Lidernenhutte to Eggbergg, 5 miles

The hut experience went well because there were only 12-15 people there.  I have a feeling it would not be comfortable to sleep in a room with so many people on a night the hut is full.

There were 5 of us in the room: no problem.  But, there was space for 12.

We hiked uphill to a lovely lake reflexing the crags above. 

 From there we gain elevation and found some fantastic views of peaks in the distance of the Glarnar Uri Alps and the central swiss Alps.

From there we began our descent towards the gondola to take us down.

It's amazing the high elevation development here in Switzerland.  Some of these houses in altitude have cables rigged to get hard goods up the mountain.

From the gondola to the bus, to the train, and then to the main twin station in Basel.

It was a beautiful trip and fun to explore the mountains of Switzerland.

Stoos to Lidernenhutte (swiss mountain hut)

With an early start in Basel, Mirjam and I had a nice adventure ending the day at a swiss mountain hut. 

Starting with a tram, then a transfer to a train, then a bus, to a steep funicular.  

Actually this might be the steepest funicular in the world.

We started our hike at the top of the funicular and ventured past Swiss mountain homes and many a grazing cow.

Highlights include beautiful views in all directions, rest breaks with chocolate, and options to buy homemade cheese along the way. 

When we arrived at the hut, we welcomed a local hay beer and hut issued crocks. They want you to ditch your stinky hiking shoes at the door.

The best part of the meal was a yummy soup with cabbage, apple, and well balanced spices.

Everything is in German here. Were shared a dinner table with 4 Germans and one gal from France. Some of the Germans spoke English well, others just a bit. 

Cartagena

Arrived in Cartagena this morning. 

Hot and humid. 

Visited the castle

Tunnels 

Wonderful food 

Columbia river gorge trip day 1

From some drop off point near troutdale we mainly climbed into elevation all the way to snow flurries in government camp on mount hood. 

It was slow going with lots of rest stops to snack on things.

Oregon bike trip continued: dufur-the dalles-hood river- cascade locks

This bike trip has been full of long slow clbs and amazing descents. 

We clbed 6 miles out of tigh valley on our way to The Dalles. 

The downhill was amazing with views of snow covered Mount Hood to our left and Mount Adams straight ahead. 

Lunch in The Dalles was awesome. 

A Thai curry chicken sandwich with peanut sauce and crunchy fried wonton paper inside. 

We continued on toward hood river pushing through a strong headwind, pushing our bikes up the hill in hood river and onto dinner. 

Our only warm showers host this trip were in hood river. 

They have a restaurant and bakery in town where we enjoyed 3 meals during our time there. 

Meg and Clint, such gracious hosts!!

"Walking"down the stairs in Hood River to get to the center of town. 

When your knee is sore, take the rail down. 

Oregon mt hood bike trip

Two days: one post. 

Day 2 bike trip. Government camp to maupin. Started in the snow and ended near the deschutes river. 

Another two clad and a lot of descending. 

We lost ~3,000 ft total. 

So nice to coast for a while.

Today was day three. We left maupin and biked along the deschutes river for 10 miles. 

Then started climbing out of the valley. We Coasted a ways and then climbed another steep climb coasting again downhill into Dufur. 

Staying at the beautiful, historic, dufur hotel. 

Headed home

Guaymas,October 2015 was another very productive trip with "Los medicos voladores"

When we arrived, Guaymas had a whole new glow to it. Recent rain helped to make the plants happy and green. 

The views from the plane were beautiful as we landed. 

After getting through customs and doing all the paperwork, I hopped in a car with bill Harrison (our gracious host in Guaymas) to "help out" with set up at the clinic. 

When we arrived, almost everything was already set up. 

Two other volunteers with "Los medicos voladores"(LMV) we already there and a local volunteer dentist, Silvia, had done all the work. 

The clinic was to be held in the same building as in March,2014. The difference was that they added windows, AC, and a second story. 

After a brief exploration in the town center, we headed for San Carlos. San Carlos is where bill H. Has a house in the beach and his wife, Minerva, is quite the host!

San Carlos seems to be a town where many People go for weekend trips. 

The are many retired gringos there there too.  

The first evening was a nice time to get to know everyone who would be volunteering during the clinic. We had 2 dentists and oral surgeon, an acupuncturist, a chiropractor, and many other volunteers would would lend a hand with many services including translating and keeping the equipment clean. 

Once clinic started, I was shy to get started with PT. instead, I interpreted for mark while he did acupuncture and lily, while she chiropracted. 

I enjoyed doing some pre test and post tests: I ised my own ways to measure before and after the treatments to be able to measure the difference before and after. I was amazed to see the quick progress with both interventions. 

We had a full day of treating, went back home, rested up, to be ready for clinic the next day. 

On day two, we were much busier in the "wellness center". Word of mouth spread!!

People brough friends and families!!

We set up more chairs for mark to work and people lined the little narrow hallway. 

No hippa concerns here. No privacy regulations needed.

We just asked people what was wrong in front of the whole line up. 

PT was much busier in day 2! 

It was nonstop.

Lots of knee, shoulder, and back issues. 

 here. 

I'm learning to treat a little more specifically at times and a little more generally at other times. 

Sometimes, just a little hands in can make a world of difference. 

I did a lot of manual resisted stuff on the shoulders. Lots of education about disc issues. Gave simple exs. 

It was quite fun! A good experience to make work more playful and less work like. 

I think being able to work with lily and mark did me a world of good. Learning from a wellness approach vs. and impairment approach made the practice feel different even though it was mostly the same. 

It was also helpful because she would really be able to get people into alignment and I could give them ways to maintain it. I could educate them about their bodies.