Author: pattibird

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.

Feeling restless?

June 20, 2019

Need a “wild” adventure?? Follow the YELLOW LINE…Choose a date to join me on a camp out! One night or five, whatever you’ve got time for…..I’d love to get you out into the wild….

Thank you

June 20, 2019

Just wanted to say Thank You Thank You for following me down this road… Thank You for reading these posts… Thank You for joining me on a camp out… Thank You for listening (when I am bursting with excitement about my experiences)… Thank You for all the encouragement!!

June 13, 2019

Feeling Feral…..off to the mountains I go a wandering…..

Camp Life – Personal Safety- Going SOLO – Thoughts

May 27, 2019

“Would you camp there alone?” This is the #1 question I have been asked since starting this project.It seems so many of us are craving alone time with nature.Since I have been venturing out SOLO stands to reason why I’ve reflected, pondered, even brooded about it. My journal is filled with this subject. In fact, … More Camp Life – Personal Safety- Going SOLO – Thoughts

I love Opossums

May 24, 2019

I just needed to share this! I love Opossums. I got to know them when I worked with the rescued education opossums at the Wildlife Care Center of Virginia. They are amazing animals. They are not affected by the bite of a venomous snake, they have more teeth than any other mammal, and their babies … More I love Opossums

I’ve come to appreciate camping in the rain as a quintessential coastal camping rite of passage…and I’ve loved every freaking minute of it!!

May 17, 2019

USAL BEACH~ a PRECIOUS piece of Northcoast Splendor! Six miles north of Hwy. 1 at the southern end of Sinkyone Wilderness (the Lost Coast) Usal Creek enters the sea forming a beach in the otherwise steep coastal cliffs. I have fantasied about camping in this remote section of coast ever since I first heard about … More I’ve come to appreciate camping in the rain as a quintessential coastal camping rite of passage…and I’ve loved every freaking minute of it!!