I had never had a student in my five years in outdoor education have to be pulled off a trip before, and this last trip to the High Sierra Mountains was the first time I had to make the call to restructure the trip enough and go with the flow as things changed.
Read moreMy Great American Road Trip: The Circle of Discovery
I ended up visiting Crater Lake National Park, the Oregon Caves National Monument, which features a cave system in the Siskiyou Mountains, and the Redwood forests along the northern California coast, which protect some of the tallest trees on Earth.
Read moreMy Great American Road Trip: Washington State
My intentions, at the beginning of this long road trip, were to cross mountains off of some list that I felt I needed to tackle. My intentions would later turn into taking advantage of the free time I had to see as much of the world as possible.
Read moreWhat I Learned From Accidentally Climbing Another Mountain
There are many times I find myself in difficult situations, but I become determined to see it through because I’ve already put in so much work into overcoming the obstacles.
Read moreThe Hidden National Park
I didn’t know anything about the national park growing up and didn’t hear anything about it until I was no longer living right next to it. This made me think about how this situation could have been avoided.
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