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  • Beginner’s Backpacking Checklist (By an Outdoor Guide!)

    January 1, 2025

    The ultimate packing list and tips for a beginner 2-5 day backpacking trip written by an outdoors guide!

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  • PNW Adventure Packing List (By an Outdoor Guide!)

    June 13, 2024

    Looking for the ultimate packing list for your PNW outdoor adventure trip? I’ve got you covered; here’s everything you need to have a great PNW adventure!

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  • Ultimate San Juan Islands Packing List (2025!)

    April 15, 2024

    The ultimate San Juan Islands packing list: what to bring for your kayaking, whale watching, and hiking trip to the San Juan Islands

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Arches National Park in 2 hrs, because sometimes t Arches National Park in 2 hrs, because sometimes that’s all you need✨🏜️🥾 Arches is crowded, but my favorite part of crowded places is the tiny tourists :) can you spot the hiker in the third photo?! 📍 Traditional and cultural homelands of the Ute, Paiute, Navajo, Hopi, Zuni, and Sioux peoples
how I ended up in the Midwest, and liking it✨🥾 (abridged version) [photo no 6 shot by @emksks (edit by me), 5 shot by Andy (my partner), others shot by me] #midwest #adventure #outdoors
Beginner backpacking tips🏕️🥾🏜️ Video Beginner backpacking tips🏕️🥾🏜️ Video from a trip with @explorenborgen #hiking #backpacking #camping
Paddling season PSA, what’d I miss?🌊✨ #kay Paddling season PSA, what’d I miss?🌊✨ #kayak #canoe #adventure #greatlakes
I get followed by a stranger in the woods🙃 par I get followed by a stranger in the woods🙃 part 2/2 on my solo road trip last spring, you can find part one back a few posts. 📍traditional and cultural homelands of the Shawnee, Cherokee and Osage
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