I got started a little after 7:30 at the trailhead. The air felt warm enough that I didn’t feel the…
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I had such a plan for today, and it didn’t go exactly the way I wanted it to. I woke…
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I got up at the alarm at 6, but decided to sleep in an extra hour. Or try. I woke…
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I had a goal for today. My goal was to hike up Cuddy Mountain. I knew that it would be…
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Ambrose and I have been going up to Big Creek for many years now, but we had never hiked up…
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Ambrose and I drove up to the Big Creek Lodge on Friday, June 28th. I had the day off of…
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I’ll admit, I thought I’d be backpacking out earlier than June once I lived out here. But that didn’t happen…
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My husband and I don’t typically camp or backpack over the 4th of July weekend. This year, the holiday fell…
Continue ReadingBlackmare 2023 Days 3 and 4
I slept in again. I remember when sleeping in meant at least 11 am, if not after noon. Now, sleeping…
Continue ReadingBlackmare 2023 Day 2
I didn’t have any alarms set for the morning to wake me up. Even though I did plan on hiking,…
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