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Good friend of the podcast, Liz, is guest-writing blog posts for us this week, about her experience on the Foothills Trail. Thanks to Liz for sharing this experience with us! Day 6 was out day. To say we slept would be kind. We laid there in a state of neither asleep nor awake as theContinue reading “A Week on the Foothills Trail – Part 6”

Good friend of the podcast, Liz, is guest-writing blog posts for us this week, about her experience on the Foothills Trail. Check back each day for more stories from Liz! Day 5 was not supposed to be a rain day. Yet it was raining as we awoke at 6am. It was raining as we ateContinue reading “A Week on the Foothills Trail – Part 5”

Good friend of the podcast, Liz, is guest-writing blog posts for us this week, about her experience on the Foothills Trail. Check back each day for more stories from Liz! Day 4 we awoke early to set off as quickly as possible. We’d pack up without breakfast and then eat when we retrieved our bearContinue reading “A Week on the Foothills Trail – Part 4”

Good friend of the podcast, Liz, is guest-writing blog posts for us this week, about her experience on the Foothills Trail. Check back each day for more stories from Liz! Day 3 we awoke to a moist day. Not overly rainy, but by no means dry. The rainfly was once again soaked, and we hadContinue reading “A Week on the Foothills Trail – Part 3”

Good friend of the podcast, Liz, is guest-writing blog posts for us this week, about her experience on the Foothills Trail. Check back tomorrow for more stories from Liz! Day 2 was the first time I’ve ever packed my bag in the rain. It was not the last. We took our time getting out ofContinue reading “A Week on the Foothills Trail – Part 2”

Good friend of the podcast, Liz, is guest-writing blog posts for us this week, about her experience on the Foothills Trail. Check back each day for more stories from Liz! Saturday, October 24th, it all began..er…again. My hiking partner and I found ourselves in familiar territory as we drove the 5 hours from Raleigh toContinue reading “A Week on the Foothills Trail – Part 1”

Dear Star Fury, Yes, I named my bike. Taken from an episode of My Brother, My Brother and Me, where the McElroys read a Yahoo Answer about “Warrior Cat” names, it’s been a tradition for my bikes to be christened with a “Warrior Cat” name. Star Fury was the mountain bike I bought after IContinue reading “A Love Letter to My Mountain Bike”

Mastodon is one of my favorite bands. I love every single on of their albums, from 2004’s bonecrushing Leviathan, a concept album based on Herman Melville’s Moby Dick, to 2017’s Emperor of Sand, a more mainstream concept album following a wanderer in the desert who has been handed a death sentence. Yeah man, they’re prettyContinue reading “New Music Friday: Mastodon – Medium Rarities“

Mont Blanc Trekking adventure- August 2019 Unsure what to expect, we made it to our first mountain hut with enough time to get cleaned up and have a glass of wine before dinner.  When they came out with bread and soup, it was delicous, but I was concerned about being hungry later on, especially withContinue reading “Tales of Adventure with Lauren – Mont Blanc”

RAGBRAI- Bikepacking 2016 and 2017 While it’s not advised to stay in “Tent City” (it gets SO hot in there duirng the day and good luck finding your tent!) It makes a pretty spectacular photo. Bike Parking, Iowa Style.  Who needs a bike rack when you have a perfectly planted field of corn? During RAGBRAIContinue reading “Tales of Adventure with Lauren – RAGBRAI”