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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 huskies
    • Recipes (cooking + baking)
    • Sustainability
    • Books + movies + music
    • Skincare + haircare + physical self-care
    • DIY + decor
    • Chicago (I used to live here)
    • Odds and Ends
  • Stuff I like
  • About
    • About Randi
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Have you seen ‘Dark Matter’ yet? And… would you go into the box?

September 2, 2024 September 1, 2024 Randi

If you haven’t seen Apple TV+’s “Dark Matter” yet, drop what you’re doing RIGHT NOW and go binge the entire show in one sitting.

Don’t watch the trailer (it gives away major spoilers) and maybe read the book (author: Blake Crouch) first.

And until you do both of those things, STOP READING RIGHT NOW. MAJOR spoilers below!

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What I read: August 2024

August 31, 2024 August 31, 2024 Randi

I’ve been on a bit of a travel memoir kick lately.

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What I packed: An overnight paddle trip on the Colorado River

August 28, 2024 August 29, 2024 Randi

I recently recapped my paddle trip on a 15-mile segment of the Colorado River stretching from Glen Canyon Dam to Lees Ferry, and I figured I’d take a second to share my packing list.

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Paddle boarding the Colorado River through Horseshoe Bend: An overnight touring trip from Glen Canyon Dam to Lees Ferry

August 26, 2024 August 29, 2024 Randi

My entire upper body is SORE but bucket list trip: complete!

I just got back from a weekend excursion paddle boarding (and camping) along a segment of the Colorado River that passes through Horseshoe Bend: From the Glen Canyon Dam to Lees Ferry outside of Page in the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area.

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Flagstaff’s Lava River Cave: An underground spelunking adventure for work

August 23, 2024 August 26, 2024 Randi

Filing this post under the “my job is the COOLEST” category. I never thought I’d participate in a TV interview underground and in a cave… but here we are!

I was able to spend some on-the-clock time earlier this week exploring a really cool destination on my forest that I’ve been meaning to check out forever: the Lava River Cave.

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How I’m preparing for my upcoming 300-hour Yoga Teacher Training in Rishikesh, India

August 22, 2024 August 23, 2024 Randi

It’s starting to feel real.

My flights are booked, my visa application was approved earlier this week and I’m deep (deep) into a self-guided study plan to prepare for my upcoming 300-hour Yoga Teacher Training (YTT) in Rishikesh, India.

Plus, because I’m me, I have a packing list started already.

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Kelly Canyon (and Kelly Pocket Trail) – a mini weeknight overnight backpacking trip (and Ochi’s first camping trip!)

August 15, 2024 August 23, 2024 Randi

Summers are kind of tough to find time to play outdoors with Ryan.

If you’re new here, Ryan is a wildland firefighter, which means he has a bit of a weird work schedule. While I’m lucky enough to work a 9-to-5, Ryan’s “weekends” are Thursdays and Fridays — assuming he’s not out on a wildfire assignment where he’s committed to an incident for at least 14 days straight.

Ryan recently got back from a 14-day fire assignment downstate, so he got three paid days off work (Monday through Wednesday) followed by his usual Thursday-Friday weekend.

Because there’s absolutely no way our weekends will line up any time soon, we decided to just go ahead and have a little weeknight adventure while it’s still summer here in Flagstaff!

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Lemon butter cookies

August 8, 2024 July 28, 2024 Randi

Who doesn’t love a good summer picnic?

And no summer picnic is complete without dessert.

Enter: These soft and sweet lemon zest cookies with a zingy lemon sugared icing that melt in your mouth.

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S#!T I’ve been loving lately (August 2024 edition)

August 5, 2024 September 10, 2024 Randi

So… what have I bought recently? A whole lot of new tech, only one new skincare/ haircare product and a product probably meant for 12-year-olds that I love anyway.

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What I read: July 2024

July 31, 2024 July 30, 2024 Randi

Have I been rabidly consuming Ilona Maher content instead of reading books?

…yes.

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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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