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Top 10 Exercises to Crush Your Backpacking Adventure: A Beginner's Guide to Preparing for the Trail
These 10 exercises will get you ready to tackle your next backpacking adventure!


Ultimate Guide to Happy Feet: 10 Life-Saving Tips for Preventing Blisters While Hiking and Backpacking
This comprehensive guide provides 10 life-saving tips that will prevent you from ever having another blister on the trail.


My Favorite Cute and Functional Clothes for Hiking and Getting Outdoors
Hiking clothes should be functional and comfortable, but that doesn't mean they can't also be cute! Here are my favorite items to wear on and off the trail.
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How to Pick Your First Trail | Backpacking for Beginners
A guide to picking the trail for your first backpacking trip. Part of a series on Backpacking for Beginners.

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Apr 5, 20243 min read
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How to Spend 24 Hours in Capitol Reef National Park | Utah Mighty 5 Road Trip
The Mighty 5 National Parks in Utah are an incredible way to experience the array of natural wonders the state has to offer. A road trip...

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Apr 3, 20248 min read
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Best Hikes in Arches National Park | Utah's Mighty 5 Road Trip
The Mighty 5 National Parks in Utah are an incredible way to experience the array of natural wonders the state has to offer. A road trip...

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Mar 26, 20249 min read
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How to Spend One Day in Canyonlands National Park | Utah's Mighty 5 Road Trip
The Mighty 5 National Parks in Utah are an incredible way to experience the array of natural wonders the state has to offer. A road trip...

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Mar 26, 20248 min read
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What It's Like Starting a Running Journey (As Someone Who Always Hated Running)
See what it's like starting a running journey, coming from someone who has always hated running -- but wanted to be a runner.

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Mar 11, 20249 min read
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Everything I Use to Create Videos for My YouTube Channel | Filming Gear, Software, Music, Memory
This list of tools will give you insight into what helps a small YouTube channel run successfully.

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Mar 8, 202411 min read
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Tips for Seeing Firefall | Yosemite in February & A Realistic Fail Story
Tips for catching Firefall in Yosemite National Park and a realistic experience of trying and failing to see it.

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Mar 4, 20248 min read
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How I Plan an Itinerary for a Trip | Using Lassen Volcanic National Park as a Walkthrough Example!
Research has shown time and time again that the anticipation of a vacation leads to a significant increase in happiness. See here and...

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Feb 28, 202412 min read
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How to Spend Your Time in Havasupai: My Detailed Four Day, Three Night Itinerary
Everything you need to know about planning your Havasupai itinerary!

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Feb 20, 202415 min read
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Day 41: Just When Things Start Looking Up
Okay, I'm calling a do-over on my last post. 😄 Just when I thought I was ready to get back to it, I started feeling sick, took a few...

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Feb 19, 20242 min read
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Day 40: Things Are Changing
I'm embarrassed by how long I've missed my writing goal of 300 words a day... I could give a hundred excuses, but 300 words takes only a...

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Feb 8, 20244 min read
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Day 31: New Moon Intentions
This post won't be for everyone. It will be frou-frou and silly to many, but I love dabbling in all things mystical: moon phases,...

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Jan 11, 20243 min read
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