Let’s start by stating that I despise Facebook. I barely ever get any information about my friends’ lives on there anymore. Nevertheless, I haven’t been able to completely kick the habit, and that’s because, for all its faults, the algorithm actually knows me pretty well. What does Facebook show me? Well, lots of cute cat videos and even more videos […]

Jessica and I arrived in Innsbruck early in the afternoon and, after settling into our hotel, wandered the city while gathering bits of snacks and lunches to take on our next hike. We didn’t “do” much there (no museums or the like), but enjoyed wandering the cutesy old town and various other parts of the city. It was quite pleasant […]

After our Venice wanderings, Jessica, Mark, Sue, and I caught a train headed north to Bolzano, one of the larger towns in the Dolomites. We had used Bolzano as our base for adventure in 2021 as well, so were excited to head back there. Like our previous visit, we spent our time wandering the cute downtown and enjoying the good […]

Before I get to shamelessly displaying a million pictures from our hikes in the Alps this summer, Jessica demanded that I write an update to my September, 2021 post, “Bonus Blog: Huts, Rifugios, and other Alpine Hideouts.” She said the variety we experienced in our three weeks of alpine huts demanded their own consideration aside from the trails. So, here […]

Before I write anything else, I need to acknowledge what’s going to be missing from this post: my Uncle Marc’s comments. Look back at pretty much any post on here before this one (I think every single one except the first four or five) and you’ll see a comment from him. His first comment, on my post about hiking around […]