by jenpharrdavis | Feb 19, 2022 | Uncategorized
For me, it started with jealousy and ended with the knowledge of plant and animal species. I have long been interested in learning the names as well as the medicinal and edible uses of plants, wildflowers, and mushrooms. I have struggled to identify specific types of...
by jenpharrdavis | Jan 1, 2022 | Uncategorized
Make any New Year Resolutions? It’s not too late. But this year, instead of joining a gym or starting a diet, what if your New Year resolution was to do something good for the environment? It can feel overwhelming to think about global environmental issues, especially...
by jenpharrdavis | Mar 13, 2021 | Uncategorized
Slowing Down in Order to Keep Going Take it from someone who has hiked really, really, long trails relatively “fast”… when you are on an arduous journey that lasts for days, or weeks, or months at a time, you are never really going fast. The key to endurance is to...
by jenpharrdavis | Mar 3, 2021 | Uncategorized
It had been a long day- six hours in the car, a lengthy cave tour, a couple of miles of “above ground” hiking, and setting up our campsite- before I finally managed to get the kids settled in their tent. You’d have thought they’d be exhausted. But instead, they were...
by jenpharrdavis | Apr 3, 2018 | Uncategorized
What to do when the Trail isn’t that Strenuous It’s been a few weeks since I finished hiking the 170-mile Pinhoti Trail in Alabama and I am still reveling in the memories of warm sun on my cheeks, wildflowers such as iris, trillium, and bluets lining the trail,...
