March 3, 2004
Hi! Mary and Bill Burnham here, with our sort-of monthly update on new adventures posted on www.BurnhamInk.com
Here's the latest:
Part of an international group of 30 trekkers in the summer of 2003, our goal was to hike – as much as we were permitted – the boundaries of a proposed cross-border peace park where Albania, Kosovo and Montenegro meet. Along the way, we skirted a mountain range where Western footsteps rarely tred, enjoyed the hospitality of farmers who invited us in for sheep’s cheese and raki, their potent homegrown schnapps, and made lasting friendships with our guides. In a region where the trauma of ethnic cleansing ended only five years ago, we found a land of surprisingly unspoiled mountains inhabited by a people eager to share them with visitors.
Read our entire story with lots of photos at www.BurnhamInk.com/work20.htm (just copy and paste this URL into your browser)
Closer to home, check out the March Maple Festival held this month in Monterey, Virginia's Little Switzerland (http://www.burnhamink.com/work6.htm)
It's almost spring, and a great time to start planning your outdoor adventures! If you think you might head to southern Florida anytime, Bill is leading kayak trips in the Keys and the Florida Everglades (www.kayakfloridakeys.com)
Happy trails!
Mary and Bill
