No Camino de Santiago, strolling the porticoes in Bologna or walking the Hampstead heath or trails in England for me this year. Healing from surgery, I’m close to home, putting one foot in front of another, finding adventures in Denver. And following the advice and...
Guest Bloggers
LOCKED ON A TRAIN – by Guest Trekker Jay Barry
A little knowledge can be dangerous, and when it comes to travel, I’m downright lethal. So I guess the opposite argument can also be made: ignorance is bliss. Why my travel companions don’t take away my navigation tasks is beyond me. Perhaps they don’t realize that...
ON A DENTAL MISSION – Woman Travels to Honduras to Save Teeth & Change Lives
I believe one way to turn travel into a more fulfilling adventure is to embark on a mission. I met Coloradan Lynette Collins at a book event, where she read an inspiring email she'd written about her recent mission to Honduras. She and her dentist husband had joined...
CELEBRATE THE LOWLIGHTS OF YOUR TRIPS TO MAKE MORE OF YOUR JOURNEYS – by Guest Trekker Cynthia Morris
Remember the time you were stuck at the side of the road all night, trying to hitchhike your way to Andorra? Then there’s the time you spent four hours in a Madrid train station, trying to buy tickets, only to be thrown out by the ticket seller because you were a...
PAINTING AROUND THE WORLD WITH A TEENAGE DAUGHTER: A Mother-Daughter Trek – by Guest Trekker Judy Edwards
My decision to leave and travel around the world with a 13-year-old was not impulsive but directed. At the time, I hardly realized the impact on everyone who was involved with this journey. The gift of telling the story from my current perspective is interesting in...
A PATAGONIAN ADVENTURE: Leaving Chile’s Beaches for Torres del Paine – By Guest Trekker Leslie Kreffer
I set off on a five-day trek to see Torres del Paine National Park in Patagonia, in the company of two perfect strangers… and everyone else on the crowded trails. I had heard of the pristine beauty of Torres del Paine, and the amazing view at the end, but the real...
SPRING BREAK IN CAMEROON: A Teacher’s Trek – by Guest Trekker A. Rooney
In the spirit of adventure, as well as inclusiveness and hospitality, today I'm breaking with tradition and welcoming the first man ever to post on Girls Trek Too. Andrew Rooney is a fellow Denver author who loves to travel, and when he told me he had lived in Africa,...
LEARNING TO BREATHE: How Adventure Helped me through a Personal Crisis – by Guest Trekker Kim Kircher
DRESS REHEARSALS Adventures are like dress rehearsals for the real thing. I have spent my life careening from one adventure to the next - always looking for the next big trip to tick off my list. Whether climbing Kilimanjaro, trekking through Bhutan or scuba diving...
MY HEART THE SUN: Book Excerpt #2 – by Guest Trekker Cat Kurtz
I've been eager for writer Cat Kurtz to return to Girls Trek Too, to tell us more about her adventure among Buddhist nuns fighting for equal rights in Thailand. Cat Kurtz is the author of My Heart the Sun, a non-fiction account of Theravada nuns and their battle to...
OLDER GALS TREK TOO: Discovering my Norwegian Homeland – by guest trekker Patricia Stoltey
Once upon a time, when I was only 56, I followed a dream. I had wanted to visit Norway ever since I first met my mother’s Norwegian uncle, Peter Ringstveit, who emigrated to the U.S. in the late 1800s. Since I never met Peter’s brothers, including my grandfather Lars,...