I read a post by Amelia over at You Can Always Start Now about the things she knows for sure. Her inspiration came from Oprah’s book and it got me thinking to myself about the things that I know for sure. Then, I read another post by Susie over at Susie’s Wild Ride about branding…
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…
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…
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…
Have a told you about my dear friend Laura Wild? I know I have mentioned her in general terms in posts like The Definition of Courage but I don’t think I have talked about her directly by name. I want to take this opportunity as part of the #NatureWritingChallenge to share a little of our…
In July, before heading off to Canada for some trail work and hiking, I stopped by the library quickly to pick up some Great Britain travel books (yes, books!) and slipped a few books-on-CD into the car to listen to on my way north. One of the sets I chose was a book called The…