Trailheaders: a blog about travel and hiking
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Launch Party!
Shop with me and The Body Shop at Home As a product tester and mystery shopper, I get to try dozens of goodies every month. It puts me in touch with the latest trends and even technology in skincare. That’s why I keep going back to products from The Body Shop! Then I thought that…
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Travel, hike, shop with Trailheaders
With Trailheaders, you will travel, hike, and shop with style and ease. Pack well for your next journey with TravelHikeShop by Trailheaders. Shop the latest picks for travel and hiking gear at Trailheaders Travel Hike Shop on Amazon. (Influencer program; may earn commission)
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Join us for new Facebook Live series
Beginning Thursday, August 4, 2022, tune in for a new Facebook Live series from Trailheaders. It begins at 4:29 PM MDT, and you should come! How to watch? Follow Trailheaders on Facebook and look for the Live notification. Or use this event link. Trying It with Trailheaders is a new, weekly Facebook Live series about…
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It’s Time to Come Home and Stay Home, Travelers
Travelers are inherently a rebellious, hedonistic lot. Besides those who travel by necessity for work and family, the whole concept of going somewhere else for awhile is loved by those who value freedom and new sights. Therefore, it’s easy to see why travelers don’t necessarily *want* to heed warnings related to the coronavirus. But, at…
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The Very Best Destination for Your First Solo Trip
Choosing the destination well for your first solo trip is important, especially as a female traveler or fellow free spirit. No pressure, but it can make the difference between having a great time alone or getting home safely. Or it might be your only solo trip ever. Best make it rock. Here’s the #1 Trailheaders…
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Solo or Not
Flying solo, paired up or plus even more, Trailheaders go for it regardless!When it comes to seeing the world, it’s better to go alone than not at all. But finding travel buddies along the way adds a new dimension to the journey. After all, they don’t call them wanderlust, or friendship, for nothing.Travel Romance
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Best Road Trips
Whether you want to plan your road trip route or drive it on the fly, here are the most unique, top three Trailheaders-approved road trips for solo female travelers (and fellow free spirits) in the United States.
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Your Day Deserves
Did you wake up with a pulse this morningAnd lament how life is tough, or boring?Open your eyes to sunshine or your favorite song,Do your body’s business in a bathroom properly plumbed?Pop feel-better pills just to get through the day,Deny certain “feels” because it’s easier that way? App order coffee that cost more than most…
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Equinox
A life without you.Deafening silence borneFrom the center of a spiral borneFrom the depths of soulless comfort wornBy ancient stardust. Because you may not believeIn a god and IDon’t believe in creationOf a universe where You and I never met. Go ahead andImpale my existenceWith icy asteroid bits.Compared to not knowingYou it’sNot even.
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What’s Trailheaders?
Trailheaders is a community media project designed to expand positivity and humanity through sustainable, compassionate travel and recreation.
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Top Tips for Visiting Manzanar National Historic Site
For travelers on eastern California’s Highway 395, Manzanar National Historic Site provides a crucial look into what happens when nationalism goes so far that it contradicts the nation’s founding principles. Once an internment camp and now a nationally-protected educational site catering to tour groups and road trippers, at Manzanar we explore liberty and justice deprived…
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Travel Tip: Suicide Prevention
Last weekend, I unpacked a favorite handbag after months in storage while I traveled. It’s a large, sleek tote, and the lipstick red leather is a splash. On Tuesday, June 5, that bag was on my shoulder when I read that its maker had died. I hadn’t known much about Kate Spade, but I admired…
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Hiking and Road Tripping Hwy 395 Along the Eastern Sierras (Part I)
Any solo female traveler can tell you, it’s easy to fall in love on the road. Maybe with a sexy stranger, maybe with the #2 combo at a roadside burger stand, maybe with a whole new city. Yes, it’s easy to fall in love ON the road, but traveling on Highway 395 in eastern California…
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MORE Top Five Tips for Visiting San Juan, Puerto Rico in 2018
A lot of people in the continental U.S. seem to know someone who’s also worked, visited or lived on Puerto Rico. Even though it’s over 1,000 miles from the Floridian tip, the island can still feel close to us. So consider taking a trip there in 2018 and learning more about what makes Puerto Rico la…
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