I realize that most people hate insects. Or they are downright terrified of them. So, when my daughter and I stop to pick up and analyze an insect we see while on a hike, people generally get confused.
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Not every hike is the same, nor is every hiker the same. So, any two packing lists for hiking you see could be completely different.
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This is me on a backpacking trip when I was about 7 years old. It was around that time that my family moved to a new house in New York which had a large woods behind it.
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I grew up backpacking in the Adirondacks Mountains, camping, and orienteering all over the country. It never occurred to me to be scared of nature – even when in bear country or when encountering venomous snakes.
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Temperatures can drop drastically at night while camping. In the mountains, it’s not uncommon for the weather to suddenly change and get much colder than forecast – like that time it hit freezing temperatures while I was camping with my daughter in July.
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I love the spontaneity of travel and not knowing what you will encounter. But I do NOT love getting traveler’s diarrhea the day before I am supposed to take a 9-hour bus ride. Or having my kid wake up at 3AM with a fever and having to rush through an unknown city trying to find
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