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Skills Entropy

October 2, 2018 By Val Weston 2 Comments

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I pulled into the campsite completely stoked. We'd scored a fabulous site on a busy holiday weekend. It was my first camping trip with George in years. In fact, it was our first-ever camping trip with … [Read more...] about Skills Entropy

Filed Under: Outdoors Tagged With: camping, entropy, obstacles, paddling, skills

A Very Long Hour

April 18, 2018 By Val Weston

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I'm frantically packing. Every item in front of me requires a decision. But I've been making decisions constantly—no, relentlessly—for a week already. I'm physically and mentally exhausted. I've been … [Read more...] about A Very Long Hour

Filed Under: Outdoors, Travel Tagged With: adventure travel, delorme, emergency, garmin, inreach

A Beginner’s Guide to Death Valley

December 19, 2017 By Val Weston 2 Comments

In recent years, I’ve had the good fortune to explore Death Valley National Park in a variety of ways: by camping and hiking, motorcycle travel, family travel, a photography workshop, and 4x4 … [Read more...] about A Beginner’s Guide to Death Valley

Filed Under: Outdoors, Travel, Uncategorized Tagged With: badwater basin, california, camping, dante's view, death valley, death valley national park, dogs, furnace creek, homeschooling, junior ranger, mosaic canyon, nevada, stovepipe wells, zabriskie point

Eight Years of Geocaching

November 14, 2017 By Val Weston Leave a Comment

I began geocaching on my birthday in 2009. That means in a few short weeks, I'll celebrate eight years of geocaching. I need to confess, however, that I'm not a rabid geocacher. I go through ups and … [Read more...] about Eight Years of Geocaching

Filed Under: Outdoors, Uncategorized Tagged With: adventure, challenges, geocaching

Discovering the Nature of Nevada

August 29, 2017 By Val Weston Leave a Comment

When I lived in the southeast, I spent a good bit of time immersing myself in the nature of the Great Smoky Mountains. That included becoming a Certified Southern Appalachian Naturalist (SANCP), … [Read more...] about Discovering the Nature of Nevada

Filed Under: Outdoors, Uncategorized Tagged With: naturalist, nevada

Celebrating National Monuments For All of Us

June 8, 2017 By Val Weston 6 Comments

Today marks the 111th anniversary of the 1906 Antiquities Act which gives presidents the ability to designate national monuments. National monument designations preserve historic landmarks, … [Read more...] about Celebrating National Monuments For All of Us

Filed Under: Outdoors, Uncategorized Tagged With: bandelier, craters of the moon, fort pulaski, sunset crater, wupatki

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