I got the side of the tent next to some young trees. Without the mesh keeping them out, the branches…
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- Daily Journal
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Spinning Wheels
I don’t feel that I’ve gotten very much done in the last week. I haven’t been getting my butt in…
Continue ReadingBlackmare Lake? 2017 Days 1 and 2
We planned on going to Blackmare Lake, but we had also prepared ourselves for the possibility that it wouldn’t be…
Continue ReadingNot Quite What I Planned
I was planning on getting a bit more done over the weekend than I actually did. But this time, I…
Continue ReadingBackpacking Dinner
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 have 7 stories that are finished and ready for something to be done with them. I have to stop…
Continue ReadingSkillern June 2017 Days 2 and 3
Heading for a morning dip in the hot spring. It’s definitely still hot. Looking up at the trail on the…
Continue ReadingReadjusting to Modern Life
Coming back to civilization after a 7 day backpacking trip is strange. I no longer have to wake up at…
Continue ReadingSkillern June 2017 Day 1
Ambrose is ready to go despite the clouds. So am I! Heading out to Skillern from Big Smoky Canyon Campground…
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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