Sometimes you just want a snack that satisfies your sugar craving but without sugar overload. These cacao coated almonds are both savory and sweet for your next hiking or backpacking protein snack!
Category: Travel
My Favorite Trail Move: The Side Scramble
This week on the Nature Writing Challenge, the quest is an elevation gain that inspires adventure. Thinking about this for a short time, I realized that for me that means the side scramble. You know when you have been in a green corridor forever or make it to a pass after slogging it up a…
Honoring Native American History Means A Place At The Table
This week’s topic for the #NatureWritingChallenge is: “How can our Public Lands, either as a whole or an individual park, better recognize and honor the Native history?” My first thought was, “Give it all back.” My second thought was, I am not the right person to be answering. Who Should Be Answering It is…
Cape Disappointment Does Not Live Up To Its Name
One of the reasons I love living in Washington State is the wide range of weekend getaways that you can find all over the state for whatever mood you might be in. This was one we did when my husband injured his meniscus during a search and rescue training exercise. His hobbled pace lowered our expectations…
There Is More To Wallace Falls State Park Than Waterfalls
The eager kindergartener in front of me was pulling her backpack on wheels behind her as we made our way up from the middle falls to the upper falls at Wallace Falls State Park. I turned to the 5th grader dragging his feet slowly up the steep steps behind me with a pokey attitude and…
A Haleakala Sunrise: A Moment of Love On Public Lands
I remember reading a guide book while planning our vacation to Maui in 2010 about what to do if you wanted to visit Haleakalā National Park for the sunrise. It was best to go when you first arrived to the island as the time change was in your favor. Also, I would probably have to…