Tag: Travel
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#20: Switzerland…of America (Part I)
As our training progresses through the heat and humidity of summer, this Throwback Thursday post revives a snow and ice filled adventure from a few years ago. Part I sets the scene, while Part II will be my personal experience. Nestled deep within the Rocky Mountains of Colorado is the mountain town of Ouray. Pronounced…
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#18: The Perfect Storm Part II
Continued from Blog #17: The Perfect Storm Part I The quintessential tourist – wide-brimmed hat, floral button-down shirt, camera hanging from a neck lanyard, calf socks with sandals – is everything the seasoned traveler strives to avoid. It’s not that we care what other people think about us. After all, we’ll very likely never see…
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#17: The Perfect Storm Part I
In the fall of 1991, six men boarded the 72-foot commercial fishing vessel Andrea Gail in Gloucester, Massachusetts and steamed towards the notoriously rich waters of the Grand Banks. It was late in the season, but Billy, Bobby, Murph, Sully, Bugsy, and Alfred Pierre needed the money from one last catch of swordfish. With a…
The Dark Passport 