I guess I have to drag out my long underwear for the race!! I sure hope it doesnt snow... Luckily in Iowa this week it is supposed to b...

Some foods NOT to eat before you go running : 1. Taco Salad 2. Anything with HERBS (ie. herb cream cheese) 3. Anything with SPIC...

I think the Kings of Leon said it great when they said, “Gonna run baby run like a stream down the mountainside…with the wind at my back, I...

Tonight I get on a plane and go...home...yay! I am very excited to see the family and some long lost friends, get some work done and eat so...

January....almost over! Happy Birthday to Mr. L, Karen M and Brandon D!!! I miss you all! This month has been pretty interesting -- I ...

This is to test my skills at photo taking and email blogging. Here is a photo of my wall paraphanalia. It is hot in Iowa today -- 30 de...

I am FINALLY starting to go through some of my pictures from South America/all of 2008!! As I was sorting them out, I noticed I ha...

I have been MUY MAL at blogging lately....the only thing around here to talk about is the cold, which by the way, a quick update of -- toda...

Steering into the skid is something that when you are driving and skidding, your instincts rebel against. You go around a corner and you st...

It is official; hell has frozen over. This morning it was -3 degrees, with a wind chill....feels like -25! Well, Iowa sure is showing us ...

After a long discussion with the United Rep, I made my way to Des Moines, Iowa. Via Omaha. Via Seattle. Via Tobin. Via San Francisco. Via N...

From Columbia, the first stop was in Massachusetts - to meet Mr L's family (all 400 of them...who turned out to be pretty nice *wink, ...

Today I sat in a speedboat coming from Playa Blanca going back to Cartegena and I felt like the lead character in a movie...who is sitting ...

We have finally arrived at our final destination, Cartegena. After walking around the old town area, which is fabulous, we had a fresh juic...

Whew! We just got back from a 6 day hike into the jungles of Columbia, where we crossed the Buritaca River 9 times in seach of the elusive ...

For the first time in about 9 months, we are back in the Northern Hemisphere! We spent one week in Ecuador, ending in Quito and visiting th...

Whew! Well, I must have ate something bad, becuase I was pretty sick for a little while...Luckily, thanks to the F word and Mr L, I was put...

Machu Picchu! We did it! We did a 5 day trek over the Salkanty mountain, which took us to a height of 4600 meters (15,180 ft) into the cold...

Haha, I can actually say that without feeling like I am disrespectful! We are near Lake Titicaca, in Puno, Peru. According to the Peruvians...

The election is in 3 days. Actually it is not an election, it is a referendum. What happens is this... Everyone goes and votes whether they...