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Hope Westall
A Chili Night at Lake Blanche

A Chili Night at Lake Blanche

  Lake Blanche is one of my favorite places west of the Mississippi River. This is a gem that I found when I was first visiting Utah in the fall of 2014. Nestled deep in the Twin Peaks Wilderness area of the Wasatch Mountains you will find a trifecta of jaw dropping alpine lakes. I have done this hike in every season, each being uniquely different. but always consistent. This is the map I choose to represent the Quinoa Mountain Chili. This hike, much like the chili, never disappoints. It is the prefect meal year round and one of my...

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Mount Katahdin- The Beginning

Mount Katahdin- The Beginning

The feeling of standing there is something I will hold on to forever. Every journey must begin somewhere. 

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Yellowstone & Garden Couscous- The Classics

Yellowstone & Garden Couscous- The Classics

As I arrive back to the car park I see no windows in either my passenger side or drivers side windows.

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Black Beans & Rice + High Seirras

Black Beans & Rice + High Seirras

Flo and I still get a chuckle telling the story of the great bear canister meltdown of 2019. It will live on for many years to come.

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