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Exploring the American Wilderness and Other Adventures

Creative chaos, new places, wild beauty, and spontaneous adventures

Bloganuary 31

What’s the thing you’re most scared to do? What would it take to get you to do it? I’m afraid of every damn thing! But, I’m mostly scared of letting my fear prohibit me from learning and trying incredible things. So, I do all the things while being scared. Unfortunately, my determination gives some people […]

Bloganuary 30

What do you complain about the most? Pain. But honestly, there’s no point. When you live your life in this much pain it just becomes meaningless to anyone who might listen to your complaints. Even the people who love me dismiss it, and with that they are dismissing me, even if it’s by accident. “How […]

Bloganuary 29

What are your favorite sports to watch and play? I don’t care for watching sports at all. Athletes in America, to me, are just overpaid entertainers and it’s not my type of entertainment. I do think things like the Olympics are fun, but I’d rather follow the stats instead of actually sitting down to watch […]

Bloganuary 28

What would you do if you won the lottery? If I won the lottery (that I don’t play), then WE won the lottery. I would bring my medical bills to a zero balance and pay for the plans for my body when I die so my family has none of those burdens when cancer finally […]

Bloganuary 27

What books do you want to read? Mud, Rocks, and Blazes: Letting go on the Appalachian Trail: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/56588157 White Fragility: What it’s so hard for white people to talk about Racism: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43708708 Bad Feminist: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18813642 Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16280 Girl in the Woods: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18635099

Bloganuary 26

Write about a few of your favorite family traditions. Traditions are practices that are passed down through generations. “The fact of being passed on this way.” I don’t have a whole lot of traditions. We don’t have a whole lot of traditions. It’s possible we have none. If the boys and I were going to […]

Bloganuary 25

What do you enjoy doing most in your leisure time? Hiking has always been what I enjoy most in my leisure time. It’s definitely not a leisure activity and as I’ve said, I’m very close to hiking being what I do for employment, too! Something about being in the open air, something about survival being […]

Bloganuary 24

Name an attraction or town close to home that you still haven’t got around to visiting. This is a great question! Because we are moving, I’ve been thinking about this. Like, what have I still not done that will make me feel like I didn’t complete my time here? Pulaski Tunnel Trail, in Wallace, Idaho […]

Bloganuary 23

List five things you do for fun. 1. Hike 2. Plan hikes 3. Backpack 4. Plan backpacking 5. Make lists about hiking and backpacking

Bloganuary 22

If you could make your pet understand one thing, what would it be? I’m quite certain that Sam Dog understands exactly what I want him to understand: that I love him beyond measure and that everything that I do is better when he is with me. He had a rough start and my boys stole […]