Tag: Backpacking
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The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Facing Fear
Happy summer! Walking outside to let out the chickens this morning, I felt the familiar stickiness of humidity hanging heavy in the air. The cool mornings of June have left for the warm mugginess of July. Wherever you find yourself today, I hope you are enjoying a bit of summer during this crazy, unpredictable time…
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Best of: Big Bend Revisited
In my first post of 2020, I mentioned that I have been writing in this space for almost ten years. I first called the blog AlwaysOrange, but in recent years changed the name to aliciabrummeler.com. While I don’t have plans to stop blogging, I thought it would be memorable throughout 2020 to mark this milestone…
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Part II: The Shakeout Hike
Hi there, readers! It’s starting to look and feel like fall in my neck of the woods. I love this time of year. This past week, I built a couple of fires in the fireplace in the evenings. I never cease to be amazed at how much joy and comfort burning logs can bring. Now…
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The Shakeout: Hiking the Appalachian Trail, Part I
Hi there, readers! Can you believe that October is on the doorstep? I wanted to post this piece two weeks ago, but have been delayed. A nasty stomach virus swept through campus this week, taking down faculty and students. I was one of her victims. It’s been interruptions like a stomach bug that have caused…
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What I Carried: Packing for the Appalachian Trail
I mentioned in my last post that I was working on a more-detailed piece about my backpacking adventures in “The Whites” during July. Once I started writing, it was hard to stop. Rather than try to cram everything into one really long post, I thought it would be fun to start with what I carried. As…
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Overnight Getaway: Backpacking within an hour of Manhattan
All of my life I have enjoyed the outdoors. Whether it was hiking trails in Sequoia National Park with my parents and brother or walking outside with my children or dog, spending time in creation brought (and continues to bring) joy and pleasure. So with an extra day off from school and the promise of…
Alicia Brummeler 