Our Adventures Through City and Backcountry
Day 3 of the hike! An “easy” day, at least on paper. 9.1 miles and just over 4,000 feet in gain and 1,300 in loss. Legit, but much easier than the last two days. But then there’s the reality that nothing is easy on the TMB, even the, much needed “rest” days. I was awoken […]
Read More Day 6: Les Contamines to Refugio ElisabettaThings finally started getting interesting on the trail today. Days 1 and 2 were pretty typical hiking days for me. They were beautiful and they were steps toward the much bigger goal. Today was that as well, but it was also more of the adventure I was hoping for. We all slept poorly last night. […]
Read More TMB Phase 3Today was once again a good eats day. It did start bad though. The breakfast that was provided to us was not good it was a yogurt and cereal and the yogurt was not good. Very sour. I did eat some bread though. A but into our hike we stopped and got some food and […]
Read More Day 7Day two on the trail! There is so much to say, but I don’t know if there are words to describe the agony, the joy, the pain, the rewards. I’ll do my best. In the past two days we’ve hiked 25.58 miles and climbed 8,430 feet. According to my app, which has been a bit […]
Read More Day 5: La Contamines to Les ChapieuxTonight we’re writing from L’Auberge de la Nova. The plan was for Molly and I to have a glass of wine while we did this, but the “town” we’re in is too small to have a place that sells glasses of wine. So we had to settle for buying the entire bottle, at 12€ that […]
Read More TMB Stage 2We just did the most exhausting 2 days ever. We hiked like 12 miles each day and climbed an average of 4000ft which is a lot. Like a lot. Feet are falling off of my ankles and my knees off of my thighs. Sitting up and standing down from dinner made me feel like a […]
Read More Day 400Today was a good eats day. For breakfast I had half a apricot and a applesauce pack. It made me feel sick. Lucky a few hours into the hike we stopped at a little Cafe. We got two pieces of blueberry tart. It was very good. The crust was soft with a bit crunch on […]
Read More Day 6The day we’ve been anticipating for years finally arrived! This morning we woke up early, 6 AM. We got in a quick cafe at the hotel, checked our bags, and caught the 7:00 bus to Les Houches. It wasn’t long, maybe 10 minutes until we made our first stop at a bakery for breakfast. After […]
Read More TMB Stage 1Finally. We are on the TMB. We have spent years thinking about this day and over a year actually planning the details. We are here. On the TMB. We woke up at 6:00 to catch the 7:01 bus from the hotel to the official starting point of the TMB, where we snapped many pictures (of […]
Read More Day 4: Les Houches to Les ContaminesToday is day 3 of my food blog. I want to start today’s Post with yesterday’s dinner because I finished my Post yesterday before dinner and dinner yesterday deserves a mention. For dinner yesterday me and my dad split half a chicken with mashed potatoes roasted vegetables and an onion garlic sauce. The chicken was […]
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