Just sitting in the Boise airport preparing to head off to Munich. Kind of testing out this blogging thing to see how it works. It's been a crazy past month and the crazyness will continue as I look ahead. I haven't spent more than 24 hours in Boise in over a month due to several trips for work (San Fran, Boston, D.C., and San Diego) as well as an absolutely amazing labor day bash at the Frank Castle in Sandpoint on Lake Pend Oreille with the Dukes of Hazard, a weekend trip back to Estes to do some hiking in Rocky Mtn National Park and catch a golden buffaloes game, and a visit to Conrad and Whitney in Manhattan.
I'm really looking forward to this trip. I have a quick 1-2 day trip to Biberach an der riss Germany before a 3 day trip to Ghent, Belgium. In between the two I have a week, a rental car, and a jovial bison along for the ride. I'm super excited for this trip because Bill Strunk will be along for the ride. We hope to hit up Oktober fest in Munich, Trappist beer brewing monasteries in Belgium, and do some sweet hiking in the swiss alps and stay at some nice B&B's and chalets high up in the alps.
I am becoming quite the pro at travelling through Europe, and each time I have more fun, so this one looks to be the best one yet, especially with the Bison along for the ride.
I have been blessed with some amazing trips this year for work and play, and I look forward to adding onto it. I started out the year with a trip to Hawaii to see Anna (well, not quite abroad, but if you look at Yosh, you know it's abroad enough). We had a fun time exploring the big island: going to Hawaii volcanoes national park, going up mauna kea, snorkeling and sailing in the clear pacific and of course going to some beaches and singing karaoke. My first trip abroad for Sapidyne was to Cambridge, UK. I had several days to explore Cambridge and Englands west sea coast. I was then able to take a sweet weekend trip to Paris via the chunnel train. My next trip to Europe brought me to Belgium, where I got to delve into amazing chocolates, waffles, and trappist beers in Brussels. I also got to explore some other areas in Belgium including Oostende coast, Bruge, and the ardennes. And I got to visit some cool castles in the tiny kingdom of Luxembourg. On this trip I was lucky to take 4 days and head over to Switzerland to hang out with David Fluekinger (ACI grad) and his roommates. We got to do a bit of hiking in the Apenzell Alps, but mainly enjoyed the bar scene of St. Gallen. A few months later I was back in Belgium again. This time Robert Hamilton and Jared Smith met up with me. We partied hardy in Brussels and Ghent, swam in a cold canal, found ourselves lost on European highways, and all in all had a great time. As a lover of mountains, I had to head back to Switzerland, which at the time was hosting the Eurocup, an exciting event in itself. I headed back to St. Gallen to stay with David and Dianna for a bit. We did a sweet roadtrip into Austria to see Lech and St. Anton the old haunts of my parents during their ski bumming years. We of course stopped by Lichtenstein on the way home. After staying a few days hiking in the St. Gallen area, I headed out on a train tour of Switzerland. I packed around the Interlaken area (Mt. Eiger, Mt. Jungfrau, Mt. Monch), and stayed in a beautiful villa called gimmelwald. I then toured Zermatt and the Matterhorn and headed southeast through the Italian Alps and then the Italian portion of Switzerland. I rounded out my tours abroad thus far this year with a trip south to Peru. Backpacked the infamous (and difficult) Incan trail all the way to Machu Picchu , biked and paraglided through Cuzco and the sacred valley, and then headed downhill to spend a week in the Amazon rainforest at a research camp. Quite the incredibly awesome experience! Some of the national trips that really stand out were: a week of skiing pow pow in Jackson with my bro, a weekend skiing at Winter Park with my mom, the Labor Day wakeboarding bash at the Frank’s in Sand Point, extreme snowplay in may with Lucas in Estes, Kayaking and biking around the San Juan Islands in Washington, Partying hardy with the Elephants in Bellingham, Breckenridge Skiing with Aunty M, bro, grandma, and Dianne, an Arizona Wildcat b-ball game (and win) in Pullman with O William, 4th of July crazyness with Triggers in McCallBut just as amazing as these unique trips this year were my trips where I got to see my friends throughout the country. Exploring beautiful places is often no match to being in the company of friends. So thanks to all of you that I was able to hang out with and have good times with on my travels this year: Brother Zach (Jackson hole, Bellingham, McCall, and Sand Point); Chris Sherman (Yale, New Haven, Boston, New York);Conrad and Whitney Frank (Seattle and New York); Bill Strunk (Pullman, Seattle, Sand Point), Kyle Sales and Dr. Barclay (Seattle, Sand Point); Mom and Dad (Estes Park), Lucas Stringfield (Estes Park), Taylor Hayen (Boston), Triggers (San Diego), Sara Bates (Philadelphia), Nick Van Santen (San Francisco), Nate Handel (San Fran), Rachelle Toobian (San Diego), David Fluekinger and Dianna Abercholi (Switzerland), Robert Hamilton and Jared Smith (Belgium), The Elephants (Bellingham), Anneke Mulder (Washington, D.C.), Krissy Price (Boston), Anna, Mary, and Stefan Windler (Kona, Hawaii), Jake Hess (Estes and Snohomish) Katie Van Vorhis (Seattle) (Don’t worry Joe, I still hope to meet up with you in San Fran and Yosemite soon!)
I'm really looking forward to this trip. I have a quick 1-2 day trip to Biberach an der riss Germany before a 3 day trip to Ghent, Belgium. In between the two I have a week, a rental car, and a jovial bison along for the ride. I'm super excited for this trip because Bill Strunk will be along for the ride. We hope to hit up Oktober fest in Munich, Trappist beer brewing monasteries in Belgium, and do some sweet hiking in the swiss alps and stay at some nice B&B's and chalets high up in the alps.
I am becoming quite the pro at travelling through Europe, and each time I have more fun, so this one looks to be the best one yet, especially with the Bison along for the ride.
I have been blessed with some amazing trips this year for work and play, and I look forward to adding onto it. I started out the year with a trip to Hawaii to see Anna (well, not quite abroad, but if you look at Yosh, you know it's abroad enough). We had a fun time exploring the big island: going to Hawaii volcanoes national park, going up mauna kea, snorkeling and sailing in the clear pacific and of course going to some beaches and singing karaoke. My first trip abroad for Sapidyne was to Cambridge, UK. I had several days to explore Cambridge and Englands west sea coast. I was then able to take a sweet weekend trip to Paris via the chunnel train. My next trip to Europe brought me to Belgium, where I got to delve into amazing chocolates, waffles, and trappist beers in Brussels. I also got to explore some other areas in Belgium including Oostende coast, Bruge, and the ardennes. And I got to visit some cool castles in the tiny kingdom of Luxembourg. On this trip I was lucky to take 4 days and head over to Switzerland to hang out with David Fluekinger (ACI grad) and his roommates. We got to do a bit of hiking in the Apenzell Alps, but mainly enjoyed the bar scene of St. Gallen. A few months later I was back in Belgium again. This time Robert Hamilton and Jared Smith met up with me. We partied hardy in Brussels and Ghent, swam in a cold canal, found ourselves lost on European highways, and all in all had a great time. As a lover of mountains, I had to head back to Switzerland, which at the time was hosting the Eurocup, an exciting event in itself. I headed back to St. Gallen to stay with David and Dianna for a bit. We did a sweet roadtrip into Austria to see Lech and St. Anton the old haunts of my parents during their ski bumming years. We of course stopped by Lichtenstein on the way home. After staying a few days hiking in the St. Gallen area, I headed out on a train tour of Switzerland. I packed around the Interlaken area (Mt. Eiger, Mt. Jungfrau, Mt. Monch), and stayed in a beautiful villa called gimmelwald. I then toured Zermatt and the Matterhorn and headed southeast through the Italian Alps and then the Italian portion of Switzerland. I rounded out my tours abroad thus far this year with a trip south to Peru. Backpacked the infamous (and difficult) Incan trail all the way to Machu Picchu , biked and paraglided through Cuzco and the sacred valley, and then headed downhill to spend a week in the Amazon rainforest at a research camp. Quite the incredibly awesome experience! Some of the national trips that really stand out were: a week of skiing pow pow in Jackson with my bro, a weekend skiing at Winter Park with my mom, the Labor Day wakeboarding bash at the Frank’s in Sand Point, extreme snowplay in may with Lucas in Estes, Kayaking and biking around the San Juan Islands in Washington, Partying hardy with the Elephants in Bellingham, Breckenridge Skiing with Aunty M, bro, grandma, and Dianne, an Arizona Wildcat b-ball game (and win) in Pullman with O William, 4th of July crazyness with Triggers in McCallBut just as amazing as these unique trips this year were my trips where I got to see my friends throughout the country. Exploring beautiful places is often no match to being in the company of friends. So thanks to all of you that I was able to hang out with and have good times with on my travels this year: Brother Zach (Jackson hole, Bellingham, McCall, and Sand Point); Chris Sherman (Yale, New Haven, Boston, New York);Conrad and Whitney Frank (Seattle and New York); Bill Strunk (Pullman, Seattle, Sand Point), Kyle Sales and Dr. Barclay (Seattle, Sand Point); Mom and Dad (Estes Park), Lucas Stringfield (Estes Park), Taylor Hayen (Boston), Triggers (San Diego), Sara Bates (Philadelphia), Nick Van Santen (San Francisco), Nate Handel (San Fran), Rachelle Toobian (San Diego), David Fluekinger and Dianna Abercholi (Switzerland), Robert Hamilton and Jared Smith (Belgium), The Elephants (Bellingham), Anneke Mulder (Washington, D.C.), Krissy Price (Boston), Anna, Mary, and Stefan Windler (Kona, Hawaii), Jake Hess (Estes and Snohomish) Katie Van Vorhis (Seattle) (Don’t worry Joe, I still hope to meet up with you in San Fran and Yosemite soon!)
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