Whether you are trying to eliminate gluten from your diet or keep your carbohydrate ratio down, swapping out grains for vegetables is a win-win. I wrote up an article, How To Eat More Veggies and Fewer Grains On The Trail, for the Washington Trail Association this summer to encourage hikers and backpackers to rethink their…
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My First Snowshoe of The Season!
Snow is here, snow is here, snow is here!! On Friday I got out with my friends Elle and Sarah for a day in the snow up at Stevens Pass here in Washington State. Look at all the snow!! This is a great snowshoe for folks who want to try something short and easy or…
Snuffy’s 2013 Pacific Crest Trail Journal July 22, 23, & 24
#ThrowbackThursday This is part of a series of journal entries I have made while section hiking the Pacific Crest Trail since 2013 over on Trailjournals.com. I am moving them here to Must Hike Must Eat and updating them with photos (and maybe fixing typos). Look for them on Thursdays or you can head over to…
Snuffy’s 2013 Pacific Crest Trail Journal July 20 & 21
#ThrowbackThursday This is part of a series of journal entries I have made while section hiking the Pacific Crest Trail since 2013 over on Trailjournals.com. I am moving them here to Must Hike Must Eat and updating them with photos (and maybe fixing typos). Look for them on Thursdays or you can head over to…
You Just Never Know Who You Might Meet On Public Lands
This week’s topic for the #NatureWritingChallenge really had me thinking! “Your most memorable encounter with a stranger on public lands” should have been easy because we meet new-to-us people ALL the time while out on public lands. It is inevitable that we run into people we don’t know, even when we are trying to escape…
Dear Santa, I’ve Been Really Good This Year (My Wish-list For The Pacific Crest Trail)
Dear Santa, I hope it isn’t too soon to be writing out my Christmas wish-list but see, there is this Nature Writing Challenge thing and this week’s theme is “Your wish-list for Public Lands” and you seemed like the perfect person to share my wish-list with. You the professional procurer of wish-lists and all. Santa,…