Last June, I didn’t get nearly enough hiking done to prepare myself for the backpacking season. Not a mistake I…
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I was up a bit earlier this morning, but not for the hunting of mushrooms. I only had a run…
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While I woke up in the night and needed to get some candy from Ambrose to warm up, after I…
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My husband and I typically go car camping over Memorial Day weekend. It’s the kickoff to the backpacking season, but…
Continue ReadingWOW – Bear River August 2019 – Day 2
For the second day of the trip, we planned to split up into two groups. One would work their way…
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I enjoyed my first experience with trail maintenance back in June so much that I just had to do it…
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I was glad that my sleeping pad was holding up. On the night we spent up at the unnamed alpine…
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On this, our second to last day on the trail, we had another longish hike. But we did get to…
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Today was going to be another short day, only much easier since it would be all downhill. We hiked from…
Continue ReadingQueens River Loop August 2019 – Day 5
This was a short hiking day. We were only going to go from Pats Lake to the other side of…
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