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    Big Agnes Fly Creek UL2 Review (By an Outdoor Guide!!)

    April 18, 2024

    Looking for a review of the Big Agnes Fly Creek UL2 for backpacking? After 7 years of use, here is everything you need to know about the Fly Creek

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  • 15 Helpful Hacks for Scoring Used Outdoor Gear

    November 18, 2023

    looking for the best ways to find used outdoor gear? Read this article for 15 tips for thrifting outdoor gear

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Backpacking the Porkies🥾🏕️🏔️ Porcupi Backpacking the Porkies🥾🏕️🏔️ Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park is a great spot for beginner friendly wilderness backpacking (think no cell service, but options for easier routes). Currently an area just outside the Porkies is the site of a proposed mine that could put the environment and Lake Superior’s waters at risk. Learn more and stay up to date on developments @protect_the_porkies 📍Traditional homelands of the Anishinaabe Nation
logged off lately☀️🌊>📱💤 1-7: I’ve logged off lately☀️🌊>📱💤 1-7: I’ve worked this stretch of shoreline as a sea kayaking guide on and off since 2018. This summer will be my first in a while easing off guiding and into full time writing which is so wonderful!! I’m really looking forward to experiencing the islands and paddling as a paddler and someone who loves the outdoors, and not just as a guide working. There’s something really wonderful about doing things just for the joy of it, and I want that back. [new @aquabound tetra on my deck was gifted! As pretty as she looks on my deck, it’s a great paddle so more likely to end up in my hands!] 8- I’ve been getting back into running and it’s been hard. Rewarded myself with some shorts that don’t cut into my skin and some non-stained sports bras. (See previous post for a wholeeeee story on the running thing) 9-10: a walk in the woods 11- plant propagations 12- taking @paddlingmagazine out for a paddle :)
Lake Superior summer loading✨🌅🏕️ where a Lake Superior summer loading✨🌅🏕️ where are you headed this summer? 1- A lake up the Gunflint Trail 2- Stockton Island 3- the Porkies 4- Lovers Leap Arch 5- the North Shore 6- prep day 7- Palisade Head 8- my favorite island 9- the trail 10- Devils Island (actually isn’t my favorite!!) 11- Michigan moment 12- camped out 13- a small sea cave 📍traditional and cultural homelands of the Anishinaabe Nation
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