I recently went solo camping and brought supplies to make smores. My friends couldn’t believe that I would make smores when I am camping all by myself. Why not? I mean, I love to share that oohy-goodness, but when a girl needs melted marshmallows and chocolate, don’t stand in her way. I will tell you though, when it’s just me,…
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Can you even imagine giving up caffeine? Nope! Funny thing though, I didn’t start drinking coffee until I was 39. For the last five years though, I’ve had two very large cups of coffee a day. I also used to be an avid soda drinker, but now I might have 1 or 2 Cokes a month. I’ve been really sick…
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For four years I road tripped around the contiguous US and camped in National Parks, National Forests, State Parks, Dispersed land, with the Bureau of Land Management, on people’s properties, and in the middle of absolute nowhere. When I first started I had sticker shock on how expensive some campgrounds were – it was as much as a hotel and…
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When I tell people that I’m going camping in Alaska, the first question always is ~ what about the bears? There are bears, a lot of them too! Being bear aware and following a few bear safety tips helps me to feel safe when I’m camping in bear country. That hasn’t always been the case though. It took me a year…
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When I first set out to travel across the US, I knew I would be camping all by myself. I knew NOTHING about camping. I mean I watched a couple YouTube videos and thought, how hard could it be? I had camped in wine country before, I had camped in the desert near a lake in Arizona with a bunch…
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