{"id":2064,"date":"2020-11-14T11:21:47","date_gmt":"2020-11-14T19:21:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marleypeifer.com\/dev\/?p=2064"},"modified":"2022-04-19T13:51:50","modified_gmt":"2022-04-19T20:51:50","slug":"nature-journaling-in-the-grand-canyon-post-trip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marleypeifer.com\/dev\/nature-journal-adventure\/nature-journaling-in-the-grand-canyon-post-trip\/","title":{"rendered":"Nature Journaling in the Grand Canyon! Post-Trip Share (Part 1)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m back from nature journaling in the Grand Canyon for 21 days. In my live &#8220;Show and Tell&#8221; video I share experiences and pages from the adventure!<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/03xctFuxBnQ\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>You already know I have been testing nature journal supplies, clothing, sun protection, waterproof supplies, and other gear in preparation for this trip. You have heard about my training and my preparation. Now I&#8217;m back! And I have lots to share. In fact, it was so much I have to do a Part Two. My goal is to give you some answers to the following questions.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #800080;\">First, how did I prepare?<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Next, how did I stay focused during the trip?<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Lastly, what am I gonna do now that the trip is over?<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Preparing to Nature Journal in the Grand Canyon<\/h4>\n<p>It can be hard to prepare for something that you have never done before. Had I ever been to the Grand Canyon before? Nope. Whitewater rafting with some of the biggest navigable rapids on the continent? Nope. Any whitewater rafting experience at all? No, but I went down a creek in an inner tube once. Any other river expedition experience? Nope. Had I ever spent 23 days camping with my girlfriend before? No&#8230;What about other multi-day expedition experience? Sort of&#8230; What about nature journaling in extreme conditions and unusual places? Yep, I got that one covered!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2084\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2084\" style=\"width: 541px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-2084\" src=\"https:\/\/marleypeifer.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/9AAB8381-FD20-47CC-8FDE-AA5ADA7D4254-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"Nature Journaling the Grand Canyon\" width=\"541\" height=\"406\" srcset=\"https:\/\/marleypeifer.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/9AAB8381-FD20-47CC-8FDE-AA5ADA7D4254-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/marleypeifer.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/9AAB8381-FD20-47CC-8FDE-AA5ADA7D4254-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/marleypeifer.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/9AAB8381-FD20-47CC-8FDE-AA5ADA7D4254-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/marleypeifer.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/9AAB8381-FD20-47CC-8FDE-AA5ADA7D4254-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/marleypeifer.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/9AAB8381-FD20-47CC-8FDE-AA5ADA7D4254-1200x900.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 541px) 100vw, 541px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2084\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by Brock Dolman<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>So first, I had to make sure I had the material needs covered to survive and thrive enough to enjoy the trip and have enough energy to nature journal. I didn&#8217;t want to break the bank on gear or spend forever trying to figure out what was best. Luckily, our trip leader, Cooper, and his partner Leah had a lot of the necessary gear that we could borrow. In addition, I managed to piece together a lot of the clothing necessary from my old wool hunting clothes and bought some used Patagonia layers. I love that they have a website dedicated to <a href=\"https:\/\/wornwear.patagonia.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">selling used gear<\/a> that is still very useful and often like new.<\/p>\n<h6>Then, I focused my remaining funds on buying some key new pieces of equipment&#8230;<\/h6>\n<ol>\n<li>A waterproof bag just for my nature journal kit. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nrs.com\/product\/55408.03\/watershed-largo-tote-bag\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Watershed Largo <img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-2076 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/marleypeifer.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/DSCN6530-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"125\" height=\"167\" srcset=\"https:\/\/marleypeifer.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/DSCN6530-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/marleypeifer.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/DSCN6530-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/marleypeifer.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/DSCN6530-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/marleypeifer.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/DSCN6530-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/marleypeifer.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/DSCN6530-1200x1600.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/marleypeifer.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/DSCN6530-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 125px) 100vw, 125px\" \/>Tote Bag<\/a>(full review coming soon). Keeping my nature journal supplies easily accessible yet safe was a priority!<\/li>\n<li>Waterproof Notebook from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.riteintherain.com\/4-75x7-5-hard-cover-book\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rite in the Rain<\/a>. I also got two waterproof pens which ended up sucking&#8230;(review coming soon)<\/li>\n<li>Sun Protection was a priority for me! A wind resistant, non-floppy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheltahats.com\/collections\/sun-hats\/products\/the-seahawk-performance-sun-hat?variant=22144861601840\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">sun hat<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/product\/117105\/outdoor-research-activeice-spectrum-sun-gloves\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sun gloves<\/a> so that I didn&#8217;t have to worry about sunscreen on my hands messing up my paper. I also got two <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/product\/895032\/columbia-silver-ridge-lite-long-sleeve-shirt-mens\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">sun shirts<\/a> for sun protection on hot days.<\/li>\n<li>I also tried out an unusual style of <a href=\"https:\/\/ombraz.com\/products\/the-dolomite-armless-sunglasses?variant=31358281154671&amp;currency=USD&amp;utm_medium=product_sync&amp;utm_source=google&amp;utm_content=sag_organic&amp;utm_campaign=sag_organic&amp;gclid=CjwKCAjwqML6BRAHEiwAdquMnfFu2N48v0391ZJFNlF46OHAaVd5QF3i0md6uT1XCstXqdxD_mmy9RoCy_QQAvD_BwE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">sunglasses with no arms<\/a>! Instead\n<figure id=\"attachment_2074\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2074\" style=\"width: 128px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2074\" src=\"https:\/\/marleypeifer.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/3DCBA7F3-7902-4539-BCB4-1897249B85FE-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"128\" height=\"171\" srcset=\"https:\/\/marleypeifer.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/3DCBA7F3-7902-4539-BCB4-1897249B85FE-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/marleypeifer.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/3DCBA7F3-7902-4539-BCB4-1897249B85FE-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/marleypeifer.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/3DCBA7F3-7902-4539-BCB4-1897249B85FE-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/marleypeifer.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/3DCBA7F3-7902-4539-BCB4-1897249B85FE-1200x1600.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/marleypeifer.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/3DCBA7F3-7902-4539-BCB4-1897249B85FE.jpeg 1537w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2074\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by Brock Dolman<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>of arms they have a cord attachment that makes them less likely to break and they don&#8217;t fall off even in the big rapids or while swimming, or under a 60 foot waterfall. Yes I tested them in all those settings. More review of these coming in the future.<\/li>\n<li>Last but definitely not least, I got an amazing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.backcountry.com\/travelchair-joey-camp-chair?\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">camping chair<\/a>. This chair was recommended by our trip leader for river trips. Luckily, I got it several months before the trip and it is one of my most useful nature journaling tools now! With this chair I was even able to sit in waterfalls and paint them.\n<figure id=\"attachment_2077\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2077\" style=\"width: 525px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2077 \" src=\"https:\/\/marleypeifer.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/16133239-E648-42A0-A808-0F3FE7B56C6C-300x200.jpeg\" alt=\"nature journaling in the grand canyon\" width=\"525\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/marleypeifer.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/16133239-E648-42A0-A808-0F3FE7B56C6C-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/marleypeifer.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/16133239-E648-42A0-A808-0F3FE7B56C6C-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/marleypeifer.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/16133239-E648-42A0-A808-0F3FE7B56C6C-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/marleypeifer.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/16133239-E648-42A0-A808-0F3FE7B56C6C-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/marleypeifer.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/16133239-E648-42A0-A808-0F3FE7B56C6C-2048x1366.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/marleypeifer.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/16133239-E648-42A0-A808-0F3FE7B56C6C-1200x800.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2077\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sitting in a creek below a waterfall in my joeychair Photo by Brock Dolman<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h5><strong>Other Preparations for the Canyon<\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>I knew from previous experiences that it would take me a while to get used to nature journaling in the Grand Canyon. Therefore, I tried to simulate aspects of the expedition in advance. I tested all the gear mentioned above. I tried to simulate conditions that I expected on the trip: wet, hot and sunny, cold and windy, etc. In addition to this type of training I also did research about the grand canyon and practiced layouts and techniques that I would use on my pages.<\/p>\n<h4>Balance and Commitment While Nature Journaling in the Canyon<\/h4>\n<p>Nature journaling is not always easy. Drawing moving subjects is not child&#8217;s play. Despite what people think, watercolor painting <em>en plein air<\/em> is not relaxing (especially when you only have 15 minutes, you are balanced on the edge of a sheer cliff full of cacti, the light is changing by the minute, spray from a waterfall is buffeting you, and a lifetime&#8217;s worth of potential paintings beckon to you from every direction you look in).\u00a0 Choosing to nature journal while in a group of people doing other things requires balance, self-awareness, and social intelligence. Just choosing to sit with <em>one<\/em> vista or <em>one<\/em> plant when there are thousands of sights and experiences vying for your attention is a mentally taxing endeavor.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_2078\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2078\" style=\"width: 552px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-2078\" src=\"https:\/\/marleypeifer.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/48DA3ADE-8961-45D3-9E86-10623DA6628B-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"Nature Journaling in the Grand Canyon\" width=\"552\" height=\"414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/marleypeifer.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/48DA3ADE-8961-45D3-9E86-10623DA6628B-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/marleypeifer.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/48DA3ADE-8961-45D3-9E86-10623DA6628B-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/marleypeifer.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/48DA3ADE-8961-45D3-9E86-10623DA6628B-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/marleypeifer.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/48DA3ADE-8961-45D3-9E86-10623DA6628B-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/marleypeifer.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/48DA3ADE-8961-45D3-9E86-10623DA6628B-1200x900.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 552px) 100vw, 552px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2078\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Counting spines&#8230;Photo By Brock Dolman<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h6>Nature Journaling = Commitment<\/h6>\n<p>In these moments in the canyon it is easy for my mind to play tricks on me. It is easy to talk myself out of the work that I came to do. &#8220;It&#8217;s cold outside. Warm sleeping bag or sunrise landscape drawing? How can I nature journal before coffee? I should just take pictures of everything instead of trying to draw. I can draw from photos when I get back home. Maybe there is a better view around the corner. I probably need more time to capture this scene&#8230;no point in starting now. My nature journal supplies are too hard to get to. I&#8217;m too tired to try to draw this scorpion right now, besides look at all those legs! That is going to be too hard. I might mess up the look of the page if I try to sketch that scorpion. What if other people look at my drawing and its not that good?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>At such times it is good to shake all doubts from the head and invoke Steven Pressfield:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The most important thing about art is to work. Nothing else matters except sitting down every day and trying.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h6>Seeking Balance<\/h6>\n<p>While busting one&#8217;s ass nature journaling is commendable being a human requires balance. Despite my own fantasies, this trip was <em>not<\/em> focused specifically on nature journaling in the grand Canyon. This was <em>not<\/em> like my <a href=\"https:\/\/marleypeifer.com\/dev\/tag\/nature-journal-safari\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nature Journal Safaris<\/a> in East Africa with John Muir Laws. Even though I planned on &#8220;working&#8221; on the trip and making a publication of my pages for my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/MarleyPeifer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Patreon<\/a> , the trip was actually supposed to be a vacation (why do I still struggle with that word?).<\/p>\n<p>This trip also meant different things to different people. And despite my personal commitment there were plenty of other considerations on this trip. I was part of a team on a potentially dangerous expedition in an extremely remote area-I had a responsibility to the group and cooking and other duties just like everyone else. I was also part of a relationship &#8211; I was on this trip with my partner and had to tend to the needs of our relationship and spend quality time together.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2079\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2079\" style=\"width: 527px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-2079\" src=\"https:\/\/marleypeifer.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/E2DFF5F1-183E-4575-B04F-48E8E5D714E1-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"grand canyon nature journal share\" width=\"527\" height=\"395\" srcset=\"https:\/\/marleypeifer.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/E2DFF5F1-183E-4575-B04F-48E8E5D714E1-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/marleypeifer.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/E2DFF5F1-183E-4575-B04F-48E8E5D714E1-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/marleypeifer.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/E2DFF5F1-183E-4575-B04F-48E8E5D714E1-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/marleypeifer.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/E2DFF5F1-183E-4575-B04F-48E8E5D714E1-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/marleypeifer.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/E2DFF5F1-183E-4575-B04F-48E8E5D714E1-1200x900.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 527px) 100vw, 527px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2079\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sharing Nature Journal Pages with My Grand Canyon Friends photo by Brock Dolman<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2080\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2080\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2080 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/marleypeifer.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/DSCN6525-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/marleypeifer.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/DSCN6525-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/marleypeifer.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/DSCN6525-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/marleypeifer.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/DSCN6525-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/marleypeifer.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/DSCN6525-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/marleypeifer.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/DSCN6525-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/marleypeifer.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/DSCN6525-1200x900.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2080\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Me and Kate \ud83d\ude42 Photo By Kate Freeman<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h4>Now What?<\/h4>\n<p>After spending 21 days without even seeing a building or a computer it has been a little hard adjusting to being back. However, I&#8217;m motivated to share my experiences with the community and I&#8217;m compiling and improving on my nature journal pages from the voyage to create a publication for you! This publication will be similar to my Tanzania Travel journal and will be available for print on demand via my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blurb.com\/user\/marley339\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">author page on Blurb<\/a>. It will probably cost around $30 for the hard copy and maybe $2 for the e-book. In addition my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/MarleyPeifer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Patreon<\/a> patrons of $5 and above will all get a copy mailed to them.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2082 \" src=\"https:\/\/marleypeifer.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/8A1E068B-B669-40CC-BAC2-9165CB95F893-scaled-e1605381281999-283x300.jpeg\" alt=\"nature journaling in the grand canyon\" width=\"488\" height=\"517\" srcset=\"https:\/\/marleypeifer.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/8A1E068B-B669-40CC-BAC2-9165CB95F893-scaled-e1605381281999-283x300.jpeg 283w, https:\/\/marleypeifer.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/8A1E068B-B669-40CC-BAC2-9165CB95F893-scaled-e1605381281999-964x1024.jpeg 964w, https:\/\/marleypeifer.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/8A1E068B-B669-40CC-BAC2-9165CB95F893-scaled-e1605381281999-768x815.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/marleypeifer.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/8A1E068B-B669-40CC-BAC2-9165CB95F893-scaled-e1605381281999-1200x1274.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/marleypeifer.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/8A1E068B-B669-40CC-BAC2-9165CB95F893-scaled-e1605381281999.jpeg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 488px) 100vw, 488px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2081\" src=\"https:\/\/marleypeifer.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/4080EF4F-D882-47C5-BE7B-16190DE93DBF-2-169x300.jpeg\" alt=\"nature journaling in the grand canyon\" width=\"389\" height=\"691\" srcset=\"https:\/\/marleypeifer.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/4080EF4F-D882-47C5-BE7B-16190DE93DBF-2-169x300.jpeg 169w, https:\/\/marleypeifer.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/4080EF4F-D882-47C5-BE7B-16190DE93DBF-2-576x1024.jpeg 576w, https:\/\/marleypeifer.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/4080EF4F-D882-47C5-BE7B-16190DE93DBF-2-768x1365.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/marleypeifer.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/4080EF4F-D882-47C5-BE7B-16190DE93DBF-2-864x1536.jpeg 864w, https:\/\/marleypeifer.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/4080EF4F-D882-47C5-BE7B-16190DE93DBF-2-1152x2048.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/marleypeifer.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/4080EF4F-D882-47C5-BE7B-16190DE93DBF-2-1200x2133.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/marleypeifer.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/4080EF4F-D882-47C5-BE7B-16190DE93DBF-2-scaled.jpeg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 389px) 100vw, 389px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m back from nature journaling in the Grand Canyon for 21 days. In my live &#8220;Show and Tell&#8221; video I share experiences and pages from the adventure! 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