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What is happening with Just a Girl and a Backpack?
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PCT 2021: Wading through Post-Trail Depression
For over 3 months since I left the Pacific Crest Trail, I've been struggling with Post-Trail Depression. Let me tell you about my experience and my recovery.
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PCT 2021: Hiking-Hiatus for California National Forest fire closures
Here is the 10th installation of my PCT trail journal. I’ve been off trail for awhile now (4/5 weeks?), first because of an Oregon fire closure, then I decided to avoid all of the smoke and fires in OR by driving down to the Central Sierra with my dad, then because the smoke was even worse in the Sierra, then all of the National Forests in CA closed down for safety reasons. I had decided to wait out the fire closures while visiting my boyfriend in Florida, then had an exposure to COVID-19, so we’ve been waiting that out and getting tested. Thank you for your patience, and I hope…
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Follow me from Canada to Mexico as I hike the PCT!
This post is an introduction to a series of posts I plan to make about my 2,650 mile Pacific Crest Trail thru-hike. It covers some basic vocabulary, the who's what's and why's of doing a thru-hike, and more!
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Welcome to My World
Hello everybody! Welcome to my blog. You might be wondering how you ended up on this page. I wouldn’t know: the internet is a mysterious place. But I do know that now that you’re here I’d like for you to stay awhile and learn a bit about why I am starting a blog. Who knows, maybe you’ll read something that interests you! I wanted to start a blog to share my experiences with like-minded people who have questions or concerns about adventuring. I’m still working out what niche this blog will ultimately fill, but it will most likely have to do with one of my passions of world travel, backpacking,…
