Endurance

Your Friendly Hise Hikers Tuesday Tip: Endurance And Glory. I’ve been reflecting and forecasting a lot about our hiking adventures. Finishing out a section of the trail is a fun accomplishment.🥾 Securing permits for the season ahead is super exciting....

Plan-Set Goals-Crush Goals-Celebrate-Repeat

Motivation Monday: Plan. Set Goals. Crush Goals. Celebrate! Repeat. You may have seen my recent post about closing out a section of the trail we started when lockdowns started. It got me thinking about the CELEBRATION piece of the planning and goal-setting process. I...

Let The Rain Fall

Think About It Thursday… Serendipity… Fortune… Karma… Whatever It’s Called, I’m Grateful And Curious. Maybe it’s feeling the weight of all of the things going on in the world right now… maybe it’s other things. The...

Look It Up

Wednesday Wisdom: Look It Up. When I was a kid, I can remember asking my dad a question and him telling me to go look it up in my Funk & Wagnalls… you know, the set of hardback encyclopedias. Or maybe you don’t. Lol Either way…I learned at a...

Challenge Your Limits

Your Friendly Hise Hikers Tuesday Tip: Challenge Your Limits. Jason and I have been starting to ramp up our training efforts for the upcoming backpacking season and that means adding miles to our training hikes, adding weight where we can… and of course, getting...

Butterfly’s Struggle

Think About It Thursday: Think About The Other Person.   Yesterday, on a training hike at Folsom Lake, I saw this butterfly flitting around on a plant. I stopped and knelt down…trying to figure out what it was so frantic about. I couldn’t tell what...

Shooting Star

Your Friendly Hise Hikers Tuesday Tip… Honor And Recognize Accomplishments. Can I share a secret? I LOVE getting the emails from Fitbit telling me when I achieved something… do you know why? It helps me to honor and recognize those accomplishments and...

Practice Mastery Growth

Motivation Monday: Practice… Mastery… Growth. I’ve been getting diligent and focused on getting better (and stronger) in my pushups. To that end, I watched a tutorial video today and picked up some handy tips that I will implement in the next round...

Tap Into Joy

Think About It Thursday… Tap Into Joy. This photo brings me an IMMENSE amount of joy. On this particular trek, we bagged 3 peaks. The next day, we bagged the summit of Mt. Rose – which had been on our list for a very long time. Looking back at this photo...

Overcome Your Fears

Wednesday Wisdom: Do That Thing… I’ve been pondering the things that have provided the most growth in my life lately. Things that I perceived as challenging, things I didn’t know how to do, or things I was afraid to do are all on that list. Over the...

Unexpected Kindness

Your Friendly Hise Hikers Tuesday Tip… Be Kind. I’ve shared stories from various adventures we’ve had over the years including… Encountering people who have lost their map (or never had one to start with)… and we have given them one of...

Beauty Is Where You Find It

Think About It Thursday: Beauty Is Where You Find It. ❤ More often than not, I hear myself on any given hike or backpacking trip saying, “wow, that’s beautiful.” Or, “Oh my goodness – that’s so pretty.” Or,...

Reason Season Lifetime

Wednesday Wisdom… A Reason, A Season, Or A Lifetime. Do you ever think about the people with whom you are no longer connected to, in order to reflect on the reason or season they were in your life? I have been reflecting on this for the past several days and...

Embracing My Ingredients

Your Hise Hikers Friendly Tuesday Tip… Embracing My Ingredients. Yeah, according to the poem, “What Folks Are Made Of,” I’m probably a girl made of sugar and spice and everything nice… however, the “real” and “whole...

Sit In Gratitude

Think About It Thursday: Sit In Gratitude. I’ve had a day that just radiates heart and passion and soul-warming goodness. Deeply transforming conversations with people. Light-hearted discussions about difficult topics with other people. Ever have one of those...
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