A spring outing

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backpacking, Idaho, Payette National Forest, Rapid River, wildflowers

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For the past several years a friend and I have backpacked together up the Rapid River Trail in Idaho’s Payette …

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What’s Underfoot?

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Backcountry Horsemen of America, backpacking, CCC, crosscut saw, Emerald Lake, Forest Service, Hells Canyon Wilderness Area, hiking, Idaho, Idaho Trails Association, pack string, Seven Devils Mountains, trail maintenance

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Have you ever wandered down a path through the forest and cursed the fallen, sooty logs that require laborious step-overs …

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Suprise! I am my own pack mule.

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backpacking, camping, hiking, Idaho Trails Association, ITA, Seven Devils Mountains, trail maintenance, volunteering

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First there is a forest—rich, redolent, shady, home to animals large and small. The animals carve paths through the forest—from …

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A jungle on the fringe of high desert

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backpacking, bear, elk, Frank Wurl Cabin, Idaho, iPhonography, McCrea Cabin, Nez Perce National Forest, Rapid River Fish Hatchery, Seven Devils Mountains

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Spring following a record snow year in the west can be destructive. But it is also a thing of unparalleled …

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Not on MY bucket list, but checked off anyway

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#NationalParks100, backpacking, Half Dome, hiking, John Muir Trail, Mist Trail, Nevada Falls, Yosemite National Park

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Last spring a casual friend asked out of the blue. “Would you be interested in going to Yosemite National Park …

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