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Smith’s Island Nature Trail (LeClaire, IA)
hiking, US Nichole Jones 3/29/25 hiking, US Nichole Jones 3/29/25

Smith’s Island Nature Trail (LeClaire, IA)

This is one of my favorite spots to surprise people with. It’s just something a little different and a little wild.

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A Southwest Roadtrip: Las Vegas to Phoenix  (Including Grand Canyon National Park)
National Parks, US, Road Trips Nichole Jones 10/7/23 National Parks, US, Road Trips Nichole Jones 10/7/23

A Southwest Roadtrip: Las Vegas to Phoenix (Including Grand Canyon National Park)

For our 12th Anniversary, my husband suggested a roadtrip from Las Vegas to Phoenix with stops in Flagstaff, the Grand Canyon, and Sedona. It was perfect!

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Between a rock and a hard place on the Ho Chi Minh Trail (California)
US, Hiking Nichole Jones 5/1/23 US, Hiking Nichole Jones 5/1/23

Between a rock and a hard place on the Ho Chi Minh Trail (California)

On a hike in San Diego circa May 2023 I ran into a pickle. Ahead of me lay a sloped sandstone ledge about a foot wide with a dropoff maybe 12 feet down into a rockbed. I saw nothing to hold on to if I started to fall. I'd already been sliding and now the risk to continue forward felt maybe too great...

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