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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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    Ultimate Kayaking Packing List (by a Kayak Guide!)

    April 2, 2024

    Planning a kayaking trip? For what to pack for kayaking, how to pack, and more, read this article!

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maddymarq

guide & writer exploring the midwest🏕
📍Wisconsin Northwoods & Lake Superior
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First snow up north ❄️🫎 These are from a p First snow up north ❄️🫎These are from a perfect morning a few years ago up the Gunflint Trail with @emksks :) 📸2: @emksks 📍Traditional homeland of the Anishinaabe Nation
HEY YOU!! Go look at the moon tonight ❤️👀 HEY YOU!! Go look at the moon tonight ❤️👀📍Traditional homelands of the Anishinaabe Nation
Shoulder season in Michigan ❄️🌊 1- a beach Shoulder season in Michigan ❄️🌊1- a beach, wearing my fav @wintergreenely vintage ski jacket 2- my sisters looking out over Lake Michigan 3- a cabin at @crystalmountainmi 4- roadside pull offs in Michigan >5- the waffle cabin lol6- see anything good out there?👀7- hot coco on the beach 8- more beach :)9- cozy nights @crystalmountainmi From a trip with @traversecitytourism 📍Traditional homelands of the Odawa Nation
adventures inspired by curiosity> Navigation & to adventures inspired by curiosity>Navigation & topography are omg of my favorite challenges, so I spent a little while using the approximate position of the plane heading into Seattle, the video I’d taken, and topographical maps (no Google!!) to see if I could find a hike up to the pretty blue rock flour lake I could see from the plane.Needless to say I found the lake and it was just as pretty to visit by foot, and such a fun challenge to find a place without using guidebooks, apps, or blogs✨This is an established hike, but in the spirit of curiosity, see if you can figure out where it is on your own using good old-fashioned maps & geology (ie, where are there rock flour lakes?!) Videos unedited & shot on an iPhone 8📍 Traditional homelands of the Snohomish, Snoqualmie, and Chelan Indigenous People
Lake Superior >>>> Follow @maddymarq for Lake Su Lake Superior >>>> Follow @maddymarq for Lake Superior spam ❄️🌊📍Traditional homelands of the Anishinaabe Nation
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