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Devin is a connector, community organizer, and bikepacker. She focuses on increasing access, training, education and support in the outdoors for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color. She enjoys continuously discovering new ways to spend time outside.

The Blue Ridge Parkway is dubbed as “America’s Favorite Drive” and it definitely lives up to its name. There are more than 450 miles of road to drive and nearly 100,000 thousand acres of land to explore! Here are five must see places on the Parkway!

Before, during and after a long day of backpacking, paddling, climbing, exploring or adventuring, it’s absolutely necessary to eat right, eat well, and eat a lot!

YE OL’ 2K15! Was a complete success! 10 brave participants from the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse chose to spend part of their winter break embarking on an unforgettable 12-day adventure to the Ocala National Forest. It took nearly 1,400 miles of driving but once we finally arrived our journey began with some relaxing canoeing on the Ocklawaha River. We paddled upstream the first day and encountered a vast variety of very active wildlife. More birds than you could possibly count, multiple turtles bathing in the sun around every corner, alligators, and MONKEYS! Yes, we saw freaking packs of monkeys! They were running around and climbing trees everywhere, we even saw them jumping across the river! Don’t believe me? Check out our GoPro montage Highlight video as well! We later had some more quality time on the river and got to chillax at a sweet spot next to the water for several hours on our last full river day. It was inevitable that the fleet of ENO hammocks that we brought along would be set up as well as the challenging ENO Slackline! It was a total hit with this incredible group who were enjoying this entire experience thus far. The...