I did not want to run on Saturday. I did not want to run or hike or even walk very…
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Back in September, my husband and I agreed to try and spend one weekend outdoors, car camping, each month until…
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We slept in. I didn’t set an alarm or anything. The plan was just to get up when we got…
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For a few years now, a co-worker and I had been talking about taking a backpacking trip together. She had…
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Starting out from Dry Saddle, heading south. Just a light touch of haze in the morning. More water along the…
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I woke up at the alarm. The morning was cool, but not cold. I started getting dressed, and didn’t notice…
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I bought a guitar. This is actually the first guitar I have owned, but not the first time that I’ve…
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We didn’t wake up any earlier than the day before, but it was much darker in these trees than it…
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When something is a part of your life, every day for decades, it feels very different when you stop doing…
Continue ReadingChamberlain Basin August 2020 Day 6
We woke up so early that there was no light in the sky except from the setting moon. That moon…
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