Rachel Lahr
It’s really Danno writing this post on the mobile app on Rachel’s phone, since my laptop battery is dead and I can’t find a outlet to charge. For our trip we were banking on some favorable European spring weather which we have gotten lucky with in the past. However from […]
Yesterday we got to explore our almost private cross-country skiing track behind our house and in front of the school district. Today it was Papa’s landing zone.
Familie kampeer pret! Het was me weer een uitje, op weg naar Denver toch maar een nachtje kamperen, want als je het niet doet dan komt het er ook niet van. De laatste jaren komt het er steeds minder van drukker en drukker met het sociale leven. Zora was uren […]
Baby Shower Denver
We visited Karl Welter from the Telluride Ski Patrol on Exchange in Tignes for the 2015/16 winter. Thank you Karlito for the warm welcome and showing us around. Karl lives in Tignes du Lac and is on exchange from Telluride, ColoradoTignes (French pronunciation: [tiɲ]) is a commune in the Tarentaise […]
In the morning 2/5/16 across the street Danno found a coffee shop and brought back cappuccinos and pastries! Then we both went back to have “another” coffee and use the toilet which just happened to be a true “squatty potty”! The kind with the porcelain foot placements and small hole […]
After a day at the spa we went to Courgné, Italy where my favorite restaurant is located and they were closed-wah wah wah! Danno was disappointed but you can’t really go wrong with Italian food:)! So we met up with our friend Flávio who lives there and owns the paragliding business.Flávio […]
Pré-Saint-Didier is a town and comune in the Aosta Valley region of north-western Italy, at 1,004 metres (3,294 ft) above sea level. Things here are great, not great snow but beautiful views! We went to Italy for my bday weekend! Just through the Mont Blanc tunnel there are thermal baths! […]
This weekend we have to take care of some administrative affairs which leads us to Geneva, well not a lot of smiling going on here. Downtown Geneva from Mariposa Productions on Vimeo.
Today is January 3, 2016 we finally have snow and I take a beautiful run through the fluffy snow trails while Danno is working! On January 3, 1913 this very day my grandmother Coletta (Gill) Kiko was born. She would be 103 years young. Happy birthday grandma may your lucky […]
Rayray and Mayday from Mariposa Productions on Vimeo. Finally Danno let Rachel drive a little bit. After hiding the key all this time she was finally allowed to excercise her right to drive… To: Suisse.
Finally we get snow and have the day off to enjoy it!!!! We headed out for a hike and started creating snowballs. The snow was so wet and since we had gravity to our favor we were able to create BIG snowballs. It was awesome until it came time to […]
Sometimes it’s just plain old fun to play the tourist in your own town. We try to do this every weekend, as Rachel is chuckling next to me. We took the bus to downtown Chamonix where we were able to catch the Mer de Glace Train. A day of […]
People always ask me, “What do you do while Danno is at work?” Well on any ordinary day I find myself eating escargo with the Simonds, Jean Marc not shown in photos…
Aiguilles Rouges from Mariposa Productions on Vimeo. Today was a good day. Boxing Day it is called by some. I went to La Flégère while Danno was working and I took off on a solo hike! No snowshoes needed due to the lack of snow. Beautiful blue sky day. My […]
On the eve before Christmas Eve Rachel and Danno are wishing you all a Merry Christmas and wanted to share this inspiring video that we found as food for thought on these festive days. And of course just as inspiring the making off…
Beautiful hike with minimal visibility! Ibex in the misty distance Balcony of Chalet des Pyramides 1895M Same Beautiful Hike with improved visibility!!! the circle of life: tree growing from tree:) Ibex in camouflage “Danger” The Chamonix Valley from balcony of Chalet des Pyramides 1895M and l’Aiguille du Midi 3842M is […]
A GREAT day for hike in the woods behind Caroline Simond’s house with Misty who smiled every minute. She played fetch the whole hike with sticks up and down the snowy hills! Not once did she ever look tired or did she ever stop SMILING! Such a fun day!
The weather gods have been so kind to us in waiting with the attack of winter. Building the van in t-shirt in the arctic circle has been pleasant and driving has been ever so kind. Plus seeing the transformation of this magic town is fun to watch from the beginning. […]
Today we drove form Bavaria where we stayed with Ernst and Nicole and Nico Strobl. We drove through Austria, then Italy where we had a romantic lunch in Malcesine. … and arrived at the Tunnel under the Monte Bianco. The border was “closed”, so there was a line of cars […]