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A Mostly Dry November Foray into Buckskin Gulch

February 20, 2020 by Amiee

We hiked from sunup to sundown and only felt the warmth of the sun on our faces for a few fleeting seconds. It was the first of November and the Paria Canyon region hadn’t seen rainfall since May. This was our moment.    Straddling the Utah/Arizona border, Buckskin Gulch is a 13-mile chasm carved deep…

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Filed Under: Featured, Hiking, The Desert Tagged With: Adventures, Buckskin Gulch, Featured, Kangaroo the Dog, Paria Canyon, Slot Canyons, Utah

Visiting One of Britain’s Tiniest Inhabited Isles: Papa Westray

June 18, 2019 by Amiee

Scotland has about 790 offshore islands and I want to visit them all. I often get asked why I tend to visit the same places over and over again (Dolomiti, Scotland, etc.) when there are so many places to see in the world. Honestly, I get hooked and each time I visit I come home…

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Filed Under: Featured, The Life, Travels Tagged With: Featured, Scotland, Scottish Isles, Unique Places

Grand Gulch, Take Two

July 17, 2018 by Amiee

We drank yellow death water and I nearly shot powdered goat milk through my nose. We saw a lifetime’s worth of Anasazi ruins and unadulterated rock art sites and we wanted to go back before the current Bears Ears hooplah completely flooded the area with #monumentsforall toting tourists and backcountry permits were difficult to score….

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Filed Under: Featured, The Desert Tagged With: Backpacking Utah, Bears Ears, Cedar Mesa, Featured, Grand Gulch, Hiking Utah, Southern Utah, Utah

The Most Stoked Photos of 2017!

February 1, 2018 by Amiee

I am notoriously late to the end of year reflection game plus February 1st has always been my New Year’s Day observed anyhow. By February 1st the New Year is in full swing and most people already forgot about their resolution weeks ago so February seems like a perfect time to reflect on the past…

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Filed Under: Featured, The Life Tagged With: End of Year Reflection, Featured, Year in Review

2017 Euro-Adventure Stop 5 – Isle of Skye, Scotland

January 10, 2018 by Amiee

While spending a week in Scotland, I kept getting whopped over the head with these eerie senses of deja vu. Either I had spent too much time looking through photos of these places or there is some sort of collective memory stored in my blood. Scotland was like coming home! The day before arrive in…

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Filed Under: Featured, Hiking, The Adventures, The Mountains Tagged With: Europe, European Adventures, Featured, Isle of Skye, Scotland, The Hebrides

Giving Tuesday: Putting Money Where Your Heart Is!

November 27, 2017 by Amiee

“Sentiment without action is the ruin of the soul.” ~Edward Abbey Having a hard time with the current administration’s full-on assault on the environment? I know I am. It is hard not to feel overwhelmed at times, but there are many organizations out there fighting the good fight each and every day and I’ve decided…

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Filed Under: Featured, The Life Tagged With: Activism, Environment, Environmental Ranting, Featured

The Great American Eclipse – Lander, Wyoming Style

August 30, 2017 by Amiee

That’s a long way to go for 60 seconds everyone said, well it was line one zillion seconds of AMAZEMENT we said! I couldn’t believe the amount of people vocally raining down on my Eclipse parade. Warning of gasoline shortages, empty Supermarket shelves, apocalypse style traffic, and well the chance of clouds! Neil deGrasse Tyson…

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Filed Under: Featured, The Mountains Tagged With: Featured, Great American Eclipse, Lander, Total Eclipse, Wind River Range, Wyoming, Wyoming Mountains

Kayaking Lake Powell: A Motor-less Glen Canyon Reconnaissance

June 13, 2017 by Amiee

Just what I need, another hobby. My friend Wheels read about this 85-mile kayak trip across Lake Powell Brendan Leonard and crew took in winter a few years back. She’s been wanting to head out on a similar trip and I, having zero experience in a sea kayak, was her willing partner. Last year’s attempt was…

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Filed Under: Featured, The Desert Tagged With: Adventures, Desert, Featured, Glen Canyon, Kayaking, Lake Powell, Southern Utah, Utah

REI Placing Women Front and Center in the Outdoors

May 2, 2017 by Amiee

This post is sponsored by REI, but thoughts and opinions are my own. Rock a Boat. Start a Fire. Be a Force of Nature. Well the boat was certainly rocking. White-knuckling the paddle, I tried to ride the waves rather than fight, but they seemed to be coming from every direction. The waves were bouncing…

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Filed Under: Featured, The Adventures Tagged With: Featured, News, REI, Women Adventure, Women and the Outdoors, Women's Gear

The Half Bear 100: Thoughts on My First Hundred Mile Attempt

October 21, 2016 by Amiee

Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness. Concerning all acts of initiative (and creation), there is one elementary truth, the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves too. ~W.H. Murray A certain someone in my life…

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Filed Under: Featured, The Mountains, Trail Running Mountains Tagged With: Featured, The Bear 100, Trail Racing, Trail Running, Ultramarathons, Utah

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I still don’t quite understand how one can “ow I still don’t quite understand how one can “own” a bazillion years of geological time 🤔
New obsession, desert ice! New obsession, desert ice!
Not sure if either one of us is ever going to get Not sure if either one of us is ever going to get used to these average Monday morning run views (not a fan of how close he gets to the edge though).
Was worried I’d miss the snow living in the dese Was worried I’d miss the snow living in the desert this winter. Guess I don’t have to 🤷🏼‍♀️
Took my mom on her first slot canyon adventure the Took my mom on her first slot canyon adventure the other week. She said she learned those moves watching Ninja Warriors 😂 We then ticked off another of her bucket list items and had dinner at @hellsbackbonegrill (holy moly carrot cupcake desert, no photos cuz we enjoyed every second!). Now she just needs to buy a horse or at least find one to borrow and her winter in the desert will be complete (although she still has four more months here)!
Day 41 in a tent. Temps never got above freezing t Day 41 in a tent. Temps never got above freezing today. Hotel tomorrow 😜
A few bits of fall in the desert now that I live h A few bits of fall in the desert now that I live here 🌵🍂 💛
When your dog and hubby are sporting matching @sto When your dog and hubby are sporting matching @stormykromerofficial masks and only one of them is wearing it appropriately...
Last night we played bananagrams and I only used f Last night we played bananagrams and I only used flower words. I did not win 🤷🏼‍♀️, yet I did 🎨 💐!
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