by kimqi | Oct 2, 2022 | Colorado, Crested Butte, Wedding
A road trip is a quest. Twenty hours in a car proved exhausting, but we were rewarded with understanding exactly where we were when we arrived. Geographical orientation was a benefit of the journey. Our trip to Crested Butte was 1,151 miles. The last hundred miles...
by kimqi | Aug 21, 2022 | Sandwich Fair, Sandwich Illinois
I broke my toe. Or jammed it. It doesn’t matter. She’s taped to her big sister for stability. Just to clarify, it doesn’t matter if it’s broken or jammed, but the fact that the injury occurred matters a lot. Kid me had a temper tantrum all week. I was going camping,...
by kimqi | Aug 1, 2022 | Camping, Michigan, North Country Trail
I got up really early Friday so I could complete the five-and-a-half-hour drive to Bitely, Michigan, and get a good campsite. Only nine at Highbank Lake and I planned the weekend’s hike around this campground. I have learned that my plan doesn’t matter to anyone else;...
by kimqi | Jul 28, 2022 | Hiking, Michigan, North Country Trail
There were acres of lilies in vast shallow bodies of water. I had never seen anything like it. The lilies weren’t just around the perimeter of the marsh but everywhere. Huge white flowers appeared to float on the water’s surface while the leaves covered it like green...
by kimqi | May 28, 2022 | Hiking, meditation, Nature, YinYang
“I had never heard of a Witness Tree, a tree that’s lived a very long time, standing silently, having witnessed a historical event. I would argue that each moment of every day is historical, and no one has to deem the day’s events worthy of remembering, so, from...
