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We all have all the time and no time.How best to age not only with grace but be able to be fierce and adventurous into your 70s and 80s?It’s so much easier to listen to my watch than my body. My watch says clear things backed by clear numbers. My body says “😵💫🥸🤪🫁👀🫀🫣🤷🏻♀️”Are smart watches helpful? Absolutely. Is it imperfect and flawed? Yup.
Tag Archives: paddling
A Very Dirty Honeymoon
“Again! Again! Let’s do that again!” I can see my inner child hopping, clapping, squealing with glee. That inner child keeps popping into my thoughts while reflecting on our honeymoon eight years ago. It wasn’t a “normal” honeymoon. It was … Continue reading
Posted in Adventures
Tagged adventure, BWCA, canned salmon, canoeing, Garage Grown Gear, grand portage, honeymoon, paddling, Type 2 Fun, voyageurs national park
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Team VKS at Rib Mt. Race Report
It was a tiny bit miserable. Just enough to respect the challenge. Not so miserable that I don’t totally want jump up and down shouting “Again! Again! Let’s do that again!” Saturday May 27th 2017 was partially sunny, not too hot, not … Continue reading
Posted in Fitness
Tagged Adventure Race, Endurance Sports, Mt. Biking, paddling, race report, reflections, running, Team Velocikitty Snuggles, Type 2 Fun
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Chupacabras and Running
Running is not normally part of a paddling trip and mysterious noises are never on the itinerary. The mud and snow we had earlier are a bit par for course, but our next three days gave us two “fun” experiences. Unfortunately, like … Continue reading
Mud and Snow
Will and I set out for our first paddling trip in four years. It was just the right amount of type two fun. Type 2.1 – mostly fun with just enough weird angry swearing to have a story to tell. … Continue reading
No Pictures of Purgatory
In the dark. Walking on the side of highway 61. At the end of our 19th day in the woods. After hiking the historic Grand Portage to Lake Superior. There was light. We looked down onto a field of parking … Continue reading
Posted in Adventures
Tagged BWCA, camping, canoeing, grand portage, honeymoon, outdoors, paddling, The End
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Crippling Grand Portage
18 days and 238.5 miles we were finally done paddling. We had paddled and portaged in heat, illness, stillness, wind, snow, rocks and ice. There was just a measly 8 miles to walk to hot showers, cold beer, and toilet … Continue reading
Posted in Adventures
Tagged BWCA, camping, canoeing, grand portage, honeymoon, kymsfavorite, outdoors, paddling
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Evil Pigeon River
Arrrrrrg. This story is daunting just to write. The last two days were so epically weak, so tragically hard, yet so stupidly simple, I can’t do it justice. It needs some good cinematography and a soundtrack. Perhaps David Attenborough could … Continue reading
Posted in Adventures
Tagged BWCA, camping, canoeing, challenge, grand portage, honeymoon, outdoors, paddling
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Have Fun. Don’t Die.
I had an odd experience. I’ve been puzzling over it for a month now. You know when something happens that makes you stop and think? You wonder “huh, that’s different” or maybe it was strikingly familiar. Either way it feels … Continue reading
Posted in Adventures, Fitness, Uncategorized
Tagged camping, culinary adventures, goals, inspiration, outdoors, paddling, personal mantra, personal motto, yoga study, Zen
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Women In The Woods
We had fun in the the woods, in the sun, and the wind. Fun making friends at a remote bar and playing dress up with a park ranger. A camping trip with so much fun I can’t begin to fit … Continue reading
Posted in Adventures
Tagged camping, canoeing, outdoors, paddling, vacation, voyageurs national park, women camping
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Midwest With Zest 