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Tips for Hiking & Car Camping Below Freezing
In 2022, I decided to visit the Maze District of Canyonlands in Utah. The Maze is famous for its extreme…
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How to Make Sleeping in a Van More Comfortable
I could have called this post, “How to sleep on plywood and not bruise your hips,” but I liked the…
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Tent for Seven – Book Review
I just finished reading a book called “Tent for Seven” by Marty Ohlhaut and his daughter, Grace Ly. I’ll just…
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Five Forms of Entertainment to (Not) Enjoy While Camping or Hiking
Tired of camp games and cooking over a campfire? Try these unique, not-typical ways to keep yourself entertained while camping…
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Yummy Sesame Noodles – Backpacking/Camping Recipe
The other day, Pinterest served me up some backpacking meal recipes. And I was thrilled! In the middle of the…
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How to Get a Camping Permit for Echo Canyon & Hole in the Wall Roads in Death Valley
About a year ago, Death Valley National Park instituted a permit system for the two most popular roads for camping…
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Alabama Hills Ramble – Again!
Quite a while ago, I posted about rambling through the rocks in the Alabama Hills of southern California. I discovered…
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Trip Report: Ricketts Glen, World’s End, and More!
This past weekend, I did another “short and sweet” semi-local trip! We saw so many waterfalls thanks to the recent…
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Things You Must Have to Camp in a Van, Car, SUV, or other Vehicle
The more I travel, the more people I find who sleep in their vehicles. There are just so many pros…
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How to Camp in Death Valley – for Free!
There isn’t half enough camping in Death Valley National Park for all of the visitors. That’s frequent in the national…
