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Gretchen Staebler

Gretchen Staebler

I am a Pacific Northwest native transplanted to the southeast for 36 years. In 2012, I returned to my childhood home and fell in love with this corner of the country again. I am a grandmother, a storyteller, a teacher, an attention payer, a hiker, and a back roads wanderer.

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Wordless Wednesday

Just when I thought there would be no sunrise yesterday… 7:42am 7:47am 7:59am 8:14am 8:34am 9:09am Continue reading Wordless Wednesday

Wordless Wednesday
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Wordless Wednesday

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Adventure Log: Paradise on Labor Day
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Adventure Log: Paradise on Labor Day

This post should start with 😳. It sounds insane for the solitary hiker who doesn’t hike on weekends and doesn’t … Continue reading Adventure Log: Paradise on Labor Day

Flora & Fauna Friday
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Flora & Fauna Friday

Technically neither flora nor fauna, but nature! Each Olympic Peninsula beach is unique. Rialto’s superpower is colored stones. And I … Continue reading Flora & Fauna Friday

Adventure Log: Olympic National Park, Camping with the Littles
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Adventure Log: Olympic National Park, Camping with the Littles

I returned last week to a campground of my childhood, Mora, at Rialto Beach in the Olympic National Park. I … Continue reading Adventure Log: Olympic National Park, Camping with the Littles

Adventure Log: Naches Peak Loop
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Adventure Log: Naches Peak Loop

“There has to be life after death,” I have heard people say in rationalizing an existence of heaven; “because this … Continue reading Adventure Log: Naches Peak Loop

Adventure Log: Van Trump Park & Comet Falls
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Adventure Log: Van Trump Park & Comet Falls

In the past seven years, I have hiked pretty nearly all the iconic trails at the Paradise side of Mt. … Continue reading Adventure Log: Van Trump Park & Comet Falls

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