Last week I met up with Aubrey of Redbudsuds for a hike in Quail Hollow State Park, down by Hartville Ohio. This park is a gorgeous little gem with a beautiful manor house and an exhibit featuring a few birds of prey, who I always like to visit. I had my kids with me, who …
Welcome to my new blog feature, Unpacking, where I talk about how time in the outdoors has benefitted me and my family. Unlike many others in the outdoor space, I did not grow up outdoorsy. My family lived in a rural community, so I spent lots of time outside, but we did not camp outside …
The Hike Like a Woman community has been consistently amazing. When I was but a wee baby backpacker, I listened to Rebecca talk quietly into my car speakers every Monday morning, telling me about her hikes, her experiences, and being an outdoors person with children. One of the first media spots I did when CampRents …
Trail Friends – Mara of Hike Like A Woman and Right Kind of LostRead More »
I spend so much time thinking about camping, looking at pictures of other people camping, helping other people camp, and planning camping that sometimes I forget to actually…camp. I forget that it doesn’t have to be a huge Thing. I have two fantastic opportunities to raise little nature lovers, who often get to go party …
The power of nature to heal our human hurts and reveal strength we didn’t know we had is what keeps me on the trail. Even better is when you’re walking those trails, literally or metaphorically, with like minded people. When Heather reached out to me about gear for a solo trip in Cuyahoga Valley National …
The outdoor industry can be a hard place. My Instagram feed is full of #influencers with perfect hair/abs and cool tattoos and maybe a dog, #vanlife-ing it up all up and down some sort of picturesque coastline. All my mega outdoor books have introductions that read “Ten years ago when I wrote this book about …
Trail Friends – Gretchen Horinger, Certified AwesomeRead More »
Lindsey and I met while attending the kickoff hike/yoga/drinks session of Galvanize, a regular meeting of Midwestern female outdoor entrepreneurs. She pulled me in right away with her enthusiastic discussion about the Women of the Wild Midwest Gathering, a three day, two night outdoor event from September 21-23rd, 2018, near La Crosse, Wisconsin, that will …
Trail Friends – Lindsey Mitchell of Women of the Wild MidwestRead More »
This past weekend, Brad and I took advantage of the kids’ weekend with their grandparents and snuck out for a quick couple of days in Cuyahoga Valley National Park. Although we are frequent day hikers in the park, we have lived for 7 years in Northeast Ohio and have never spent the night there. We …
I first met Aubrey when a mutual friend introduced us, saying only “I think you two will have a lot in common.” One phone call later, we’d agreed that we should hang out, and so I met Aubrey in person for the first time in Cuyahoga Valley National Park, accompanied by my daughter. The best …
Backpacker’s Bistro was founded in 2016 by Melissa Lynn Leiser as an alternative to overly salted, underwhelming backpacking food. Melissa’s a lifelong hiker and backpacker, who also happens to be a chef who trained at the French Culinary Institute and was awarded the Top Chef award in 2008. So it’s a safe bet that her …
