The Torrens family spent spring break in Ecuador. Wasn’t the country we thought we were going to when we arrived at the airport, but it all worked out. We had carry-ons, used public transport, and found a 3-day unguided trek on the internet. We had a wonderful trip.

By the time we got back, the judges were all done evaluating the Youth Writing Contest submissions. Had a wonderful evening handing out $2K in prizes to our local youth at our awards ceremony in Buena Vista last week.

My first author copy of Scorched arrived in the mail and I looked it through page-by-page before ordering 200 more copies. You can preorder it through the publisher here and it should arrive on or before August 29th. Use the discount code PREORDER2024 for a 15% discount. If you want a signed copy, reach out to me.

Once every five years, our Search & Rescue team is evaluated to maintain our “Mountain Rescue Association” accreditation. For us, it’s in two weeks! We just ran through a practice eval last week and it went pretty well. Keep us in your thoughts!