Jeanne BustamanteI didn’t have any alarms set for the morning to wake me up. Even though I did plan on hiking,…
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I wanted to post my second day of the Blackmare trip today, but I didn’t get it written before I…
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Usually, in April and May, Ambrose and I like to get out for a few training hikes. This year, we…
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Wednesday nights we go to Mundo Hot Springs. Not every Wednesday, but as many as we can. We didn’t go…
Continue ReadingHells Canyon Trail Work Trip April 2023 Days 3 & 4
The next morning, we found out that those of us leaving Wednesday were being offered an opportunity to explore rather…
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Breakfast was a breakfast sandwich using King’s Hawaiian bread. I can’t tell you how many times I’d walked by those…
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For the last few years, I’ve been giving money to the Idaho Trails Association to support their work. I’ve even…
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I’d like to say that this isn’t like me, not to finish a trip write up nearly two months after…
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In the wee hours of Saturday morning, between 2 and 3 in the am, I arrived home from the Boise…
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Why do we humans do this? We learn a lesson, and then promptly forget to apply said lesson to the…
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