Author Archives: Laurel
Promising Pontresina
Hello from Switzerland where cleanliness is a national sport and paths criss-cross the landscape like scribbles on a child’s drawing, enabling transportation the old-fashioned way: walking. We see octogenarians with trekking sticks making their journeys alongside the extreme-sports crowd. Walking … Continue reading
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Giant Spruce Trail, Cape Perpetua
We have a lot of big trees on the Oregon Coast. We also have a number of very old trees, like the 400-year-old Sitka Spruce in Regatta Park. When we got a nice (meaning rain-free) day in June, we headed to Cape … Continue reading