70/7000 Conquering a Mountain and Maybe Myself

Day 47-August 11, 2001 Today I hiked with Jack and Henny, a very fit and active couple from the Netherlands. My time with this nice couple allowed me to ask questions about their lives in The Netherlands.  Henny works part time and engages in physical activity as much as she can.  Both she and Jack …

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Traveling to the Past and Learning about The Present

My trips sometimes don't have objectives. I hear or read about a place and curiosity pushes me there. That's how I got to Lily Dale, the Spiritualist Camp, in western New York State which was founded in 1848. I treated the experience with a lot skepticism and wandered through the little colony of houses with …

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