Only a few more weeks until my hike In the dolomites and visit to Venice. I am begining to get excited! We are spending 3 nights in Venice in San Polo in an apartment then taking a bus to Cortina and then Dobbiaco near Austria.
We will spend 9 days hiking staying in mountain Inns called refugio's. You can hardly call it roughing it,in fact I would consider the places very comfortable. As always in Italy the food and wine are local, abundant and fabulous ! Here is an exampe
We will be self supporting and navigating. There will be no support car portering our stuff. I will be carrying 25 pounds in order to relieve some of the weight from my wife Peg who may carry 15 pounds or less. But compared to backpacking there are many advantages.We get to sleep in beds, in most cases in private rooms,eat great food,have a great workout every day, a shower
and Not gain any weight!
Not to mention the great scenery of the Dolomites.
Please remember my cause for my December trek in Nepal. The American Himalayan foundation. See the web link on the sidebar.
Below a photo of Refugio Coldai
Comments (2)
It sounds incredible. I can't wait to read about the trip as it's something we may consider doing down the road.
Posted by Kim | August 4, 2008 8:25 AM
Posted on August 4, 2008 08:25
That picture is stunning.
I'm eager to see more blog entries.
Posted by Deborah | August 29, 2008 7:33 PM
Posted on August 29, 2008 19:33