I am a woman of a certain age (wink, wink) who has tent camped all her life. When other kids went to summer Rec camp, Mom took my sister and I tent camping, for weeks at a time. In my early twenties I hiked the Pacific Crest Trail from the Sierra Buttes to the Bridge of the Gods. Camping always being my preferred vacation. That is until I became inflicted with an autoimmune disease and the emotional roller coaster intrinsic to chronic illness. Three summers ago, with a little gumption, a paper Forest Service map (yes, I said paper) and my furry BFF, I bumped down a dirt road that lead me in to the Klamath Mountains. I’ve been looking for Bigfoot ever since.
Research for the Camping Guide Book I am writing to the quietest, darkest, wildest places my car can get me to in the Klamath,Trinity, and Coast Ranges has begun. I have 85 planned “Dates with Nature”; by the sea, lakes, rivers, on mountaintops, in forests. To areas uncharted by me before with hazy and mysterious … More It has begun!
2018 was an inspiring and expansive summer of wandering, discovering, and being nurtured by nature. Patti’s 2018 Top Ten “Discoveries” Goin’ Camping and writing a book about it 1. Tents wear out, especially when pitching 39 times in 4 months. 2. It is easier to find Wild than Natural. (I’ll let you think about that … More Patti’s 2018 Top Ten “Discoveries”
Wild Escape Guides 