 55. Even if I didn’t remember, I’m sure the AARP won’t let me forget it: They’ve send me an application every year since I turned 50, and I’m sure this year’s is sitting in my post office box even as we speak. I’ve always loved my birthday. It was the start of…
Looking Forward and Backward
See ya at the end of October, Georgetown! Since I posted last, I have passed two blood tests with flying colors. I think I’ve come up with the winning pre-test cramming session. I take the 5am Orange Theory class,don’t drink anything after, drive to the Lombardi Cancer Center, run up and down about 7 flights…
Aussie! Aussie! Aussie!
Australia has been number one on my list of places to go since I ticked Egypt off a few years ago. I’d dinked around, waiting for a big chunk of time to present itself, since everyone says you can’t “do” the country in less than a month. So I waited. And now, I can’t go…
Bolivia!
This photo pretty much captures my impression of Bolivia, after spending a short, but long week there. Breathtakingly beautiful, but upon closer inspection, it doesn’t make a ton of sense. Worlds colliding. I used that phrase more than a few times last week. For a country that is expecting its biggest tourism numbers ever this…
Life is One Big Adventure if You Just Say Yes
Where was I? Ah, rejoining the Road to Discovery in Salt Lake City after getting great, though disturbingly and familiarly last-minute good news about my Neutrophils showing up to the party. After a quick couple of days of reintroducing myself to Emmitt Smith and Lucy, we headed off to very very hot Nevada. We average just…