So, I have a confession to make.
Randy Aldrich is a thief.
I stole from a Monastery back in 1998. Not much, but it happened. We stopped at Ettal on our way to Neuschwanstein & I took a little booklet that described the abbey and the monastery. At the time I [...]
The Pinecone is one of those places that is incredibly seasonal. It services mostly boaters and snowmobilers. It’s in Wanakena at the opposite end of Cranberry lake from Cranberry Lake Lodge and there’s only 2 ways to get there on snowmobile: the alice brook trail (a narrow windy mess [...]
Delayed Post: written 2/14/2010
I don’t know what the Inuit word is for this type of snow (yes I know that myth isn’t really true) but I know mine: Perfect. It’s nice and grainy, packs just a little, blows just a little, isn’t wet (until it melts). Just perfect. We haven’t had a ton [...]
I found the following Travel Journal in a bag of my old stuff given to me by my mother. It’s from my from my Trip to Europe with school in 1998.
I’ve provided it below, unedited And awesome. I’ve left it mostly intact and punctuation preserved for your enjoyment. Go ahead and laugh, I did.
4/16/1998
Books [...]
In 2005 we climbed our first mountain (Crane Mountain) together. I had climbed a few in the past but this was our first together. We were spending a week in the Lake George area and what better way to explore the region than from above?
While not the tallest mountain we’ve climbed, it [...]
When Charles, Rachel and I visited Rome in 2005 the last thing I expected to do was drink until the sun came up.
That’s exactly what happened.
We stayed in the Yellow Hostel in the middle of Rome and, although we didn’t know it until the second night, we were bunking(in the same room [...]
