Our first real stop in Nicaragua will be Leon. If you can believe, cause I couldn't, we hopped on another bus just a few hours off our Breaking Bad 18 hour busride. Smashed in the back of a 14-person mini-van we took the 2 hour trip from Managua, Nicaragua to the second largest city, Leon. The big reason we headed north to Leon is because Michael found a tour group that leads overnight camping/hiking trips. I had decided a while back that I needed to throw myself into something uber physical and outside my comfort zone; because clearly roaches, food poisoning and caves haven't been enough. We spent a few nights in Leon just bouncing around; it's a cute colonial city with 10 churches in a 5 block radius and its own skate park. Skate park?? WOWWW!! I know, its not a ton to report on, but we did enjoy a beer on a roof. One of the churches with its historic lighting Sunset over a skate park Our hike started on the third day at 7:00am. I ...
We left our only double night campsite in the Black Hills and shoved back onto the road, but that one day of not driving for 6+ hours was real real nice. I highly recommend getting yourself into those hills! Back at it and we had a 2hr drive to the Badlands. 2hrs seems like a walk in a park and that park was made of mint chocolate chip and bags of Cheetos. just a treat is what I’m trying to get at. I think I need Cheetos... I have not seen scenery like this since Israel and my jaw was on the floor as we hiked through the harsh desert that is the Badlands. Michael and I just kept picturing the people who at one time, years and years ago, tried to make this terrain a thing for their communities. Stop trying to make Badlands happen, it’s not going to happen! (Thanks Ms. Weiners) The sun was blasting, the ground chipped away with the dryness and there was nothing around for as far as we could see. No Four Seasons popping up here a...
Well this should be interesting! We are in our final countdown until jumping into the biggest road-trip I have ever taken, 3k + miles across this beautiful, and tumultuous, country to go see our family back east. Michael's entire family lives across CT and NYC and in a typical year, you know outside of a pandemic, social uprising and an anxiety pumping election, we are quick to jump on a plane to spend much needed time. This year is slightly different... I am not going to dig into how Covid threw us off kilter, because I know anyone reading this has their own Covid journey, set backs, losses and struggles as well. It is what unites us in this bizarre time, so you get it. I lost my job back in May but Michael has done an unbelievable job of securing wonderful partners and clients and has kept incredibly busy throughout. This flexibility of time and the silver lining of the pandemic led us to shrug our shoulders and just say "well...if not now, when?"...
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ReplyDeletei got a shout out from across the world- nice work jsun :) miss your face!