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Going Home: Sloppy, Wet Kisses From Old Men and Other Hitchhiking Adventures
I packed up everything that was so incredibly important to me for the past 3.5 months, everything that I didn’t even know how to properly use a year prior but now ensured my survival in the wilderness. Disheartened, I walked … Continue reading
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Dear Mother, I Broke My Promise
Dear mother, I broke my promise to you. I camped alone in Yosemite National Park. No one chose to camp next to me last night as they all passed by hurriedly. Maybe sleeping next to the rushing river seemed unappealing. … Continue reading
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Moments Like This
Mere minutes away from more moments like this.
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Tagged adventure, backpacking, female backpacker, female pct hiker, female solo backpacker, female solo hiker, female solo travel, hike, hiking, hiking the pacific coast trail, hiking the pacific crest trail, long distance backpacker, pacific crest trail, pct, pct hiker, section hiking the pacific crest trail, solo pct hiker, through-hiker, thru-hiker, thruhike, travel
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Falling in Love with the World
This is day 5. I have not hiked yet today. My left ankle was swollen for the past three days, and now that the swelling went down (after two ice-cold soaks in a creek), my right achilles is acting up. … Continue reading
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Tagged adventure, backpacking, female backpacker, female pct hiker, female solo backpacker, female solo hiker, female solo travel, hike, hiking, hiking the pacific coast trail, hiking the pacific crest trail, long distance backpacker, pacific crest trail, pct, pct hiker, section hiking the pacific crest trail, through-hiker, thru-hiker, thruhike, travel
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In search of home.
“So this is home,” he says as he spreads his arms and looks around him. “Yeah. For the next 6 months,” I say and then fall silent to let it really sink in. It didn’t sink in. It still … Continue reading
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Tagged adventure, backpacking, female backpacker, female pct hiker, female solo backpacker, female solo hiker, female solo travel, hike, hiking, hiking the pacific coast trail, hiking the pacific crest trail, long distance backpacker, pacific crest trail, pct, pct hiker, section hiking the pacific crest trail, through-hiker, thru-hiker, thruhike, travel
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Elina Travels 