• Hiking With a Purpose: Geocaching!

    Are you an outdoor lover with a bit of computer geek hidden somewhere deep within the recesses of your soul? Then geocaching may be just the thing for you. Over the past 15 years, geocaching has turned...

    • Posted June 27, 2015
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  • The Emerald Path

    There is an emerald path winding through the woods in Cook Forest State Park. Due to a wetter-than-normal summer, this wheelchair-accessible asphalt nature trail has become a perfect habitat for bright green moss, creating a beautifully surreal...

    • Posted June 24, 2015
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  • “Pennsylvania is the BEST State in America for Turning Old Rails Into Trails”

    Just wanted to make sure and share this exciting article from The Washington Post:   For more than 20 years, hikers have struck out on June’s first Saturday to confirm what America’s most famous naturalist, John Muir, noted...

    • Posted June 12, 2015
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  • What’s in your…day trekking/trail running bag?

    You want out on the trail, and you want out there fast! As in NOW! Trail running? Fast packing? or Day Trekking? Depending upon the mileage you plan to cover in this get out there NOW trail...

    • Posted June 12, 2015
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  • Persist With Enthusiasm

    So, one of Winston Churchill’s most famous quotes ends in, “Never, never, never, Never Give Up!” I totally resonate with that quote, more often than I care to share, but one of the Prime Minister’s less famous...

    • Posted June 12, 2015
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  • EVENT – Chicks in the Sticks

    Always happy to participate as an instructor at the various regional outdoor women’s events! On Saturday, 13 June 2015, I will be teaching (again) the Intro to Backpacking class at the Chicks in the Sticks outdoor women’s...

    • Posted June 11, 2015
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