by Nancy Ball | Jan 30, 2024 | Backpacking
Hiking at Cincinnati Nature Center on a balmy, 8 degree morning Sometimes here in the Midwest, January feels like it’s at least 100 days long…and February even longer! Gray skies, drizzle, freezing rain, gray landscape, cold, no sun, gray mood, GRAY GRAY GRAY…...
by Nancy Ball | Feb 14, 2023 | Trips
Catching a Costa Rican sunset to carry in my heart until I return next year… Wow! This trip has been one for the record books! After a 3-year hiatus due to the pandemic, returning to the Osa Peninsula has given me a much-needed mega dose of Tree Aura (and Pura Vida). ...
by Nancy Ball | Aug 8, 2022 | Backpacking
Join us August 25th, 6:30pm at Roads Rivers and Trails for a presentation on the Osa Peninsula of Costa Rica and further details about 2023 trips: https://fb.me/e/2ym1TJW9B The Osa Peninsula in Costa Rica was dubbed “The most bio-intense place on the planet,” by...
by Nancy Ball | Jun 10, 2022 | Backpacking
It feels like we’ve been waiting AGES for this! After a 2 year hiatus, we’re heading back to the Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica, between January 1 – February 11, 2023! Leave everything behind except your hiking gear, binoculars, bathing suit and whatever else...