The Superstition Mountains, locally known as the Superstitions, are a range of mountains located about an hour’s drive east of Phoenix. Part of the Superstition Wilderness Area, the Superstition Mountains have a wide variety of trails to offer hikers with varying levels of difficulty. (This is a popular area for rock-climbers as well!) Elevations range... Continue Reading →
Video Blogs Continue
I've continued to post my daily video blogs on my YouTube channel TheGirlWithAQuirkySide , but because of the holiday, my blogs about them did not go up. This post is about the 3 video blogs that I did not write about yet. Today's YouTube daily vlog is NUMBER 27! I'm so close to the end... Continue Reading →
Day 5 Noah and MeiLi’s Trek to Everest
It was just after 5:30 am in Nepal. As Zoe slept, Curt started his day with an attempted video chat to Noah and MeiLi. As the phone rang Lisa frantically tried to answer; unfortunately a setting on her phone prevented her from successfully doing so. Since this would be the first video chat from the... Continue Reading →
Day 4 Noah and MeiLi’s Trek to Everest
Noah and MeiLi went for their 3 mile run as they planned to do the day before. Unfortunately, Noah's skin pain proved to be too much that he was unable to run the entire 3 miles. Noah did NOT give up! To our surprise he pushed through the pain and walked the remainder of what... Continue Reading →
Noah and MeiLi’s Trek to Everest
A message from Curt: A couple of weeks before I was to set out on my trek with my daughter Zoe I met the most amazing family of 7. I had a lengthy conversation with Lisa the matriarch of the bunch. Lisa is an inspiration and her story touched my heart. I immediately felt a... Continue Reading →
The Journey Begins
It's just over 48 hours since Curt left en route to Nepal. It was dinner time on Sunday for me, Tuesday morning for him. He messaged today noting that he lost a day somewhere. The messages from him started coming in with plenty of updates filled with lots of excitement, compassion and enthusiasm. I'm going... Continue Reading →
Mount San Jacinto
Another road trip to sunny California filled with great music, miles of asphalt and this time not so many of the usual junk food snacks because of a low carb diet I'm on. I swapped the Flaming Hot Cheetos for plain almonds and any soft drink for water and it wasn't so bad. About halfway... Continue Reading →
Train Jumper Roo
The work week was winding down to an end and a group of us were chatting, laughing and winding down as the workday was nearing to a close. Curtis came down the hallway and said "I took your advice and I'm hosting my first guest this weekend". "What!?" I said. "This was my idea and ... Continue Reading →
My pursuit to Everest Base Camp
Mount Everest has been whispering my name, calling me since I was a kid when one Friday evening my dad came home with a video rental of K2. I know K2 isn't Everest but it was this movie that led to my discovery of one of the seven summits. It's kind of been on the... Continue Reading →