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Car Camping is Cool!

Car Camping is Cool!

One of the many great things about the 365 MC group is being inspired to try new adventures. Everyone makes them all look so easy (deceptively so). How did they make that look so easy? The simple answer is preparation. Preparation can include researching your...

Olympic National Park

Olympic National Park

Welcome to my introduction of the Olympic National Park. Facts first - Olympic National Park is located on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington State. Originally designated as Mount Olympus National Monument in 1909 by President Theodore Roosevelt, it was re-designated...

Just One More

Just One More

I don’t know about you, but I have a lot of hobbies.  I mean like A LOT.  With most of my hobbies, once I’m hooked, I jump in with both feet.  Photography? Yup! Need the camera, all the lenses, plus the gear to go hiking.  Scrapbooking? Yup! Need...

Modifying the Path

Modifying the Path

I’m a backpacker. I’m a hiker, cyclist, bikepacker, paddler, and all around Badass Adventure Woman! Also, according to my recent test results, I’m an asthmatic with a heart issue - a heart issue that won’t get better but will probably get worse, that impacts my...

Acadia National Park

Acadia National Park

Today’s national park is the only park found in Maine.  This is Acadia National Park.  Acadia began as a small group of trustees started preserving land around Mount Desert Island for public enjoyment.  Land was donated from many different places to preserve...

Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area

Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area

We have a lot of wonderful National Parks in our country.  In the south, I think most people think of the Great Smokey Mountains or maybe the Everglades. When the National Parks Act came into law in 1916, Georgia had been settled and the land had been cleared and was...