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Perspicacity / Perspicuity

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Adventure Epics

Solo Backpacking in a massive storm on the Olympic Coast, Ozette Triangle

Ever felt like you needed to do something that quite frankly scared the crap out…

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by melissa February 17, 2023

Backyard Adventures

Having fun in your own backyard

I used to believe I lived in the most boring place in the world. Then…

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by melissa December 27, 2022

Adventure Epics

Healing at Eagle Creek after the fire

This post has been personally hard, but very healing to write. I appreciate even more,…

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by melissa May 30, 2022

Filtered sunlight view hiking Bells Mountain trail

Perspicacity / Perspicuity

Seeing Real

The amazingness of The Pool of the Winds is still as powerful as ever if…

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by melissa May 14, 2022

Backyard Adventures

Experiences on the Palouse

There's so many great ways to Experience 'On the Palouse', even as a student(!) that…

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by melissa October 31, 2021

Olympic Coast backpacking tips post Hikers headed up the beach beyond Hole in the Wall

Adventure Epics

Backpacking the Olympic Coast

Backpacking adventure on Washington's Olympic North coast that was beyond hard but incredible and turned…

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by melissa March 26, 2021

Backpacking thru high alpine meadows at Grandmother mountain

Backyard Adventures

Backpacking Grandmother Mountain

It took a backpacking trip up Grandmother Mountain to remember the special ingredient for creating…

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by melissa March 7, 2021

~ Melissa ~

~ Experience Artist ~

Welcome to my 'not your typical adventure blog'! I've always loved adventures and exploring! As a kid it was tree forts and walkie-talkies ... As an adult it's forested mountain trails and full-throttle freedom rides on the back of a Honda Rebel. More than a decade ago, I watched everything in my life screech to an incredibly painful halt. The years that followed saw me trying to live everyone else's life adventures ... anyone else's(!!) as long as it wasn't my own. That really didn't work so well. I eventually realized I needed to learn HOW TO EXPERIENCE MY OWN LIFE DIFFERENTLY. And that's what I'm doing now ... One crazy ~REAL~ adventure at a time! So have fun exploring the experiences in this blog! My hope is you'll find inspiration for ~REAL~ adventure experiences of your own!