Peru, how we loved you! This South American country is magnificent, ancient, welcoming, and rich in its people and traditions. Hiking the Salkantay Trail was challenging, emotional, spiritual, and utterly life affirming. Here is a photo diary of our adventure.
Author Archives: Jody Scotchmer Dembroski
CHANNEL ISLANDS SEA CAVE KAYAKING & HIKING
This summer, I was on my own and joined a sea cave kayak tour around Santa Cruz Island in the eco-reserved Channel Islands off the coast of Ventura, California. The whole day was phenomenal. There were numerous pods of hundreds of dolphins jumping on the ferry ride over: I’ve never seen anything like it. TheContinue reading “CHANNEL ISLANDS SEA CAVE KAYAKING & HIKING”
YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, JUNE 13-19
11 women hiked and backpacked the North Rim, Yosemite Falls, Mariposa Grove the Giant Sequoias, and the Mist Trail in June. This is our photo diary.
HOCKLEY VALLEY/ JEJU OLLE LOOP
This was a fall favourite which had us huffing, puffing and our quads and glutes aching as we constantly hiked up and down the sides of the valley. A picturesque and beautiful workout with friends.
THIS THING CALLED LOVE: GET YOUR TICKETS FOR OUR NEW SHOW, PLAYING FEBRUARY 11, 12, 13!
Director Sarina Condello of the Big Little Caravan of Joy and I, with our fiercely talent musical director, Donavon NeLabat, have cooked up a different kind of show for this year. THIS THING CALLED LOVE is an awesome musical night that looks at all kinds of love. Just in time for Valentine’s Day, it features a castContinue reading “THIS THING CALLED LOVE: GET YOUR TICKETS FOR OUR NEW SHOW, PLAYING FEBRUARY 11, 12, 13!”
GHANA: EYE-OPENING & LIFE-CHANGING
How do you describe Ghana? The sharp juxtaposition of barefooted people softly eking out a living in the rural villages of the Volta Region to the diesel choked throngs of humanity clogging the roadsides of the capital, Accra? From the acrid smell of smoked fish and urine to the sweet juice of a coconut justContinue reading “GHANA: EYE-OPENING & LIFE-CHANGING”
OFF TO GHANA TO VOLUNTEER WITH TEAM JOY!
Wow. This Wednesday, I will be travelling to Dagbamete, Ghana with 20 of my Bedford Park Players cast-mates to help facilitate the 4th Empowered African Child Arts Conference (EACAC) with the Big Little Caravan of Joy. Go Team Joy! “Dagbamete is a village located in the Akatsi district of the Volta Region. The Volta Region,Continue reading “OFF TO GHANA TO VOLUNTEER WITH TEAM JOY!”
MULTI-SPORT MOAB
What inspires you? For me, it’s witnessing 14 of my girlfriends face their fears… on 200 ft cliff faces, or fins with seriously steep drop-offs on each side, or on raging, raft-flipping waves . From June 8 to 13, 2019, the Tredsup sistas hit Moab, Utah hard on a multi-sport trip that featured hiking, rafting,Continue reading “MULTI-SPORT MOAB”
Your Brain on Nature
Having just returned this summer from rafting, hiking and canyoneering in Utah, I thought I’d share this Nat Geo article by Florence Williams which is so relatable and important… ** This is your brain on nature When we get closer to nature—be it untouched wilderness or a backyard tree—we do our overstressed brains a favor.Continue reading “Your Brain on Nature”
OUR LATEST MUSICAL, NAUGHTYHAM, RAISED $150,000!
We celebrated our 10th anniversary of musicals this past May with a production of Naughtyham, a romp of a Robin Hood tale with silly nods to Monty Python. It took Sarina and I three months to co-write and adapt this crazy play, which was performed by our cast, the Bedford Park Players, and the Summerhill Players overContinue reading “OUR LATEST MUSICAL, NAUGHTYHAM, RAISED $150,000!”
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