We had eaten dinner at our campsite after a long day of trail work in the North Cascades National Park, installing new signage for the Pacific Crest Trail and brushing huckleberry bushes back from the trail as it made its way around Howard Lake. I warily walked down the steep boot path to the water…
If the question is how do we ensure the protection of our public lands’ needs during a government shutdown, the answer is we can’t.
The topic this week for the #NatureWritingChallenge is, “My favorite day on public lands in 2018” and there really is only one appropriate response for me to give. March 7th, 2018 at Saint Edwards State Park in Kenmore, Washington. Around 6pm. My husband and I met at Saint Edward State Park for our first date,…
I can think of a billion reasons to #OptOutside the day after Thanksgiving. In fact, I can think of quite a few reasons to #OptOutside for Thanksgiving. And I have done so quite a few times in recent years. This week’s #NatureWritingChallenge topic is all about why we should #OptOutside on public lands and the…
This week’s topic for the #NatureWritingChallenge really had me thinking! “Your most memorable encounter with a stranger on public lands” should have been easy because we meet new-to-us people ALL the time while out on public lands. It is inevitable that we run into people we don’t know, even when we are trying to escape…
Dear Santa, I hope it isn’t too soon to be writing out my Christmas wish-list but see, there is this Nature Writing Challenge thing and this week’s theme is “Your wish-list for Public Lands” and you seemed like the perfect person to share my wish-list with. You the professional procurer of wish-lists and all. Santa,…