Hiking
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Perfect Day Pack: Mountain Hardwear
Day hiking is a sport I can get behind. You don’t have to pack up your things for an overnight ordeal, you burn calories seeing the countryside instead of a gym, you get…
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30 Places that Should be on Your Outdoor Bucket List
Here’s my list. What’s on yours? Have you been any of these places? 1. Visit Norway’s fjords by boat and then day hike a glacier. Photo credit:(WT-en) JensANDMarian at English Wikivoyage [CC BY-SA…
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Reasons to Love Moraine Lake Lodge, Canada
Shortly after I graduated college, my family went to Moraine Lake Lodge in Banff National Park, Canada. To this day it is the most beautiful place I have ever been. It beats out…
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A Frosty Drive in the Gila National Forest
This weekend, Brandon, Mom, and I went out to New Mexico. As you may have noticed, this isn’t our first visit to this part of the world–we have a close family friend who…
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A Drive Not to Miss in El Paso
What comes to mind when you think of El Paso? Flat, dry, and rugged? It’s not a spot I had ever thought of as an ecotourism destination. But this year, I went there…
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Start 2016 Off Right!
This time of year, I always yearn to get back in the swing of eating healthy and exercising. That said, I feel no guilt, whatsoever, about the eating extravaganza that was Christmas. I…
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San Antonio’s Wildest Place: Government Canyon State Natural Area
On Christmas Eve this year, my family and I explored Government Canyon State Natural Area, one of the largest parks in a city limits in the nation. In the NATION! Right here in…
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Review: Wild by Cheryl Strayed
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail Last Christmas, I was given this book as a gift. It took a few months for me to crack it open because A)…
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What Inspired Your Love of the Outdoors?
A few months ago, I was talking with a neighbor about our shared love of the outdoors. I asked her, “What made you interested in the outdoors?” I’m always curious about people’s answer…
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A Sunrise Walk in Tuscany I Will Always Remember
Hello blog readers, it has been a while! I took a brief blogging hiatus for the past three or so weeks in order to do some European traveling with my husband. Ever since…