Sydney Baker

This year has provided endless reasons to replace screens with time spent in nature. As a stereotypical outdoorsy girl from the Pacific Northwest, the mountains, forest, and water have always been my happy place away from work, obligations, and existential despair. However, whenever I take my more city-inclined friends hiking, camping, or anywhere outside urban … Continued

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