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05 Sunday, May 28 – Relax to Unknown Pond

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This was the only sunny and even hot day of this trip. Wake up at 7AM. As today will be rain-free, I will put on old boots and leave new boots to dry out on sticks all day in the camp. Large new back pack all this time just having […]

04 Saturday, May 27 – Visibly Invisible Trail (Hunters Pass) to Ice Gulch

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07:20 wake up and put on dry socks and dry boots. Second breakfast of fallen birches – cantaloupe from Walmart cut by machete. 08:55 depart of an “excursion” number 2. I did not even take paper map with me – there is everything on iPhone GPS topo maps. Today’s trip […]

Italy 2012 – Final Summary – Rules to Adopt and Follow

2025-03-12 Udar Gromov 0

This is a summary article about the rules and tradition that we discovered are very convenient and important to follow. Italian – Learn and use basic Italian words. Do not be a mute foreigner. At least spice up your inability to speak with a bright smile and Buon Giorno […]

03 August 16-17, 2010: Luzern – Bern – Fribourg

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Next morning Monday, August 16 rain continued, but for us it was time to move on. First we visited a local Migros Genossenschaft in Adliswil – their supermarket, where we had breakfast + lunch and loaded on food and water supplies for the road ahead. We felt like we were disturbing […]

03 Friday, May 26 – Remarkably Unremarkable Bunnell Notch Tr. to Mt. Cabot

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Rain all night, but I am dry in the tent. Raindrops from the trees still pounding on the tarp, but earplugs softening the noise. 05:55 Awake, but it is raining. Decided to continue to sleep Very slow morning – no reason to venture out while it is raining. 07:55 Wake […]

02 Thursday, May 25 – Drive, Search, Camp and Rain – Perfect!

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04:06 Wake up without an alarm – new record. Last record was 04:39 AM several years ago. 04:46 Depart from home. No breakfast, no bath. Just 4 operations: print latest weather forecast, attach bike to car, pickup plastic connectors and tubes for water filter, load tarps, extra blanket, hot […]

01 NH Trip May 2017 – Preparations for the trip to Bog Dam Road

2025-03-09 Udar Gromov 0

Create a vacation – What happens when you add 3 days to a long weekend? A mini-vacation happens! It is hard to escape a fast-passed project, but there are only 3 long weekends in American summer (Memorial, Independence and Labor days), so you must use them to the fullest. […]

02 August 14-15, 2010: Zurich

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Like everything else except eternity, this story has a beginning. On a hot summer morning on August 31, 2010 at 7:45 EST in a comfort of fresh air-conditioned air, I am beginning this story, this vacation journal that shows how far Europe and America have moved apart during last 200-300 […]

Sep 3 MON – From Rome back to Boston

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We took an early breakfast, and left the hotel at 08:24. I put another €23 worth of benzene into the car to top it off, and we returned the car to the airport at 08:57 with 11109 km on odometer. Here is a breakdown for days, kilometres, liters and Euros […]

Успех Жизни – Закладки для Размышления

2025-03-05 Udar Gromov 0

[написано 2011 Август 01-09] Мы слишко редко думаем о жизни в целом. Мы постоянно все разбиваем на маленькие кусочки – на проекты. Что-то мешает нам думать о жизни, как об одном большом проекте с открытой датой завершения. Чтобы правильно оценивать приоритеты и принимать правильные решения, нужно заставлять себя подниматься высоко […]

Sep 2 SUN – Last day in Rome [… in progress …]

2025-03-04 Udar Gromov 0

[…in progress…] Today, Sunday September 2, I woke up at 7:30 and immediately drove 600 meters to a nearest gas station and put 35 liters of benzene for €70. Around 9:00 we had a good breakfast. I even ate a boiled egg and some bacon. Hotel staff recommended taking a […]