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In the morning, I had the unique experience of throwing away my tent. Usually, we have to stuff the car…
Continue ReadingFrank Church Trip 2022 – Day 3 Part 1
Today was going to be the longest day of hiking for us on the whole trip. We were going to hike…
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Now, I can understand why Ambrose would want to call this day “zero.” We weren’t going to be hiking very…
Continue ReadingSkillern September 2020 Day 1
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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We slept in a bit this morning, since our destination was only a couple of miles away. Got up at…
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Usually, when we backpack in Idaho, we’ll drive up and drive out the same day. Well, sometimes we go ahead…
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We didn’t wake up super early this morning. I mean, before 7, but not before 6. The sun wasn’t “up”…
Continue ReadingMemorial Day Backpacking 2020 Day 1
My husband and I typically go car camping over Memorial Day weekend. It’s the kickoff to the backpacking season, but…
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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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