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’s Resolutions? It’s not too late. But this year, instead of joining a gym or starting a diet, what if your New Year’s resolution was to do something good for the environment? It can feel overwhelming to think about global environmental...
by jenpharrdavis | Mar 13, 2021 | Uncategorized
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 bend not break, so if you feel like...
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,...