Backpacking My adventures and misadventures on trail overnight. Sometimes solo. Hopefully no bears or spiders. Join me on a dirty adventure.

11 Tips for Older Hikers to Stay Heathy On and Off Trail

How to stay on trail and keep enjoying the outdoors after 50 without injury or pain is an important topic in the older...

What I Did with My Old Hiking Shoes will Surprise You

What do you do with your old hiking shoes that you can’t wear anymore? Welcome, I’m Allie. I’ve been living full time on the road since 2020. These...

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Backpacking in Lake Havasu Part 2

Tuesday, March 29, 2022 My friend, Hunter, and I backpacked from Lake Havasu BLM to Lake Havasu itself to a cove named Pilot Rock yesterday. It was a great...

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Backpacking in Lake Havasu Part 1

Monday, March 28, 2022 Hunter arrived yesterday evening to where I was parked my RV in Lake Havasu. We had planned an overnight backpacking trip to Pilot Cove,...

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Backpacking RV Nomad Style

Sunday, March 27, 2022 Hunter and I had been hanging out for a few days on and off near Tucson, Arizona and we were trying to put a backpacking trip together....

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RV Nomad Life : Backpacking Lake Havasu Arizona

Friday April 1 – Saturday, April 2, 2022 Lake Havasu, Pilot Rock Backpacking Lake Havasu with John As I wrote in my last post, John and I got back...

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Colorado Trail : I QUIT!

JULY 12, 2021 PARKER COLORADO CT Mile Marker 156.3 Why Did I Quit the Colorado Trail? After 2 weeks out on the Colorado Trail and 10 days of actual backpacking...

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Colorado Trail Day 10 : Done Hiking?

JULY 11, 2021 COLORADO TRAIL Jones Gulch Road – Timberline Lake TH // Miles 137.4 – 156.3 Catch up. READ : My Colorado Trail Backpacking Adventure...

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Colorado Trail Day 9 : A Very Trying Day

JULY 10, 2021 COLORADO TRAIL Copper Mountain – Jones Gulch Road// Miles 119.3 – 137.4 A TRYING DAY ON THE COLORADO TRAIL This hiking day was my...

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Colorado Trail Day 8 : The Big Climb

JULY 8, 2021 COLORADO TRAIL Breckenridge – Copper Mountain// Miles 103.7 – 119.3 Up, Up and Up the Colorado Trail to the Clouds I thought...

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