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aliciaunderleenels
Jan 6, 20213 min read
3 Ways to Experience North Dakota State Parks
There are so many ways to enjoy North Dakota State Parks in every season. We usually think of getting outdoors during the summer, but...
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aliciaunderleenels
Oct 21, 20207 min read
The Wild Reaches of Theodore Roosevelt National Park
“This is unreal.” My husband Derrick is standing at one of the highest points in Theodore Roosevelt National Park, surveying the sweep of...
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aliciaunderleenels
May 28, 20205 min read
Nature In The City: North Dakota Nature Parks Go Wild
Did you know there are 30 North Dakota nature parks in North Dakota? It’s okay. I didn’t either. These are mini escapes right in the...
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aliciaunderleenels
Mar 3, 20207 min read
Basic Hiking Gear
I don’t consider myself an expert hiker by any means, but choosing the right basic hiking gear is easy. Hiking is a fairly...
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aliciaunderleenels
Jan 19, 20204 min read
A Hike In The Beartooth Mountains
What’s the best hike you’ve been on lately? Mine is this gorgeous hike in the Beartooth Mountains of southern Montana. From the minute my...
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aliciaunderleenels
Sep 7, 20195 min read
Bear Lodge Or Devils Tower? How To Hike A Sacred Site
Staring up into the thick, velvet night, with the monolith of Bear Lodge at my back, I realize that the sky isn’t black at all, but a...
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aliciaunderleenels
Jun 21, 20195 min read
What Will You Do With Your Wild And Precious Summer?
“Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?” – Mary Oliver, “The Summer Day” There’s something about the...
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aliciaunderleenels
May 22, 20193 min read
The North Country Trail: Observations While Hiking In The Heart of North Dakota
The longest trail in the United States starts (or ends, depending on your interpretation) in North Dakota. But unless you’re a hiker, it...
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aliciaunderleenels
Feb 24, 20184 min read
Balancing Over The Mississippi: Hiking Itasca State Park In Winter
European explorers came north to Minnesota to learn what the indigenous people of the Northwoods had known for thousands of years — that...
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aliciaunderleenels
Jun 5, 20164 min read
Hiking, Books and Brunch in Red Wing
You can have all kinds of strange adventures if you just say yes. And once you say yes, you never know what you’ll find…or what you’ll...
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aliciaunderleenels
Mar 13, 20163 min read
Into the Woods: Exploring North Dakota’s petrified forest in the ‘graveyard of stumps’
Happy Sunday, Prairie People! Today I want to introduce you to Jack Dura, one of my favorite North Dakota writers. He has a great...
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