Dude. This is taking forever. What’s taking forever? Your hike in the alps. Like, when was it you were there? September? And here it’s January and you’re still telling the story!? True. I’ve been distracted of late. Distracted I guess! Ok, so man… you come on down to Houston with me tomorrow. You can lie […]
Yearly Archives: 2016
Starting Our Final Ascent
Mon, 18 Jan 2016, 08:19 PM (-06:00)
So there we were, halfway from St. Martin to Sardonahütte. We were ready to go. So we followed Jerry as he opened the gate that led from the forest out into the cow pasture where cow bells clanged around the necks of contented Swiss cows grazing in the alpine meadows about us. And we began […]
On Our Long Walk
Sat, 9 Jan 2016, 10:28 AM (-06:00)
Izzy and I have this routine. Since there’s no doggie door in our condo in Houston, indeed no yard even though we are on the first floor, we have an agreement: four walks per day with the last one being a good long one up Old Spanish Trail and across Greenbriar past the light rail […]
Up There!?
Sun, 3 Jan 2016, 02:59 PM (-06:00)
At some point in our hike up the trail, Jerry pointed and said, “That’s where we’re going.” I followed his gaze. There were alpine meadows. There was a white waterfall cascading down a bare cliff face and disappearing behind some hills. There were trees and shrubs clinging to the mountainside up to the tree line. Above […]