Life is a Journey, not a Destination
Seattle, Washington Confession. I am technically an only child. But you will hear me refer to a brother and a sister, who are technically my first cousins. After living with them for years while I finished college and beyond, they are for all intensive purposes my siblings. So to hell with the technicalities – because [...]
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Lone Tree, CO Ever heard of “Inn-to-Inn Hiking?” Well join me and three new friends as we hiked the Walter Tishma Way Trail in Rocky Mountain National Park. Under the expert guidance of the Inn-to-Inn hiking Guru from Footpaths of the World, we experienced hiking on a whole new level, with a fun new B&B [...]
Estes Park, Colorado – Rocky Mountain National Park. Final in a series of six articles. The many faces of WATER took on the theme of our final day of a 42-mile hike through Rocky Mountain National Park. Not only did it bring much needed relief to those fighting Colorado’s wildfires, but it washed away the [...]
Estes Park, CO – Rocky Mountain National Park. Fifth in a series of six articles. We were warned. On Day One of my 42-mile hike, she told us. Repeatedly. ”Tomorrow’s the BIG day,” Phebe would say. I was like, “yeah, yeah, yeah.” So the Universe again smacked me and my attitude down and not only [...]
Estes Park, CO – Rocky Mountain National Park. Fourth in a series of six articles. Day one of my own personal version of a mega-hike (now, stop laughing all you hard core hikers!) was filled with lovely meadows, amazing views, easy ascents, rocky trails and horse manure. Yep, that’s right, horse poop. Lots of it. [...]
9/11…as Americans we can all remember where we were, what we were doing and what we felt when our country was so brutally attacked. Our patriotism was suddenly on display again, united and determined. We have a lot of patriotic symbols and places in this country of ours…one of my favorites is the 9/11 Memorial [...]
Estes Park, CO – Rocky Mountain National Park. Third in a series of six articles. Turns out Phebe had nothing to worry about. As the leading “inn-to-inn” hiking guide on the globe, she confessed she worries a little when she brings a group of complete strangers together and throws them into multiple days and multiple [...]
New members of the Funglasses Brigade – Phebe Novic, Katherine & Kris Komarnitsky and Victoria Pardee – getting ready to take their first steps on a 3 day, 42 mile hike through Rocky Mountain National Park. Phebe is both the owner and guide of Footpaths of the World and the leader in “inn-to-inn” hikes all over [...]
Estes Park, Colorado – Rocky Mountain National Park. Second in a series of six articles. While the last two days of this amazing adventure are filled with stories of new friendships, grueling yet phenomenal hikes, reaching summits and overcoming challenges we’re gonna save all the details for a while later. You see, my beloved state of [...]
Colorado to California I'm 47 years old, and still hanging out with ghosts. Think it's time to go … Click to Read Article
Lone Tree, Colorado, La Mia Casa Sometimes being an open book is a tough job, cause I just can’t … Click to Read Article
Quiz time! Put your pencils away and put on your thinking caps! … Click to View Photo
Traveling is a lot about making memories, don’t you agree? Well, lots of memories were made when I took my two grown (but not yet old enough to drink legally in the US) kids to Grand Cayman (where they were old enough to drink legally.) The absolute best thing about our resort was that it [...]
Hi, my name is Allison Ratkovich, formerly known as Allison Farnsworth. (I don't believe in short family … Click to Meet Allison
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