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Membership Spotlight: Patty McLaughlin
Patty McLaughlin has been a member of American Hiking Society since 2006 and has participated in 5 different Volunteer Vacations trips! We at American Hiking love staying in touch and…
Read MoreHow to Have the Best Summer Ever
By : Sam Hodder, President & CEO, Save the Redwoods League Life is already too short to waste on speed. I have a friend who’s always in a hurry; he…
Read MoreReflections on National Trails Day 2015
By: Saveria Tilden, American Hiking Society Ambassador Community | Conservation | Commitment There is always something nice about traveling on Los Angeles freeways early on weekend mornings- no traffic, stress…
Read MoreNational Trails Day and Great Outdoor Month 2015
By: Jennifer Pharr Davis, American Hiking Society Ambassador The danger of celebrating a day dedicated to trails and a month marked for outdoor enjoyment is that some might see the…
Read MoreFeeding Your Mind and Body on Vacation
By: Laura Randall It’s prime vacation season, and with that comes the joys and challenges of deciding how exactly to spend all that leisure time. Some people want their vacations…
Read MoreBreaking Ground to Extend Lost Coast Trail
On the windswept Northern California coast is one of the most rugged, remote and wild places in the state. Great expanses of forest meet wildflower-carpeted bluffs before plunging from rocky…
Read MoreExhilarated by my own human power
By: Liz Thomas, American Hiking Society Ambassador When I was a freshmen in high school, I wrote an essay about my first time mowing a lawn. It seems like a…
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