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Located in the teeny-tiny town of Port Orford, Oregon, WildSpring is a veritable utopia for those looking for a blend of comfort, beautiful scenery, and eco-friendly accommodations. Inside the wicker box was a welcome packet with your information, check-out info, map to your cabin, and intercom instructions {to notify the owners that you had arrived safely.} In addition to the five cabins, WildSpring has a beautiful guest hall located on the bluffs overlooking the ocean of the five-acre resort. The guest hall was maybe a two-minute walk from our cabin and we walked by unique-yet-mythical decorations like the sculpture garden, walking labyrinth, and lounging hammock.
When I was 18, I spent the summer after high school working for my parent’s landscaping company. Our family business specializes in color theory for annual and perennial installations {annual: flowers that live one summer, perennials: flowers that return every year} for upscale residential clients, My parents founded their business in 1994 and I am so proud of them for identifying an industry they love, creating careers for themselves, and then supporting the livelihoods of at least a dozen other people. My parents’ generation was heavily involved in the green careers but my generation waned a bit, so it’s time for millennials to offer a bit of their unique style to this outdoor career.
It’s been a hot minute since I’ve registered for a legitimate race and it’s about time I remedied that! If you sign up for the 10K, you will receive a 1/4 zip pullover long-sleeved tech shirt that is totally legit. And if you register for the 5K, you get a similar shirt, just with short sleeves. Thankfully, the team at Getaway provided me with a discount code that registrants can use for the 5K or 10K. It takes off $12 from the registration cost which means the 10K costs $38 and the 5K costs $28.
I awoke in a tent mashed near the top of California’s Ebbett’s Pass, yellow-filtered sunlight streaming through the small pockets of mesh covering the rainfly. She endured her first-ever backpacking trip outside of Sedona, Arizona, an experience that will forever live on in the minds of her parents {She was SO LIT once she get inside our tiny two-man backpacking tent that we ended up playing with toggles and sleeping pad valves until 10pm when she abruptly fell over and passed out from sheer exhaustion at the day’s excitement.} She got her first head cold in the Channel Islands National Park {and witnessed her mama get outsmarted by some cunning foxes}. She thrived during her first multi-night backpacking trip in Ansel Adams Wilderness, battling mosquitoes through her giggles and backpack snoozes. And at times, I feel so nostalgic for life on the road: for living in a tent; for not having any real responsibilities; for waking up surrounded by nylon walls and baby giggles; for living in the dirt with blue skies and chirping birds overhead; for pointing our car in any single direction on any single day and finding a new adventure; for exploring new trails on the daily; for spending every waking hour with my two greatest loves on this planet.