Last week was spring break for us and we were on a week-long RV trip along the coast of Northern California and inland in Southern Oregon. Despite cold temperatures and a couple of rainy days, we managed to see several beautiful places and even take a couple of small hikes in the majestic redwoods near Jedediah Smith State Park.

Headed west through greener-than-green rolling hills:
Fort Bragg:

Glass beach (this place was literally a dump in 1949. Now it is a state park filled with gorgeous pieces of sea glass):

My sea glass finds (I left them there- it is a misdemeanor to remove them from the beach!):

Surf's up in Crescent City:

Battery Point Lighthouse in Crescent City:

My little "Ewoks" at "Endor" (parts of the Ewok scenes in Star Wars were filmed near Jedediah Smith State Park):

The stunningly turquoise-green Smith River:

These trees don't look big in the photo until you compare them to the size of our RV!:

Hiking trail:

Eating healthy on our trip was relatively easy because we had an RV (thus a fridge and kitchen). We did, of course, indulge in too many sweets (it was vacation and Easter, after all)! We have been home for four days and I finally made it to the grocery store to restock today. Time to get back on track!

Speaking of healthy eating on-the-go, that is the topic of my latest article in Freeplay magazine. You can read the entire issue, including my article on page 14, here. <Link outdated, removed>

Here are two recent sightings of Get Natured out in the wild!

Freeplay is a new local magazine for female endurance athletes in my city. I wrote the article entitled "Healthy Snacking 101" on page 10. You can read it here (flip to page 10 by using the right arrow)!


Also, my article "Running lessons" was featured on the Top 9 for the dailybuzz healthy LIVING site, here. Woohoo!