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  • Outdoors
  • Flagstaff
  • Travel
    • Travel
    • India (Yoga Teacher Training)
    • Peace Corps Ukraine
  • Lifestyle
    • Forestry + wildfire (my day job)
    • Yoga (my night job)
    • Our house + renovation work
    • Wedding planning
    • Our huskies
    • Sustainability
    • Books + movies + music
    • Skincare + haircare + physical self-care
    • DIY + decor
    • Odds and Ends
  • Stuff I like
  • About
    • About Randi
    • Contact
    • Professional ish (AKA: portfolio)
    • Disclosure and privacy policy

A quick Fourth of July weekend camping/ hiking trip to Mormon Lake & Mormon Mountain

July 7, 2025 July 7, 2025 Randi

Monsoons are here (kinda), which means I no longer have to spend every single second of every single day glued to my work phone in case something catches fire and I have to unexpectedly head into work.

Which means I can now use my weekends as intended: Finding and exploring all the places in Arizona that don’t have cellphone service.

This past weekend, it was the Mormon Mountain area, including a dispersed campsite along a forest road and a day hike to the summit of the mountain overlooking Arizona’s largest natural lake — Mormon Lake.

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June odds and ends: Wedding venue tours, doula training, more protests and comedy night

July 3, 2025 July 6, 2025 Randi

6/12.

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What I read: June 2025

June 30, 2025 June 28, 2025 Randi

Despite two fire assignments this month, I did find time to finish a handful of books.

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A fire on Navajo Mountain… and a team fire assignment out on the reservation (feat. cool fire planes)

June 27, 2025 July 29, 2025 Randi

After a late start to fire season, things are finally getting going here in northern Arizona.

I spent a big chunk of last week and this past weekend out in the northeast corner of the state for the Bridge Creek Fire, a lightning-caused wildfire that was burning on one side of Navajo Mountain out near Tonalea, Ariz., along the Arizona-Utah border.

My Incident Management Team got an order for the fire Tuesday, and were out there Wednesday morning to take command of the fire.

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May odds and ends: A three-layer cherry chocolate cake, a 12-pound bag of soy curls and a work trip to a lush creek waterfall

June 3, 2025 May 31, 2025 Randi

5/12.

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What I read: May 2025

May 31, 2025 May 29, 2025 Randi

May was a bit of an unexpectedly slow month work-wise.

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What I wore & what I packed: A day hike to a desert watering hole (the Fossil Creek Dam)

May 19, 2025 May 19, 2025 Randi

I took a quick (but incredible!) day trip to the Fossil Creek dam last weekend, and while I was writing up that quick lil recap (and daydreaming over the electric blue water as I prepare for another week of work), I realized it’s actually been kind of a long time since I took a longer day hike with friends.

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A day trip on Bob Bear Trail to the Fossil Creek Dam (aka “the Toilet Bowl”)

May 13, 2025 May 19, 2025 Randi

Here’s another one for the bucket list.

I spent this past weekend hiking to a portion of Fossil Creek: Along Bob Bear Trail to Fossil Springs to see the old Fossil Creek dam (and Toilet Bowl), float through some pretty strong creek currents and check out an electric glowing blue cave.

It was a sweaty hike back up out of the falls, but absolutely worth it!

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April odds and ends: A new taproom in Flagstaff, my ‘Pepe Silvia’ web of sticky notes and making gluten-free pasta from scratch

May 2, 2025 May 2, 2025 Randi

4/12.

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What I read: April 2025

May 1, 2025 May 1, 2025 Randi

While wedding planning (!!!) has started to creep into my free time a bit, I did find some time this month to do a bit of reading.

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Randi M. Shaffer

Hi! I'm Randi. I spend my days working in forestry and wildfire, my nights instructing yoga and my weekends exploring northern Arizona (and beyond). I'm a former journalist, a Returned Peace Corps Volunteer and a Midwest native. Welcome!

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