Things have been a bit busy, crazy, hectic, ridiculous…
I have been home for only 22 days since the 10th of April…and I’ve taken 7 different trips…most for work, 1 to Salt Lake to see Liam and Rory’s new restaurant, and 1 to Savannah, GA for a wedding. It has been hectic, but also very good. I’m really loving my job, teaching Wilderness Medicine Courses. The locations have been fun, the people I work with have been great and the work is constantly challenging and the students are inspiring! My travel is not done yet…in fact, tomorrow I’m headed for the Bay area to teach a re-certification course, and then lead a backpacking trip for Big City Mountaineers in Yosemite!
Here are some moments from the last couple months!
I worked a 10 day course in San Francisco.
It’s hard to complain when this is what your office looks like!
While I’m gone, Woody texts me photos of our ridiculous dog! (Who sleeps like this!?!)
I had an extra day and drove around exploring…Golden Gate Park, Sutro Baths, China Beach, and Ocean Beach!
I had some beautiful weather!
Cleo found a peacock in our neighbor’s yard.
I taught two courses in Portland…
Some rain, some sun, very pretty!
Super fun to see Avery & Eloise and spend some time with Ciaran and Kate! Looking forward to my next course in the area!
Judy and Laura came for a visit…we packed in quite a bit into two days! LACMA!
Woody’s favorite piece of art…
We took a quick weekend trip to Salt Lake City to see for ourselves, Liam, Rory and Andrew’s new venture, Avenues Proper. I am so proud of my brothers! From an inkling of an idea a ways back…to an open and functioning restaurant and brewery – amazing!
Looking forward to my next trip!
We managed to make it up to Heber to see the horses!
And of course, we watched as much Game of Thrones as we possibly could and played a lot of Excite Truck – a special request of Liam!
Neither of us had seen Utah’s new Museum of Natural History.
Call me impressed!
The views are gorgeous!
A trip to Salt Lake would not be complete without a stop here…
and of course the Mole Sampler!
Back to southern California…and I headed to Lake Cachuma to teach a weekend course. It’s halfway between Santa Barbara and Los Olivos!
I squeezed in a pre-birthday dinner with this lady! Love her…and love me some chicken and waffles (Liam – your version is better!).
Next, we were off to Savannah, GA for the wedding of our friends Jon & Sara.
Saw some thunderhead’s building up over the middle of the country.
Explored the moss-covered trees and parks in the historic district!
Spotted a mode of transportation that NEEDS to be in my future. I’ll be driving the scooter and Woody will ride shotgun!
Lots of fun catching up with friends from Harvard!
And ogling the crazy super-yachts and sailboats docked on the river!
These two are so cute and so in love…and they share the same birthday…Valentine’s Day. I think I just threw up in my mouth. Just kidding…I love ’em!
The ceremony was perfect and the basil gimlets were delightful!
On our flight home, Woody sat across the aisle from Ernie Hudson – one of the original Ghostbusters! This is my stealthy photo!
Flying back from Savannah was the start of too much time in airports…which included Savannah, Houston, LAX, Burbank, SFO and Chico…all within 24 hours. SFO is where I spent 13 unplanned hours…after multiple flight delays and a cancelation…I finally arrived at my hotel in Chico at 3:15 am.
Don’t worry I managed to get almost 3 hours of sleep before I was up again and getting ready to teach 30 students for 10 days straight!
My co-instructor and I made a point to go on the Brewery tour at Sierra Nevada.
They have an impressive facility, which they’ve built over the years!
They have (one of?) the largest privately owned solar arrays in the country…and plenty of sun!
The tour ended with a tasting, many of the beers I had not tried before!
Then there was more teaching. We employ very creative teaching techniques…here, my co-instructor Liam is acting out a patient with cardiac issues as I run through a patient assessment!
Also…it was hot! (did I mention this?) It was REALLY hot!
Also, really beautiful!
I arrived home…for 5 hours…and found some presents waiting for me!!!
Love the clutch! Thanks Giselle!
And then I opened the clutch to find this…
“For those of you wondering where my beard went: fret not it is still around, just not on my face. Liz has it.”
-Mark Fischer via Facebook
Home for a couple hours…and then I was off to drive north of Malibu, where I taught a weekend WFA course at a camp near Leo Carillo State Beach. I was making a phone call and turned around to see this little guy. Actually, he wasn’t so little!
More teaching!
I got back Sunday…cumpled into bed exhausted and spent Monday putting my life back together as my time at home is short once again. Monday night we put my latest birthday present from Woody, a baking steel (kind of like a pizza stone but made of pure steel) to the test and had two delicious pizzas!
Tuesday was a blur…and this morning, WOody and I were up before 5 am to get him to the airport with his Watermaster raft and all his fishing gear for a week of fishing near the Henry’s fork of the Snake river.
I returned home after a stop for some coffee and took Cleo for her morning walk.
June Gloom has set in full force…but who can complain when your trees shower the sidewalks with purple flowers!
Back on the road tomorrow…home at the end of June with hopefully some more photos and an adventure or two to share!
Happy Summer!
Fischer Life 