I started to tell you about Mongolia... and then I got distracted by houses getting demolished and an epic night of D&D. But today we return to the steppes and the horses. The earlier post (part 1) covered the logistics of the horse trek and how I managed the riding. Today I want to talk … Continue reading Horse trekking in Mongolia – part 2
ZILLAH - The Broken Forest Tomorrow at first light we head deeper into the forest in search of a troll lord. I've never encountered a troll before, and hoped I never would. This one, name of Quagmire, is by all accounts immensely powerful. (And I thought things couldn't get much worse.) We have pledged to … Continue reading D&D Chronicles: Fighting through the Broken Forest
It's already over a week since I returned home from my Mongolian adventure. I still have many posts to write about that, but this isn't going to be one of them. Just to prove I'm not a one-trick pony. (ha!) I have other things on my mind. Last bastion of childhood The house I grew … Continue reading Journal ~ In limbo as a last bastion of childhood falls
This is a blatant leveraging of the weekly photo challenge theme of half and half as an excuse to publish more photos (and tell a story) from my recent trip to Mongolia -- a land of big sky, spectacular clouds and sweeping grasslands. The horizon draws the eye repeatedly and bisects many of my photos, … Continue reading Riding into the storm
I'm now back from my latest international adventure, the focus of which was a two-week horse trek across the steppes of Mongolia. It was an amazing trip: challenging, inspiring, fascinating. And boy did it go quickly. Over the coming weeks I intend to write a series of posts about my Mongolian experiences. (There's so much … Continue reading Horse trekking in Mongolia – part 1
It's a bit hard to fully capture Mongolia in photos, so I took a short (30s) video, in which you can briefly meet the horse I rode for two weeks...
Ellen Gregory 