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Gear Guides, The Great Outdoors

65+ Perfect Gifts for Outdoorsy Women: 2025 Edition

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Looking for unique, memorable gifts for outdoorsy women? You're in the right place! We put together this massive guide with over 65 outdoor gift ideas for her (and him, too!), from practical to posh.

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Camping, Destinations, The Great Outdoors

Baxter State Park Camping: Adventure in the Wild Maine Woods

Several lean tos with picnic tables and fire rings outside in Katahdin Stream Campground in Baxter State Park Maine during the fall

Want to know everything there is to know about Baxter State Park camping? Stay right here! This guide covers all the campgrounds in Baxter State Park, how to make reservations, when to go, and more.

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Travel, Camping, Destinations, Travel Tips, Unique Stays

Harvest Hosts Review + 9 Amazing Harvest Host Locations

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Looking for an honest Harvest Hosts review? You're in the right place! Not only do we break down the good, the bad, and the ugly (spoiler alert: there isn't much bad or ugly!), but we also give you an insiders' look at some of the best Harvest Host locations. With RVs, #vanlife, and general life on the road more popular than ever, self-contained camping (AKA boondocking) no longer[...]

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Gear Guides, Camping, The Great Outdoors

10 Camp French Press Models for Amazing Camping Coffee

A camping French press next to a blue mug sitting on a ledge overlooking a mountain lake

Looking for the best camp French press? Whether you're upgrading your old standby or trying a French press for the first time, this guide has you covered.

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Camping, Destinations, The Great Outdoors

Telluride Camping Guide + 10 Epic Campsites Near Telluride

A green and white popup camper next to a lake in front of the mountains at one of the nicest campsites near Telluride

It's hard to top Telluride camping. Whether you’re looking to hike, off-road, fish, swim, or simply relax, it doesn’t get much better. Home to some breathtaking landscapes and quieter than similar destinations, campsites near Telluride have something for every type of camper.  Telluride is a spectacularly beautiful, historic mining town in southwestern Colorado’s rugged[...]

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Camping, Gear Guides, The Great Outdoors

7 Best Camping Percolator Models for Perfect Camp Coffee

Someone pouring from a Bialetti camp percolator into a cup next to a campfire

Everyone knows coffee just tastes better when made over a campfire, and it all starts with the best camping percolator. Our guide deep-dives into several of the top models.

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The Great Outdoors, Camping, Gear Guides, Travel Tips

15 Genius Camping Must Haves (Plus Bonus Tips + Hacks!)

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Want to make sure you have all the right camping must haves in your stash? You're in the right place! Not only does this guide offer an essential camping checklist, but it also gives honest reviews and advice on what to splurge on versus what you can buy gently used. Let's get into it! In today's world where most of us are increasingly "plugged in" and stress levels are higher than eve[...]

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Hi, I’m Taryn!

Hi, I’m Taryn!

I travel extensively, hike kind of a lot, am a champion of the underdog, definitely don't identify as 'indoorsy,' have a serious love affair with glamping, believe life largely revolves around eating and drinking well, and I'm a wannabe photographer. If any of that resonates with you, let's connect!

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Scenes from September ✨️ 

Spent largely outside in the mountains, exactly as it's meant to be

Black Hills, South Dakota 
Vail, Colorado
Ozarks [Missouri + Arkansas]

#blackhills #sodak #vailcolorado #vail #southdakota #mountrushmore #badlands
Scenes from September ✨️ 

Spent largely outside in the mountains, exactly as it's meant to be

Black Hills, South Dakota 
Vail, Colorado
Ozarks [Missouri + Arkansas]

#blackhills #sodak #vailcolorado #vail #southdakota #mountrushmore #badlands
Scenes from September ✨️ 

Spent largely outside in the mountains, exactly as it's meant to be

Black Hills, South Dakota 
Vail, Colorado
Ozarks [Missouri + Arkansas]

#blackhills #sodak #vailcolorado #vail #southdakota #mountrushmore #badlands
Scenes from September ✨️ 

Spent largely outside in the mountains, exactly as it's meant to be

Black Hills, South Dakota 
Vail, Colorado
Ozarks [Missouri + Arkansas]

#blackhills #sodak #vailcolorado #vail #southdakota #mountrushmore #badlands
Scenes from September ✨️ 

Spent largely outside in the mountains, exactly as it's meant to be

Black Hills, South Dakota 
Vail, Colorado
Ozarks [Missouri + Arkansas]

#blackhills #sodak #vailcolorado #vail #southdakota #mountrushmore #badlands
Scenes from September ✨️ 

Spent largely outside in the mountains, exactly as it's meant to be

Black Hills, South Dakota 
Vail, Colorado
Ozarks [Missouri + Arkansas]

#blackhills #sodak #vailcolorado #vail #southdakota #mountrushmore #badlands
Scenes from September ✨️ 

Spent largely outside in the mountains, exactly as it's meant to be

Black Hills, South Dakota 
Vail, Colorado
Ozarks [Missouri + Arkansas]

#blackhills #sodak #vailcolorado #vail #southdakota #mountrushmore #badlands
Scenes from September ✨️ 

Spent largely outside in the mountains, exactly as it's meant to be

Black Hills, South Dakota 
Vail, Colorado
Ozarks [Missouri + Arkansas]

#blackhills #sodak #vailcolorado #vail #southdakota #mountrushmore #badlands
Scenes from September ✨️ 

Spent largely outside in the mountains, exactly as it's meant to be

Black Hills, South Dakota 
Vail, Colorado
Ozarks [Missouri + Arkansas]

#blackhills #sodak #vailcolorado #vail #southdakota #mountrushmore #badlands
Scenes from September ✨️ 

Spent largely outside in the mountains, exactly as it's meant to be

Black Hills, South Dakota 
Vail, Colorado
Ozarks [Missouri + Arkansas]

#blackhills #sodak #vailcolorado #vail #southdakota #mountrushmore #badlands
Scenes from September ✨️ 

Spent largely outside in the mountains, exactly as it's meant to be

Black Hills, South Dakota 
Vail, Colorado
Ozarks [Missouri + Arkansas]

#blackhills #sodak #vailcolorado #vail #southdakota #mountrushmore #badlands
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Scenes from September ✨️ Spent largely outside in the mountains, exactly as it's meant to be Black Hills, South Dakota Vail, Colorado Ozarks [Missouri + Arkansas] #blackhills #sodak #vailcolorado #vail #southdakota #mountrushmore #badlands
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That time @westernwhiptailadventures took us to watch sunrise on the moon, featuring an elusive photo of me AND my husband.

#capitolreefcountry #utahisrad #utahgram #utahrocks #moonscapeoverlook #shetravels
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That time @westernwhiptailadventures took us to watch sunrise on the moon, featuring an elusive photo of me AND my husband. #capitolreefcountry #utahisrad #utahgram #utahrocks #moonscapeoverlook #shetravels
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Kennaday Peak Lookout is one of just a handful of fire towers in Wyoming you can spend the night in (as you can see, though, it's been vandalized and trashed - I'm not sure I'd personally feel safe up here overnight). This one is unique in that you can drive right up to it.

Fire lookouts are unfortunately fading from existence as drones and other modern technology replace them, so I'm always stoked to explore one, especially when you can see the inside...and even more especially when there's no one around to have to share it with 🙌

Have you ever seen the inside of a fire lookout?

Thank you to @discovercarboncountywy and @wyoming.outdoor.adventures for sending me off on this solo adventure! 

#firelookout #wyoming #thatswy #medicinebow #brushcreek #firetower
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Kennaday Peak Lookout is one of just a handful of fire towers in Wyoming you can spend the night in (as you can see, though, it's been vandalized and trashed - I'm not sure I'd personally feel safe up here overnight). This one is unique in that you can drive right up to it. Fire lookouts are unfortunately fading from existence as drones and other modern technology replace them, so I'm always stoked to explore one, especially when you can see the inside...and even more especially when there's no one around to have to share it with 🙌 Have you ever seen the inside of a fire lookout? Thank you to @discovercarboncountywy and @wyoming.outdoor.adventures for sending me off on this solo adventure! #firelookout #wyoming #thatswy #medicinebow #brushcreek #firetower
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One of the most memorable sunrises I've ever seen - and I'm a sunrise gal who's seen a LOT of 'em.

📍Moonscape Overlook, Utah

#southernutah #capitolreef #capitolreefnationalpark #moonscape #moonscapeoverlook #capitolreefcountry
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One of the most memorable sunrises I've ever seen - and I'm a sunrise gal who's seen a LOT of 'em. 📍Moonscape Overlook, Utah #southernutah #capitolreef #capitolreefnationalpark #moonscape #moonscapeoverlook #capitolreefcountry
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Scenes from September ✨️ 

Spent largely outside in the mountains, exactly as it's meant to be

Black Hills, South Dakota 
Vail, Colorado
Ozarks [Missouri + Arkansas]

#blackhills #sodak #vailcolorado #vail #southdakota #mountrushmore #badlands
Scenes from September ✨️ 

Spent largely outside in the mountains, exactly as it's meant to be

Black Hills, South Dakota 
Vail, Colorado
Ozarks [Missouri + Arkansas]

#blackhills #sodak #vailcolorado #vail #southdakota #mountrushmore #badlands
Scenes from September ✨️ 

Spent largely outside in the mountains, exactly as it's meant to be

Black Hills, South Dakota 
Vail, Colorado
Ozarks [Missouri + Arkansas]

#blackhills #sodak #vailcolorado #vail #southdakota #mountrushmore #badlands
Scenes from September ✨️ 

Spent largely outside in the mountains, exactly as it's meant to be

Black Hills, South Dakota 
Vail, Colorado
Ozarks [Missouri + Arkansas]

#blackhills #sodak #vailcolorado #vail #southdakota #mountrushmore #badlands
Scenes from September ✨️ 

Spent largely outside in the mountains, exactly as it's meant to be

Black Hills, South Dakota 
Vail, Colorado
Ozarks [Missouri + Arkansas]

#blackhills #sodak #vailcolorado #vail #southdakota #mountrushmore #badlands
Scenes from September ✨️ 

Spent largely outside in the mountains, exactly as it's meant to be

Black Hills, South Dakota 
Vail, Colorado
Ozarks [Missouri + Arkansas]

#blackhills #sodak #vailcolorado #vail #southdakota #mountrushmore #badlands
Scenes from September ✨️ 

Spent largely outside in the mountains, exactly as it's meant to be

Black Hills, South Dakota 
Vail, Colorado
Ozarks [Missouri + Arkansas]

#blackhills #sodak #vailcolorado #vail #southdakota #mountrushmore #badlands
Scenes from September ✨️ 

Spent largely outside in the mountains, exactly as it's meant to be

Black Hills, South Dakota 
Vail, Colorado
Ozarks [Missouri + Arkansas]

#blackhills #sodak #vailcolorado #vail #southdakota #mountrushmore #badlands
Scenes from September ✨️ 

Spent largely outside in the mountains, exactly as it's meant to be

Black Hills, South Dakota 
Vail, Colorado
Ozarks [Missouri + Arkansas]

#blackhills #sodak #vailcolorado #vail #southdakota #mountrushmore #badlands
Scenes from September ✨️ 

Spent largely outside in the mountains, exactly as it's meant to be

Black Hills, South Dakota 
Vail, Colorado
Ozarks [Missouri + Arkansas]

#blackhills #sodak #vailcolorado #vail #southdakota #mountrushmore #badlands
Scenes from September ✨️ 

Spent largely outside in the mountains, exactly as it's meant to be

Black Hills, South Dakota 
Vail, Colorado
Ozarks [Missouri + Arkansas]

#blackhills #sodak #vailcolorado #vail #southdakota #mountrushmore #badlands
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Scenes from September ✨️ Spent largely outside in the mountains, exactly as it's meant to be Black Hills, South Dakota Vail, Colorado Ozarks [Missouri + Arkansas] #blackhills #sodak #vailcolorado #vail #southdakota #mountrushmore #badlands
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That time @westernwhiptailadventures took us to watch sunrise on the moon, featuring an elusive photo of me AND my husband.

#capitolreefcountry #utahisrad #utahgram #utahrocks #moonscapeoverlook #shetravels
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That time @westernwhiptailadventures took us to watch sunrise on the moon, featuring an elusive photo of me AND my husband. #capitolreefcountry #utahisrad #utahgram #utahrocks #moonscapeoverlook #shetravels
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Kennaday Peak Lookout is one of just a handful of fire towers in Wyoming you can spend the night in (as you can see, though, it's been vandalized and trashed - I'm not sure I'd personally feel safe up here overnight). This one is unique in that you can drive right up to it.

Fire lookouts are unfortunately fading from existence as drones and other modern technology replace them, so I'm always stoked to explore one, especially when you can see the inside...and even more especially when there's no one around to have to share it with 🙌

Have you ever seen the inside of a fire lookout?

Thank you to @discovercarboncountywy and @wyoming.outdoor.adventures for sending me off on this solo adventure! 

#firelookout #wyoming #thatswy #medicinebow #brushcreek #firetower
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Kennaday Peak Lookout is one of just a handful of fire towers in Wyoming you can spend the night in (as you can see, though, it's been vandalized and trashed - I'm not sure I'd personally feel safe up here overnight). This one is unique in that you can drive right up to it. Fire lookouts are unfortunately fading from existence as drones and other modern technology replace them, so I'm always stoked to explore one, especially when you can see the inside...and even more especially when there's no one around to have to share it with 🙌 Have you ever seen the inside of a fire lookout? Thank you to @discovercarboncountywy and @wyoming.outdoor.adventures for sending me off on this solo adventure! #firelookout #wyoming #thatswy #medicinebow #brushcreek #firetower
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One of the most memorable sunrises I've ever seen - and I'm a sunrise gal who's seen a LOT of 'em.

📍Moonscape Overlook, Utah

#southernutah #capitolreef #capitolreefnationalpark #moonscape #moonscapeoverlook #capitolreefcountry
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One of the most memorable sunrises I've ever seen - and I'm a sunrise gal who's seen a LOT of 'em. 📍Moonscape Overlook, Utah #southernutah #capitolreef #capitolreefnationalpark #moonscape #moonscapeoverlook #capitolreefcountry
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"The trail leads not merely north and south, but up to the body, mind, and soul of man" - Harold Allen

Got to play in Wyoming's Medicine Bow range last week, exploring solo in this beast at nearly 11,000 feet. There is no better therapy or stronger medicine. 

#thatswy #wynot #medicinebownationalforest #saratoga #womenwhoexplore #firetower
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"The trail leads not merely north and south, but up to the body, mind, and soul of man" - Harold Allen Got to play in Wyoming's Medicine Bow range last week, exploring solo in this beast at nearly 11,000 feet. There is no better therapy or stronger medicine. #thatswy #wynot #medicinebownationalforest #saratoga #womenwhoexplore #firetower
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I don't often get personal on my socials, but this deserves a spot on the permanent feed.

It's my husband's birthday, which gives me the perfect opportunity (excuse) to brag on him. He doesn't even have social media anymore, though, so he won't even see this! 🤣 Steven recently left a job he'd been at for 16 years, sacrificing something huge in the process: time. He acquired a whopping seven weeks of PTO (a huge factor in us surviving long distance for multiple years!) and knew he'd lose it starting with a new company. But he felt more and more like a soulless number, and the environment was toxic. He came home miserable, exhausted, and irritable, and those same feelings haunted him on his days off, dreading going back. 

He got everything he wanted in the new company - minus the time off, of course. We discussed it at length and ultimately decided we'd find creative ways to maximize PTO. NO job is worth feeling like that, worth letting it drastically affect your life around the clock. I'm incredibly proud of him...and actively looking for easy weekend travel destinations 😉

That's just one of the things I love most about this guy - he stands up for what he believes in and would do absolutely anything for his family. I guess that's two things...

Happy birthday my love, my BFF, my knight in shining armor, my adventure buddy, my lucky charm 🎉🎂❤️
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I don't often get personal on my socials, but this deserves a spot on the permanent feed. It's my husband's birthday, which gives me the perfect opportunity (excuse) to brag on him. He doesn't even have social media anymore, though, so he won't even see this! 🤣 Steven recently left a job he'd been at for 16 years, sacrificing something huge in the process: time. He acquired a whopping seven weeks of PTO (a huge factor in us surviving long distance for multiple years!) and knew he'd lose it starting with a new company. But he felt more and more like a soulless number, and the environment was toxic. He came home miserable, exhausted, and irritable, and those same feelings haunted him on his days off, dreading going back. He got everything he wanted in the new company - minus the time off, of course. We discussed it at length and ultimately decided we'd find creative ways to maximize PTO. NO job is worth feeling like that, worth letting it drastically affect your life around the clock. I'm incredibly proud of him...and actively looking for easy weekend travel destinations 😉 That's just one of the things I love most about this guy - he stands up for what he believes in and would do absolutely anything for his family. I guess that's two things... Happy birthday my love, my BFF, my knight in shining armor, my adventure buddy, my lucky charm 🎉🎂❤️
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