31 Tuesday Dec 2013
Posted in Blogging Shmogging
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2013 annual report for this blog.
Here’s an excerpt:
The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 46,000 times in 2013. If it were a concert at Sydney Opera House, it would take about 17 sold-out performances for that many people to see it.
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29 Sunday Dec 2013
Posted in Camping Trips, Hiking, Photos
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2013, blogging, camping, Cuyamaca, hiking, mountains, nature, outdoors, photography, san diego, Year in review
Wow, I can’t 2013 is over- it went by so fast! And even though I didn’t complete My 2013 Camping Bucket List, I had quite a few adventures! Her is a brief summary of 2013:
Hiking
Camping Continue reading
16 Monday Dec 2013
Posted in Guest Blogs, Tips
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arizona, blogging, camping, cold, guest blog, hiking, hiking tips, lilia takes a hike, nature, outdoors, winter
Blog: www.liliatakesahike.com
Looking out my window this morning, I see gray clouds and a wintery-looking Phoenix.
One might think that on a day like today, a Phoenix hiker would be dying to hit the trails. It’s better to hike in the cool weather, right?
Wrong!
This hiker prefers hiking in the summer.
Yeah, I said it.
I’d much rather trek through the baked dirt in the disgustingly hot evenings wearing practically nothing and sweating like a maniac than hike in the cold — bundled up and clammy with snot dripping from my freezing nose.
Wow. Hiking is not very attractive.
Anyway, as a hater of the chilly outdoors, I’ve come up with a list of tips/gripes to make winter hiking tolerable: Continue reading
13 Friday Dec 2013
Posted in Camping Trips, Food and Drinks, Guest Blogs
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blogging, camping, food, front porch gourmet, guest blog, hiking, lake thurmond, nature, outdoors
Blog: http://www.thefrontporchgourmet.wordpress.com
This camping trip was a graduation gift for our oldest son, Devin, who just joined the US Navy. He chose the trip to a beautiful area called Modoc on Lake Thurmond in South Carolina. Devin is just like his father and loves nothing more than to be outdoors. I can’t argue with them and prefer it myself! Most of our meals are served on the deck, or on the patio, and we love grilling and picnics! Continue reading
12 Thursday Dec 2013
Posted in Camping Trips, Photos
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blogging, camping, Cuyamaca, cuyamaca rancho state park, hiking, mountains, nature, outdoors, photography, san diego, State Park, trees
I know its long overdue but here are some pics from camping at Cuyamaca last month! The trip was a weekend trip with friends. The weather did not good but we never care what the weather does- the least predictable the better!! It was forecasted to rain all weekend but didn’t see one drop. We did see snow though! Continue reading
09 Monday Dec 2013
Posted in Guest Blogs, Photos
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blogging, camping, Deer, guest blog, hiking, mountains, nature, outdoors, peace in a tin can, photo, photography, pictures
Blog: http://www.peaceinatincan.blogspot.com
I got lost in photos on this blog- Peace In A Tin Can! My intention was to share a story from Kiki’s blog but instead I wanted to share just a peak of her beautiful pictures! Now its up to you to read about her adventures! Thanks for sharing Kiki! Continue reading
05 Thursday Dec 2013
Posted in Products I Love
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book, book review, books, camping, cheryl strayed, hiking, mountain, outdoors, pacific crest trail, PCT, trail, wild
Book Review: Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed
My Uncle, who works fom Random House Inc and is a fellow book lover, gave me this book as I recovered from my recent knee surgery. Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail documents a young girl who recently loses her mother and decides to hike the Mexico to Canada mountain trail Continue reading
02 Monday Dec 2013
Posted in Guest Blogs, Hiking, Photos
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camping, hiking, nature, northern california, outdoors, Purisima, Purisima Creek Redwoods OSP, redwoods, San Mateo, santa clara, trail, trees
Blog: http://www.imoverthehill.com
For Hike Number 22, I drove to San Mateo County, just north of Santa Clara County, in Northern California. An easy drive up the 280 Freeway, very quick exit onto CA 92, and then a windy, foggy drive on Skyline Boulevard took me to Purisima Creek Redwoods OSP. Continue reading
27 Wednesday Nov 2013
Posted in Camping Trips, Photos
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camping, camping trips, Cuyamaca, cuyamaca rancho state park, girly camping, hiking, mountains, nature, outdoors, san diego, State Park, trees
A little sneak from our recent camping trip at Cuyamaca Rancho State Park! Continue reading
25 Monday Nov 2013
Posted in Guest Blogs, Photos
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camping, deerfield, guest blog, hiking, nature, new hampshire, outdoors, photo, photography, picture
Blog: http://www.servicemanagementlaw.com
Beautiful picture submitted by Kieran- Deerfield, New Hampshire. Thanks Kieran!
Girly Camping® 