By: Annika Nygren Day 24: After an exciting day visiting the CQ trips, I am back in the office and excited to captain the blog ship! My apologies for the abreevs post before, my hip lingo was obviously a little rusty and sore. I am no poet, my basic rhymes for you all will show
By Chad Olcott We sent Annika down the coast to meet with one of our Coast to Quebec groups this afternoon, so you’ve got Captain Ahab behind the wheel of the Good Ship Blog tonight. As usual there’s a lot to report and pictures from everyone except our Euro-adventurers tonight (should have those tomorrow, though…).
By: Annika Nygren Day 22: “Abreev”: Short for abbreviation… therefore the literal “abreev” of abbreviation, or ‘the spoken abbreviation for the word: abbreviations”. That’s what today’s all about! Well, it mostly just ended up being a lot of words ending in an apostrophe… but hey, we’re spicin’ it up! If you try hard enough, it
By Shem Dixon Hope you like it! CI: This cute kids’ company continues to caper clear ’round the Cape! NEMC: Nascent nuclear friendships near newfound heights! NEMC summitted Mt. Washington today! VM: Verily we vie for visions via Vermont, validating our view of the value of venturous vocations! CMC: Coastal Cali cruisin’, claiming crepuscular colors and close clinging coasts
By Chad Olcott Through an unfortunate fluke of scheduling, our beloved Annika is out tonight and tomorrow night – goodbye, irrepressible cheeriness, hello, jaded old guy! The good news is that we’ve got a lot of celebrating to do today – and you’ll see a lot of blue shirts in the pictures below, meaning that
By: Annika Nygren Day 19: Wheels and worn-down hiking boots have now touched down in many final cities for various trips! NWX is in Seattle, AX is in Geneva, MSA is in Whitefish, and our PCers are over the Golden Gate and in San Fran! WOOOOHOOOOO! Crazy to think that not even three weeks ago these end
By: Annika Nygren Day 18: Welcome new blog friends and hello old friends, another fabulous day in the Apogee world of trips today! All but three of our trips (we still miss you DEX AND CQs) are in full swing and the sun is shining all over the globe – well, mostly… Sounds like a
By: Annika Nygren Day 17: Out with the old and in with the new! I’m just kidding CQ A&B and DEX, but unfortunately we do have to say goodbye to you all today. In attempts to fill these three voids, we now have VM, CSA AND CMC back on the grid! Woohoo! And we can’t
By: Annika Nygren Day 16: I’m back! Hiking Mount Katahdin with Erin and Marino’s DEXcellent group was one of the most amazing experiences I have ever had! I can’t wait to share with you some of the pictures I took on our way up! In the rest of the Apogee world we have new trips
By: Shem Dixon, Assistant Director Extraordinaire! CQA & CQB: Allez, allez! Quebec nous voila! Quebec here we come! CQA and CQB have made some serious moves today – powering through their ride (and some headwinds) along the Chaudiere River. They’re arriving in Quebec City as I write this, and excited for a hearty dose of