A week of perspective! Last weekend’s failed camping excursion could have been a bust but turned into an absolutely awesome girls night and all-Sunday-long fun. What felt like a missed opportunity at work turned into a different kind of opportunity (to work from home and annoy the crap out of all my instagram followers with…
My friend Matt nerds out over gear shopping. I wish I was like Matt, because I want the best deal on the best camp stove but I do not have the patience for comparing weights down to the ounce and features down to the speed to boil … for my camp stove, do I want…
“Through hail or high water …” And we crossed both. This picture sums up how I felt about being the minister at my friends’ wedding, and how I felt about their wedding: a five-day backpacking trip through Kings Canyon called the Rae Lakes Loop. The wedding was amazing, but I can’t tell you how to…
Y’all. Life is crazy and busy and [too] full and stressful and wonderful. I’m so grateful for everything—for the chance to completely escape into the wilderness, to climb thousands on thousands of feet, through rain, hail, sleet, snow, and sunshine, to breathe in the fresh, deep, alpine air, to celebrate love and marriage with my…
Go to ANY National Park(s) for free this entire week, through Sunday! The National Park Service and the National Park Foundation invite everyone to celebrate National Park Week. From April 16 – 24, you are invited to celebrate all that America’s more than 400 national parks have to offer; in honor of the National Park Service Centennial this year, all…
This was my weekend last weekend: And sure, it took me and the dog a little bit to recover from what was supposed to be two nights backpacking covering just 13 miles to two nights backpacking over 20 miles (landslide got in the way), but I think we’re both grateful for the opportunity to go…
I wasn’t nervous to hike 23 miles, 10,000+ feet of vert, and for 10.5 hours, although it was something I’d never done before. No, as we set off into the Grand Canyon, I was most nervous that I’d miss out on spectacular views because we’d be too busy hiking. Thankfully, this didn’t turn out to…
Feel Good Friday is a gratitude list I write each week to express my appreciation for all of the things that made me feel good or that I’m grateful for all week. Join me and leave your Feel Goods in the comments! “Hiking” in Corona del Mar … … this dog: Pizza and chicken wings…
Ute has easily been my favorite go-to hike this summer and fall. It’s just so convenient, quick, and rewarding. Nali and I sprinted in intervals up it today, over a yellow brick road of fallen aspen leaves, collapsing on the rock at the top. Amazing. this view, about 2/3 of the way up, is one…
I wrote about hating hiking here. But I do appreciate many things about hiking: the beauty of my surroundings, the relatively low-impact exercise, and how much Nali loves it. I also love that I can watch the seasons literally change before my eyes. This is less than thirty minutes away from my house, door to…