A whut?
An odyssey
(ŏd′ĭ-sē) – noun
- An extended adventurous voyage or trip.
- An intellectual or spiritual quest.
- An epic poem, attributed to Homer, in which are celebrated the adventures of Odysseus (this may have to wait until we get back)
How did this come about?
Well, it was unexpected. I mean, we’ve had our biggest travel year ever! But then the February ’23 issue of The Tennessee Magazine arrived in our mailbox, and the cover caught my eye. I mean, I’ve hiked ‘pert near’ all them Smoky Mountains and I ain’t never seen one like this!
The feature article talks about a little trekking company near Nashville, TN that offers some really cool Everest treks (you can click on the image to find their website, https://hobnailtrekkingco.com).
Everest Base Camp and the Annapurna Circuit seemed a bit of a stretch for us, at least for this year :-). But as we perused the site, we ran across the Peruvian Odyssey! Seventeen days of trekking and touring through some of the most beautiful parts of Peru. Machu Picchu has always been on our bucket list and here was a really neat way to experience it. And you know what? We’re not getting any younger and most of our body parts are still working well, so why not?!
So follow along as we try to unfold this adventure with you. It will be admittedly haphazard, slapdash, intermittent, and probably corny and clunky in spots as we learn WordPress along the way. But we hope to provide short blog posts when we can and then fill in the details when we return home.
We’ve had many adventures over the years, some short, some long, some close, some abroad. But this one is a little different because the fine folks at Hobnail and their Peru team are taking care of most of the logistics for us! And they’ve provided us with some cool tools to use to help us have a great experience. This unfortunately has made us a tad lazy so we’ll see how it goes!
Lazy, you say?
Only in the planning! The truth is, this is going to be a hard trip! Some long hikes with big climbs at elevations we’ve only briefly encountered before. I mean, the town of Cuzco sits at 11,000 feet, an area where we’ll spend a good bit of our time.
So we’re going to share all of our ups and downs, the things we learn, the people we meet, and all the things that might just make this adventure the odyssey it should be.
Let’s get started…
Have a great time!!