So, yeah. Dehydration is still a thing. Nutritional choices is today’s thing. I’ve been far too permissive of indulgences and, um, less than stellar food options. I’m heavy. And I’m feeling it. And so beginning July 1st, the halfway point of 2016 (how the hell did that happen?!), I’m making a mid-year resolution to redouble […]
Editor’s Note: Delayed Post From June 17, 2016: Yesterday I thought I was being smart by breaking up my run into two shorter distances. I ran a 5 miler in 47:01 and drank a bottle of water, then came home to have some Powerade and cool off. Went out for another 5 miler that found […]
Machu Picchu was not a secret to its people. Scholars for decades felt Hiriam Bingham had rediscovered a lost city of the Incans. Books were written, digs were dug, and artifacts displayed worldwide. Charleton Heston shot on location there, donning a fedora and a leather jacket to swashbuckle his way through a 1954 technicolor jungle […]
June 12, 2016 – The Long Voyage Home What a night. Each leg of the three flights are short. About an hour from Cusco to Lima, three hours from Lima to Bogota, and then three and a half to Orlando. But the layovers kill me. Two hours in Lima where I broke down and had […]
June 11, 2016 – Last Days of Peru I’ve scribbled out notes on slips of paper and in the iOS Notes App for the past few days but I haven’t finalized most of the blog posts. That’s on the agenda soon – the hardest part will be sorting through the photos and picking out the […]
June 10, 2016 – Machu Picchu City and The Return To Cusco I only had a day at Machu Picchu but it was really something. Today, I’m scheduled to catch the 1:37 PM PeruRail train back to Ollantaytambo so I have the morning free. I didn’t see a need to pay another US$40+ for another […]
Making my way through the world wide web today takes everything I got. Taking a break from all my worries of uploading photos sure would help a lot. Wouldn’t I like to get away? Sometimes I want to go… Onto the roads I know by name So I decided to take a break from photo […]
June 9, 2016 – Post Cards From Machu Picchu The adventure is real. The place is real. Getting to Machu Picchu is at least a quarter and perhaps as much as half of the experience. I don’t really know how to describe this day yet. I’ll write a proper post later trying to capture at […]
June 8, 2016 – A Three Person Tour… A Three Person Tour! It wound up being a three person tour – me and two 20-something sisters from the Midwest. Cheyenne Knox was from Fargo, while her slightly older sister Larissa the librarian was from Minneapolis. Our guide was Rosemary and our stunt driver was Robert. […]
June 7, 2016 – The Lost Days First segment drafted at 11:27 AM (I think) I have no idea what day or time it is. The Rocky Horror Picture Show’s anthem, “Let’s Do the Time Warp Again!” floats though the haze of my mind. Yesterday… Or maybe even just earlier today if today is 36+ […]