Editor’s Note: Yes, I know I am supposed to be writing about our trip to Utah and Arizona and I swear I’m working on it tonight. But the #NatureWritingChallenge is so fun! I promise I’ll go right back to it after this post… This is going to be mostly about pictures because, well, a picture…
And other empty wishful campaign promises. Sorry, not sorry, for the click bait fake news misleading headline about free trail mix. Don’t run off, though, THIS IS REALLY GOOD! I woke up last Friday morning to find I have been nominated for the Hidden Gem award at the 4th Annual Bloggers Bash Awards and I…
It doesn’t seem right to dive into the stories about my recent honeymoon to the Southwest without first sharing about what led up to us getting on a plane to Las Vegas for a week of playing in the sun and exploring more of the outdoors without fear of rain (a common plight for those…
As people who love public lands who want to do every thing we can to protect it, it can boggle the mind when we are faced with the reality that not everyone is standing up and carrying the battle as we are. How do others not see the same impending catastrophe that we do? The…
No matter your religion or absence there of, many of us consider our time in nature to be a spiritual experience. The outdoors represents a place where we feel most connected to something or someone beyond ourselves. It is where I feel closest to God and where life is at its simplest. I know I…
Do you have a reset button? A routine that helps you stop all the madness and take stock of your life? Slow down the crazy train… If you have been with me for awhile, you know that this time of year is when I manually press the reset button by making a big batch of…