2018- A Photo Essay

2018 was an action packed year filled with family members new and old, more mountains than ever before, so many visitors in Ecuador, and travels to Spain, Portugal, and Columbia. Here is my year in review through photos! January- Reached some serious elevation to start the year on the summits of Rucu Pichincha and Pasachoa….

May we learn to say “thank you”

“May we learn to say ‘thank you’ to God and to one another. We teach children to do it, and then we forget to do it ourselves!”- Pope Francis As summer draws to a close and the slow pace of the hot months speeds up to the uncontrolled insanity of the school year, I’ve had…

High Speed Trains and the Secret Service

We have now been in Barcelona for two days, and it is incredible how much it stands in contrast to French culture. While Parisians are formal, quiet, and polite, Catalán culture is laid back, loud, and care free. The architecture is astounding and eccentric, with a diversity of historic cobble stoned streets, colorful tiled Gaudi…