Posted on June 3, 2019
by Jennifer Potts
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I truly believe that life and everything in it is all about timing. It’s far too intricate and detailed for things to be just a coincidence, right? I received an email a couple months ago from an independent filmmaker around 2 in the morning…
Category: Featured, Gear and Product Reviews, UncategorizedTags: adventure, backpacking, california, camping, film, find me, find your park, happy, hike, hiking, independent film, indie, indie film, life, love, national park, national park geek, national parks, nature, opt outside, optoutside, outdoors, roadtrip, summer, travel, vacation, weekend warriors, yosemite
Posted on May 9, 2019
by Jennifer Potts
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In a couple weeks, we’ll be on the road to Great Smoky Mountains National Park for a vacation with my side of the family. Mom, dad, myself, Turkey, my middle sister, her husband and their three kids and my youngest sister and her boyfriend….
Category: Featured, river to river trail, Turkey and SnackPack, UncategorizedTags: adventure, backpacking, camping, epic social adventures, friends, goals, happy, health, hike, hiking, life, love, national parks, nature, opt outside, optoutside, outdoors, r2r, roadtrip, section hike, summer, travel, vacation, weekend, weekend warriors
Posted on May 1, 2019
by Jennifer Potts
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I get so worked up before everything. Even if I’d done it a million times and know the people I’ll be seeing; I still get the jitters. The butterflies. The “Oh God, why did I sign myself up to do this…” (No offense. It’s…
Category: Illinois Park Project, UncategorizedTags: adventure, anxiety, camping, hike, hiking, illinois, life, love, mental health, nature, opt outside, optoutside, outdoors, roadtrip, trashtag, weekend, weekend warriors
Posted on April 30, 2019
by Jennifer Potts
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I’ve been playing with this Featherstone tent for a little over a week. Setting up, taking down, packing it back up, even leaving it up overnight in the rain. (Spoiler alert: it stays bone dry.) As a tent hoarder (ahem…I am only now down…
Category: Gear and Product Reviews, UncategorizedTags: adventure, aha wnee, backpacking, camping, car camping, epic social adventures, Featured, goals, hike, hiking, illinois, love, missouri, nature, opt outside, optoutside, outdoors, roadtrip, summer, tent, tent review, travel, vacation, weekend warriors
Posted on April 24, 2019
by Jennifer Potts
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I want to preface this by saying the entirety of this entry actually has zero to do with the outdoors; but I can assure you we do find ourselves there in the end. If you’re okay with reading about things unrelated to my blog’s…
Category: UncategorizedTags: addiction, anxiety, challenge, depression, heal, healing, health, life, love, mental health, nature, recovery, reflection, rock bottom, self, self help, self love, stories, survive, survivor
Posted on February 12, 2019
by Jennifer Potts
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Good evening everyone! I know it has been a while since I have posted here. I have been working a LOT on other platforms and projects lately. You’re never far from my heart and mind, little blog. February is going to prove that big…
Category: Illinois Park Project, Trail Tuesday, UncategorizedTags: adventure, backpacking, camping, Chicago, epic social adventures, gear forward, goals, happy, health, hiking, illinois, Illinois hiking, Illinois State Parks, life, love, mental health, Midwest, nature, opt outside, optoutside, outdoors, roadtrip, state parks, summer, trail maintenance, travel, volunteer, weekend, weekend warriors
