The Great Western Loop – Arizona National Scenic Trail (AZT) Trip Report by Crystal Gail Welcome
The The Great Western Loop is a 6,875-mile hike through five National Scenic Trails in the Western US. Six Moon Designs Ambassador Crystal Gail Welcome is hiking this trail currently and shares he...
15 Wilderness Quotes for Life's Journeys
Humans have been writing about wilderness and nature since time immemorial. Its beauty, complexity, and ability to induce awe has inspired us to find words that describe what cannot be captured out...
Trip Report: Plein Air Painting in Oregon
My recent return trip to Portland along the Northern California and Oregon coast was as usual, an over reach which I completely underestimated. A long time ago, when I was just a lad I sat down wit...
5 Tips for Surviving A Thru Hike (and beyond) as a Couple
So you want to thru hike with your partner as a couple, but you’re unsure if that is too much together time. What if you need personal time? Or, what do you do if you need to go to the bathroom ne...
What I Learned on the Appalachian Trail
In the spring of 2021, in the middle of a pandemic that had driven me and the rest of the world half crazy, I found myself in Amicalola Falls State Park in Georgia ready to walk north with over 200...
Trip Report: Vol Bivouac Paragliding
Vol Biv originates from two French words for Fly and Camp, while on its surface this concept is straightforward and elegant in its simplicity, there is a significant amount of effort, persistence, ...