I tend to be cold. When my husband is stripped down to shorts, pushing me away because my body heat…
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We planned on going to Blackmare Lake, but we had also prepared ourselves for the possibility that it wouldn’t be…
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I don’t feel that I’ve gotten very much done in the last week. I haven’t been getting my butt in…
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Long backpacking trips have a way of changing the way you feel about our place in the world, the way…
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I was planning on getting a bit more done over the weekend than I actually did. But this time, I…
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Heading for a morning dip in the hot spring. It’s definitely still hot. Looking up at the trail on the…
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I have 7 stories that are finished and ready for something to be done with them. I have to stop…
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Ambrose is ready to go despite the clouds. So am I! Heading out to Skillern from Big Smoky Canyon Campground…
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Coming back to civilization after a 7 day backpacking trip is strange. I no longer have to wake up at…
Continue ReadingSolo 2017 Travel Day Photo Summary
Ambrose and I hiked out to the border of Idaho and Nevada so I wouldn’t have to start my hike…
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