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For quite some time, my friend Billy Ward and I had been considering a trip focusing on the magnificent rock art sites found in the northern part of Utah.  For...

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During my time at Texas State University, I took a course from Dr. Christa Conlee on Archaeology of the Inca Empire.  Dr. Conlee had done work for many years in...

As I mentioned in my first post, upon the recommendation of my veternarian and friend Dr. Elizabeth Fowler, I decided to go to Cusco Peru for a week before my...

After saying goodbye to Odon and his family I checked into the Monasterio Hotel on the early afternoon of Wednesday, April 12, 2017 and, in short order met my Wilderness...

Well, it was time to fish, or cut bait --  it was time to hike the Inca Trail.  I had spent many hours and many days preparing for this endeavor,...

As I was reading about the Cusco Region of Peru, I decided it was quite likely that I would encounter some of the children of the Compesinos in the rural...

Since my last Gear Blog, I have made several changes and/or additions, as follows: Boots:   I thought the Vasque boots were going to be the ones I wore in...

February was a tough month for training.  Family obligations (sister = surgery; brother = heart procedure; mother-in-law = a fall, broken leg, and surgery), a week of personal illness, and...