Climbing in Rovinj, Croatia

After a half-day in Zagreb and sleeping for 12 solid hours, I was ready to CLIMB! We loaded up the cars (the available vehicles were these tiny little Chevy Sparks, so we needed to get two just to fit all of our luggage), and set out for Rovinj (pronounced Ro-Vin, the...

Zagreb, Croatia

Croatia has been on my bucket list for many, many years. Seriously, just Google Croatia and select “images” and you will see why. No, you don’t want to? Fine, click this link and BAM! Croatia!Crotian Airlines – no not the flight that...

Mexican Route Names

In climbing, the first person to set a route gets to name it. The names of routes can tell you almost as much about the area as about the climb. In some cases, they are related. “Blocky Bimbo” for example could be used as the name for a juggy, blocky...

Mileage

It dawned on me that I have never blogged about one of my major modes of travel: Layla! My 2002 Jetta!Layla and I have been together for 7 years now, we met back in September 2006. Sure, she had some baggage, about 44,000 miles, but hey, who doesn’t have baggage...