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Seeing the World, One Year at a Time

Our Ten-Year Travel Plan

Tag: hiking

photo through a rain-streaked window showsing leafy green trees in front of blurry dark green mountains

Watery Ways

Posted on December 7, 2025December 3, 2025 by Al

Over 22 feet of rain falls every year in Milford Sound, on the southwest coast of New Zealand’s South Island.… Read more Watery Ways

photo of a brown wood sign on a post against a backdrop of green leafy trees. The sign says APPALACHIAN TRAIL - CAUTION. There are no places to obtain supplies or get help until Abol Bridge 100 miles north. Do not attempt this section unless you have a minimum of 10 days supplies and are fully equipped. This is the longest wilderness section of the entire AT and its difficulty should not be underestimated. Good Hiking! M.A.T.C.

On the Trail

Posted on October 1, 2025September 30, 2025 by Al

The Appalachian Trail (or AT for short) has snaked north some 2,000 miles through 14 states by the time it… Read more On the Trail

Photo of jagged brown mountain spires dusted with white snow above black cliffs and a glistening teal-green lake, with gray clouds and one small spot of blue sky above.

Glaciers, Fjords, Cliffs, and Penguins

Posted on March 27, 2024 by Al

Patagonia is a place where geological time is what matters; where we are scurrying ants next to the power and… Read more Glaciers, Fjords, Cliffs, and Penguins

photo looking up at a cathedral in shadow with two high spires on either side of a lower spire, silhouetted against a blue sky with the sun creating a halo around the center spire.

Pilgrims

Posted on June 25, 2023 by Rachel

When I lit an altar candle in the cathedral at the end of the Camino de Santiago, it was not… Read more Pilgrims

Photo of Palma, the capital city of an island in the Mediterranean sea showing the expanse of buildings and the marina with many boats

Little Island, Big Island

Posted on April 21, 2023 by Rachel

With the sand and dirt of Menorca barely knocked off our hiking shoes, we convinced our good friend Patti to… Read more Little Island, Big Island

photo of white cliffs surrounding turquoise waters with thin gray trees and green scrub brush in the foreground and white houses atop the cliffs

Island Time: 7 Days in Menorca

Posted on March 22, 2023 by Rachel

“First time in Menorca?”, the smiling Hertz agent asked as he handed us the keys to the car. “Sí. Yes”,… Read more Island Time: 7 Days in Menorca

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