Saturday, September 24, 2022

Hiking the Alta Via 1: Day 2

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 Day 2: Sennes to Lavarella. 4 3/4 hr.     Breakfast at Sennes, as at all the rifugios, was buffet style and, as at most of them, consisted ...
Friday, September 23, 2022

Hiking the Alta Via 1: Day 1

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Lago di Braies to Rifugio Sennes. 4 hours, 4 1/2 - 5 miles     After four splendid days in Venice, Bryan (Margaret's husband and William...
Thursday, September 22, 2022

Hiking the Alta Via 1 in Italy's Dolomite Mountains

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   I have just come back from hiking in the Dolomite Mountains for the second time. The first time was six years ago, with my late husband, ...
Saturday, September 17, 2022

"The Queen Is Dead; God Save the King"

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      Elizabeth II was crowned Queen of England in 1953.                                                                                    ...
Thursday, August 18, 2022

Not Every Hike Is a Good Hike

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      In preparation for an 11-day, hut-to-hut hike in the formidable Dolomite Mountains of northern Italy, I have been hiking strenuously d...
Thursday, August 11, 2022

Wildflower Spectacles

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      This past June I was hiking  in the Swiss Alps  during the peak season of wildflowers. ( See post on July 29.)  I could hardly grasp t...
Friday, August 5, 2022

Birthday at Crater Lake

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      Sometime last spring my friends Barbara and Jeanette  and I decided to spend the night at the lodge at Crater Lake National Park for m...