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  • Bees in Joshua Tree- Just a Little Peace and Privacy, Bees! 🐝

    Bees in Joshua Tree- Just a Little Peace and Privacy, Bees! 🐝

    I drink a lot of water when I hike. Dehydration ain’t no joke! When I plan hikes, I scout restrooms on the park map before I get there. I want to know how far I’ll be from a proper facility. By “proper”, I mean something I can sit on to…

  • Junior Rangers Never Get Old

    Junior Rangers Never Get Old

    What’s a Junior Ranger? Learn how to become a Junior Ranger and why it’s so important for the future of our National Parks. This is the only guide you’ll ever need!

  • Tune In to the West

    Tune In to the West

    You can’t make a cross-country road trip out west without some good tunes! How boring would that be? And if you’re driving through Nebraska, Kansas, and Oklahoma? Those highways are awesome if you need hours and hours of quiet to ponder the meaning of life. Otherwise, you’re going to need…

  • Just a Walk in the Park

    Just a Walk in the Park

    For most of my life, I was an inside person. I cringed at the mention of doing anything outdoors. In 2009, I was 34 years old and hadn’t owned a backpack since high school, had no athletic shoes or activewear in my closet, and my tolerance for sweating? Zero. If…