A woman with an incredible sense of adventure, a drive to be successful and a passion for travel.
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
The Girl With A Quirky Side 