The track was fast. I know, because I ran it that morning. It was Santa Anita Derby day and my boyfriend and were waiting patiently in the stands with 54,668 other horse racing fans for the big race and for the (literally) big horse, Dortmund . My boyfriend is a giant fan of the big 17 hand …
Today I am thankful for water shoes and cameras that don’t have dead batteries. I’m also thankful for GPS and the joys of getting lost in the forest. If we hadn’t gotten completely lost in Reds Meadow Carly Dog and I would not have wandered to the top of The Devil’s Post pile. We than would not …
What time are you coming over tonight? We are having pizza. I have sauce, mozzarella cheese pepperoni and mushrooms. See you this afternoon. If anyone else received this text from their father they would probably assume they were being invited home to dinner, right? Not in our household. I was driving half an hour to …
You really never notice how blue the sky is until you are at 13,000 feet. It’s such an amazing dark blue against the white of Mt Whitneys switchbacks. It’s such a phenomenal sight as I rested my back against a boulder, my heart feeling like it would explode in my chest. This hike, is beyond …
I didn’t want to go to Venice. I know, I know, everyone says it’s the most romantic and one of the most beautiful cities on earth. All I could think about was, I do not want to eat Italian food for four days. I grew up eating nothing but pasta. When I was a young …