Our Adventures Through City and Backcountry
I am not a huge fan of change. I like routine and predictability. I can’t catch a curve ball, especially one in a schedule. These trips have so much room for spontaneity and, in my eyes, that means chaos. And the more chaotic a situation is, the more I freak out. So, how in the […]
Read More ChangesI know that sheep 1 is a weird name for a blog post about a practice hike. But I have a point during the summer my mom f0r her name of blog post dose day…. So I have to think of something new whenever we do a practice hike I will call it sheep… and […]
Read More sheep 1As I mentioned in a post last week, I’m hard at working checking things off the list of preparations that need to be made before we set off on RTXVII. One of the major changes from previous trips is that we’re planning to do some actual backpacking this time around. Since none of us have […]
Read More Manistee National ForestWith only 15 days day until the trip and the packing table up, things are getting real. This weekend my sister and dad are going on a backpacking trip, why not me? Well, I broke my wrist. Yep! Full on buckle. This incident occurred on Mother’s Day night, my mom and dad on the couch […]
Read More My WristMost people with young kids, and most even most teachers I know, head to the hair salon in late August to get their big back to school haircuts. We don’t do that. Instead, we get annual back to road trip haircuts (with a smattering of others thrown in between trips.) Us Knott girls headed to […]
Read More Back to Road Trip HaircutsWe all had/have our doubts about whether our increased amount of gear would/will fit inside Fred this year. As I’ve been working my way though the seemingly endless checklist of things to be done a “test pack” of Fred was one that I’d been dreading. With our journey into the world of backpacking comes the […]
Read More #The$%*^AllFitThat is what I have done to prepare for the 6 plus week trip we are about to depart on. Nothing. Zak is so well prepared for this trip that I am not joking when I say that he literally already has his packing list written for Road Trip 2018. I have not thought of one […]
Read More NothingWith only 18 days until we leave we, are solidly into the “it’s time to freak out about everything that’s not done yet” portion of the year. Clearly, one of the things that needs to be done is to begin blogging again at a steady pace. Before I dive into the details of what’s left […]
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