My Favorite Things: The Best of 2025
With every year of walking, I end up exploring new trails, trying out new gear, listening to new books, and discovering new things. In December, it’s time to look back at the year—before looking...
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Walking Snacks to Fit into Your Holiday Hustle
December is such a magical time of year—but it’s also a chaotic time of year. It feels like a constant jumble of activities: practice and concerts and projects before the kids start their winter...
Walking Advent Calendar: 24 Holiday Walks for December
During this chaotic time of year, every day seems to go buy in a blur of school events and carpools and holiday shopping and baking and decorating and parties. That’s why my daughter and...
Walking: The Ultimate Self-Care for Busy Seasons
As the saying goes: “Being an adult is saying, ‘after this week, things will slow down,’” until you die. Sometimes I feel like a broken record when I say things like, “This is such...
2025 Holiday Gift Guide for Walkers
This post contains affiliate links. If you click on the link and make a purchase, we’ll get a small percentage at no extra cost to you. It’s that time of year again: the time...
Walking After Dark: Safety Tips for Shorter Days
Once Daylight Savings Time has once again come to an end, not only are the days continuing to get shorter and shorter, but it’s suddenly getting dark an hour earlier than it was a...
30 Days of Gratitude Walks
Sometimes it feels like the last three months of the year go by in a blur of holidays. We go from Halloween decorations and buying candy and picking out costumes to planning family functions...
Spooky Strolls: Adding Some Halloween Spirit to Your Next Evening Walk
Fall might very well be my favorite time of year for a walk. I love the smell of fall. I love the sound of fallen leaves rustling under my feet. I love the colors...
Staying Motivated Through Shorter Days
During the summer months, there are so many hours of sunlight that fitting in a walk outside isn’t such a challenge. If you’re an early riser, you can get up with the sun and...
Fall Coffee Walks: Enjoying Spicy Fall Sips While Getting Your Steps
If you ask me, there are few things more enjoyable than a walk on a sunshiny fall day. During this time of year, the sun shines a little differently, glinting through the tree branches...