Bee’s Wild Life
solo backpacking – hiking – camping – road trips
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A Solo Backpacking Camp Kitchen Gear Guide
More often than not, I go on my backpacking trips alone. Over several years of solo backpacking and trying different cook systems and set-ups, I’ve dialed in my gear list to my ideal solo…
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A Guide to Cooking at Camp
Anything you can cook at home, you can cook while camping. It just takes having the right gear and skills to make it happen. When it comes to camp cooking, the gear you need…
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My Winter Desert Camping Guide and Gear List ⛺️🌵✨
Until moving to Southern California, the winter never particularly interested me. I used to dread the changing of the seasons — a cold that chills you to the bones, power outages, and early mornings…
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9 Days On The Tahoe Rim Trail: A Solo Backpacking Adventure
Day 0: Getting to Lake Tahoe The drive up to Lake Tahoe from San Diego was about 10 hours. Since I was going alone, I decided I would break up the drive to make…
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Food and Resupply on the tahoe rim trail
Bear Canisters: Hard sided bear canisters are now required along the whole Tahoe Rim Trail. It used to be only Desolation Wilderness that required it, but with the active bear population in Tahoe it…
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My Tahoe Rim Trail Gear List
I recently finished hiking 175 miles in 9 days solo on the Tahoe Rim Trail, and I’m exciting to share all of the details from the trip to help you plan your own TRT…
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Everything I pack for a winter backpacking trip in the SoCal desert
One of the reasons that I moved from the East Coast to Southern California was the access to a diverse range of outdoor spaces; from sea cliffs and endless beaches, to mountains with alpine…
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Solo Backpacking in Saguaro NationaL Park
November 2024 I spent the morning organizing gear and packing my car, getting ready to head out on a solo adventure to Saguaro National Park. The plan for this trip came together very last…
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My first solo adventure of the summer
Bee’s Trail Journal, June 2024 Day 1: Idyllwild My solo adventure began with a visit to Idyllwild, a quaint mountain town below San Jacinto, the mountain I planned to hike the following day. Idyllwild…
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