*with gratitude to Sydney Frymire for use of TTOYL as my title for this post! Guest post by: Susie Sutherland I returned two weeks ago from my month long trip to Nepal. The experience – deep and wide – has stayed with me but is only now being translated into this first of several blog posts. I keep thinking how much I have to write about and share, and realize that with election day tomorrow, I probably have less than 36 hours to have anyone’s attention before the election re

Himalayas Guest post: Susie Sutherland A quick post this evening. I spent the day on a plane from San Francisco to D.C., and tomorrow my mother, Carol, and I will fly from DC via Dubai to Kathmandu, Nepal. We are going trekking for a few weeks on the Sailung trek (more west and lower altitude than the Annapurna circuit or the Everest area). We’ll also add three days at the end to explore the Chitwan National Park area in the more temperate lowlands. A few things I’m delighted

As always, I’m excited to be returning to Nepal. This year there are two groups trekking with me  and 10% of the trips’ costs will be donated to charities in Nepal. This flipagram my daughter made for me from our trip last year will give you an idea of our experience: https://flipagram.com/f/vetsjC0mWH. Unfortunately, most of the money donated for earthquake relief has yet to be distributed for rebuilding. Since I’m working directly with several projects, 100% of the donation

I’m excited to let you know that we’ve added an extension trip to Basa Village. I read Jeff Rasely’s book, Taking Progress to Paradise. I loved it and after writing to him, I volunteered to be  on the education committee. I’d love to visit and see the projects that are underway. We’ve added a 6 day extension trip to Basa Village.www.basavillagfoundationusa.org Hopefully, Christine and her husband (the couple working on behalf of Dadagaun Village www.dadagaunvillage.com) will