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I Went Camping Again and All I Had was This T-Shirt

Let’s try this again, shall we?

“Where’s my backpack?”

It’s Friday evening. We’ve just unpacked the car on this, our second weekend camping trip.

And my backpack is missing.

The backpack that contains everything non-food I brought for the trip: my clothes, my sunscreen, my toothpaste. A jacket for chilly mornings. A hat for when we go hiking. A book for reading during downtime. Extra…

Beware the Thirsty Bees: First Time Camping in Joshua Tree

We went camping in Joshua Tree for the first time this weekend.

My last camping trip was over thirty years ago. I was seven or eight, and I spent the entire three days refusing to use the filthy communal restrooms and getting bitten by mosquitoes.

It was not a good trip. I never really thought I’d ever try camping again.

But the pandemic has shifted things there, as it has in so many…

California’s coolest and trendiest weekend getaway is somewhere a little off the radar, but so worth it. Located just one hour Northeast of Palm Springs lies Joshua Tree, a national park filled with the trendy succulents that give the park its name. Aside from the National Park, travelers retreat to Joshua Tree for a more relaxed and authentic retreat to the desert, one where festivals and crowds…