Category: Creation
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Spring Break–Big Bend National Park
Last week at this time our family was slowly trekking up the Chisos Mountains in Big Bend National Park to spend the next two nights camping in the backcountry. This was the first time all four of the Brummelers went backpacking. If my first backpacking experience last summer could be compared to a Hyatt Regency in…
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Backpacking
Last month I completed my first overnight backpacking trip with my husband, Brad. We hiked the Jordan River Valley loop in northern Michigan. We hiked nine miles the first day, and a little more the second day. The weather was perfect (highs in the 80s; lows in the 60s); the views were amazing (wooded valleys, tall…
Alicia Brummeler 