by Carrie Barske Crawford | Nov 6, 2019 | personal story
From a very early age, my mother encouraged my sister and me to get outside. She loved to hike. When my sister was 2 and I was 4, she found a pony (named Macaroni, nicknamed Mackey) so she could take us out on the trails without worrying about little legs slowing her...
by Summer McCreless | Oct 6, 2019 | personal story, plants
Understanding the value of the outdoors, as well as my love and need for it started when I was a child. My parents were give-back-to-the-land hippies. They lived without electricity, running water, air conditioning, phone, etc. for the first ten years of my life in a...
by Emily Holland | Sep 23, 2019 | personal story
When I was growing up, before I learned the differences between guys and girls, I remember the feeling of running through the grass in my backyard. I can recall sprinting through the sprinkler, my toes wiggling, free and shoe-less, until complete exhaustion. The end...
by Lindsey Barske | Sep 9, 2019 | mountains, personal story
Hiking alone in the mountains north of Los Angeles, I inevitably would dwell on the danger of what I was doing. How vulnerable I was to lurking rattlesnakes, mountain lions, rockfalls, and even violent men. I became more cautious over time, carrying a first aid kit...
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