Life & Stories My Health Journey

    2023 in Review

    2023 was a good year. Lots of good things happened in our lives. Unfortunately, we brought in the year with Covid. I apparently caught it visiting friends and family in Montreal at Christmas and on New Years Eve, tested positive, then spent the next two weeks in our bedroom, drinking orange juice and wearing gloves around the house so I would not touch anything with germy hands. Two days after I tested negative and felt better, Yim got it and…

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  • Hiking Travel

    Acadia National Park

    Established originally as Sieur de Monts National Monument in 1916, Acadia National Park encompasses more than 48,000 acres on Mount Desert Island, the Schoodic Peninsula, Isle Au Haut, and many smaller…

  • Hiking Travel

    The Jesup Path, Acadia

    Recently we visited Acadia National Park in Maine and the only hike that was mandatory for me was The Jesup Path. Why? Because of the birch trees.  Anyone who knows me…

  • Hiking Travel

    Watkins Glen State Park

    This year we discovered Watkins Glen State Park. I had read about it on several occasions before but we have not really made much of an effort to visit the US…