Category: Hiking

January 15, 2018 / kirsten / Bees

Hawai’i is for Nature Lovers

There was an afternoon this past December, a day when it was 37 degrees and…

November 30, 2017 / kirsten / Hiking

The trail, plainly visible in the fresh snow, led beyond what we had always assumed…

November 14, 2017 / kirsten / Hiking

Things did not go as planned these past two weekends. Rather than mushroom hunting and…

October 19, 2017 / kirsten / Foraging

Because mushrooms are endlessly fascinating, I was excited to see this story on Amanita muscaria in the…

October 13, 2017 / kirsten / Foraging

Mushroom hunting is one thing, but actually finding mushrooms is quite another. It involves the…

October 3, 2017 / kirsten / Foraging

We went mushroom hunting on Saturday, returning to a spot we had not visited since…

September 28, 2017 / kirsten / #notjustparks

We spent the better part of last weekend tramping around in the woods, ostensibly to…

April 13, 2017 / kirsten / Biophiliac's Guide

Over chelas and seafood tacos, my husband and I soaked in the last rays of…

February 11, 2017 / kirsten / Hiking

One of the many pleasures of long association is the shorthand that grows up around…

January 21, 2017 / kirsten / #notjustparks

Last weekend, I found myself once again in the woods. All was quiet, still, snowy.…