Posted on May 30, 2018
by Jennifer Potts
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We leave one month from today. I haven’t been as present here as I would like to be post-LHX. I have a lot going on – which is fine and good but overwhelming! Turkey and I are both working lots of overtime and getting… Continue Reading “KOAs and AAA”
Category: Mt. Whitney, Turkey and SnackPack, UncategorizedTags: adventure, anxiety, backpacking, camping, epic social adventures, goals, hike, hiking, hiking with dogs, Indiana, KOA, life, nature, opt outside, optoutside, outdoors, roadtrip, summer, travel, vacation, weekend, weekend warriors
Posted on September 3, 2017
by Jennifer Potts
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Unofficially, however. The last full weekend of August, a few of us Mountain Chicks got together for a weekend of camping and hiking. It was a beautiful weekend of getting to know each other a little more and tackling some trails. As you can… Continue Reading “Mountain Chicks Strike Again”
Category: UncategorizedTags: adventure, appalachian trail, camping, camping with dogs, hike missouri, hiking, hiking with dogs, hughes mountain, mina sauk falls, mount hughes, mountain chicks, mountain chicks do it better, mountain chicks midwest, MtnChicks, outdoors, st. francois state park, taum sauk, taum sauk mountain, taum sauk mountain state park
Posted on February 22, 2017
by Jennifer Potts
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Good lord have I been slacking. I’ve been in a funk. Does anybody else get high anxiety when the weather starts to change from cold and gray to sunny and 60? Usually I get funky going from warm to cold weather, so this is… Continue Reading “Spring fever…”
Category: UncategorizedTags: anxiety, camper van, camping, camping with dogs, hiking, hiking addict, hiking with dogs, missouri camping, missouri hiking, nature, nature therapy, st. francois, st. francois state park, vancrush, weekend
Posted on October 9, 2016
by Jennifer Potts
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This was my first weekend in 3 weeks that I actually had off. We were originally going to the Lake of the Ozarks with B’s family but some things came up and nobody ended up going. So I made sure to fill every moment… Continue Reading “Taum Sauk Mountain (and other things!)”
Category: UncategorizedTags: appalachian trail, damascus, explore missouri, family, grayson highlands, hike, hike missouri, hiking, hiking with dogs, home, home decor, love, mina sauk falls, missouri state parks, shenandoah national park, taum sauk, taum sauk mountain, taum sauk mountain state park
Posted on September 28, 2016
by Jennifer Potts
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Two weekends ago before wedding season kicked in at work, B and I spent a Saturday afternoon in Grafton. The main purpose in driving out there was to pay for our annual anniversary stay at Tara Point. We got married at the Pere Marquette… Continue Reading “Weekend: Pere Marquette State Park/Olin Nature Preserve”
Category: UncategorizedTags: blue racer, grafton illinois, hiking, hiking with dogs, nature, olin nature preserve, opt outside, pere marquette state park, snake, the loading dock, the nature institute
Posted on July 10, 2016
by Jennifer Potts
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*Disclaimer: you may get to know me more than you care to after this post…* All week I have been impatiently waiting for my first solo camping trip. All week I have been going over all of the possible scenarios in my head; of… Continue Reading “A first time solo camper’s journal…”
Category: UncategorizedTags: anxiety, camping, camping with dogs, funny, hiking, hiking with dogs, marriage, mental health, missouri, nature, opt outside, self, self love, solo, solo camping, solo hiking, summer, trust