Trek Along With GiGi

Delayed flight out of O’Hare didn’t get us to Dublin on time to catch our connection to Amsterdam. So we were 5 hours later than originally planned. We did very little exploring today. However tomorrow will be filled we more exciting adventures. Then we board Ms. Rotterdam on Saturday 🚢

My solo trekking covered 3938 miles, 8 states, 3 audio books, 2 sleeps in the car, 2 cabins, 2 hotels, 3 National Parks and lots of mosquitoes as well as moths all making for some interesting experiences. The last couple days of my adventure were in Deadwood, Custer and Wind Cave NP where the bison were out grazing.
Some great learnings:
1) that I can do it and will do it again
2) what worked and what didn’t
3) how to handle challenges (had a few)
4) we have some beautiful our National Parks that should be visited
5) and did some needed self reflection
It really gave me some time with myself (pretty good company) and met many friendly people. Spent some quality time with my friend that I haven’t seen in a couple years and a couple of my favorite family that live in Des Moines and Moline. We talked family reunion. Wrapped it up with a M&M chocolate shake 😊. While this trek has come to an end…stay tuned for my trek through Norway, Iceland and Scotland later this summer.