My May and June 2019 Solo Camping Plans

Greetings to you and happy Friday!   Before jumping into a list of places I'm lusting to camp at this May and June, let's start this off with a striking (but in a good, way I think) quote from one of my favorite writers and naturalists: Edward Abbey. I discovered Abbey after reading his book Desert Solitaire ,…

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How to Successfully Plan a Trip to Rock Island State Park, WI

So you want to explore the most remote state park Wisconsin has to offer? Located at the very tip top of the Door County peninsula, Rock Island State Park is an escape into a unique kind of wilderness that requires a bit of work to get to. But fear not, eager backpacker, here's everything you need to know to plan…

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Checking In

Greetings and welcome to May! So it's clearly been a hot minute since I've blogged. But after a solid morning community meditation that steered me towards reflecting and focusing on gratitude, I've found some inspiration to get back at it with a little update. Going forth I'm aiming to be more transpa…

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Turning 100,000

My blog just hit an important milestone as it surpassed 100,000 pageviews! I originally launched my blog in December of 2010 as www.robbyaroundtheworld.com, before leaving on a jet plane to live in Saigon, Vietnam during my junior year of college. The blog's original purpose was for two things. First was to keep …

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Backpacking Colorado's Great Sand Dunes National Park

I was overcome with the biggest sensation of gratitude, standing once again on my feet at Colorado's dreamy Great Sand Dunes National Park.  Rewind to 2015 in the midst of a 19-hour drive back to Wisconsin, I detoured from the main highway to check out this national park, but  my first time visiting  was much too s…

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