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19 RAD THINGS THAT HAPPENED IN 2019

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VALLEY OF THE FIVE LAKES

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FEELING THE HIGH OF ACCOMPLISHMENT FROM OUR PARKER RIDGE HIKE

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    JOURNAL

    19 RAD THINGS THAT HAPPENED IN 2019

    Posted on December 31, 2019

    Last year I had posted a year recap of “18 Rad Things That Happened In 2018” so I decided that I would keep continuing on with the tradition and create one for this year to reflect on the good (and bad) that the year had brought. It’s a great way to reflect back on the year and find the good amongst the bad, as it felt like this year was less than stellar for most. (Myself included)

    (And again, these are roughly in order by date they happened)

    Let’s start with the rad:

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  • ADVENTURE DAY HIKING

    VALLEY OF THE FIVE LAKES

    A relatively new tradition Josh and I have is to go hiking for our wedding anniversary. We started this randomly three years ago on our ninth wedding anniversary when we ended…

    December 30, 2019
  • ADVENTURE DAY HIKING

    MT. EDITH CAVELL & ANGEL GLACIER

    It seems as the theme of this year was adventures that had not quite gone as planned. (Having a Bad Time In The Badlands and So I Didn’t End Up Backpacking…

    December 25, 2019
  • ADVENTURE DAY HIKING

    FEELING THE HIGH OF ACCOMPLISHMENT FROM OUR PARKER RIDGE HIKE

    I sat in my Jeep at the trailhead looking up at the ridge we were planning on hiking that afternoon. (Parker Ridge had been on our list of hikes since we…

    December 25, 2019
  • ADVENTURE JOURNAL ROAD TRIP

    I DIDN’T END UP BACKPACKING THE WILDSIDE TRAIL…

    I drove approximately 1600 km just to sit on a piece of driftwood at Chesterman Beach for the afternoon, cry my eyes out and pretty much turn around and come home…

    December 24, 2019
  • ADVENTURE JOURNAL ROAD TRIP

    HAVING A BAD TIME IN THE BADLANDS

    Back at the end of April, we headed to Dinosaur Provincial Park for a couple of days. This is definitely one of those adventures that keeps you in check letting you…

    August 22, 2019
  • ADVENTURE BACKPACKING JOURNAL

    PREPARING FOR “THE CALL OF THE WILD”

    I wrote about the strong call of the wild sparking the need for a backpacking trip a few blog posts back, and now just over a month later I am less…

    April 22, 2019
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    OFF-TRAIL HIKING SOMEWHERE ONLY WE KNOW

    My Dad took us out on an off-trail hiking trip one afternoon through a rich, biodiverse forest on crown land that very few people (if any) have set foot in. This…

    April 19, 2019
  • ADVENTURE INSPIRATION MICROADVENTURE

    MIXING UP THE WEEK WITH MICROADVENTURES

    Too often we live just for the weekend. The stoke slowly starts mid-day Wednesday and increasingly gets higher until Friday afternoon for peak stoke lasting to Sunday evening when it’s “back…

    April 11, 2019
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