Losing your mom… the election…all of it is a HUGE emotional/spiritual drain. This is a time to be gentle and nurturing to your Spirits. Thank you for your honesty. It matters.❤
Same.. I remember Kristy saying a year or 2 back that you all had maybe 20 more summers! That really stuck with me as I am 65 next month and true for me also. I was thinking about our country’s future today and it hit hard that 4 years in my 60’s is so much more significant now than when I was in my 30’s! I’m happy you checked in and know there are a lot of like minded people that are here to support each other… and still fight for each other if need be. Lots of love to you both.
“Learn to be done; not mad, not bothered, just done. Protect your peace at all cost.” I first saw this quote on FB about 4 years ago when I was experiencing the sadness and sense of alienation you both appear to be dealing with. I am 73 years old and since all my best efforts have done nothing to prevent another 4 years of madness I’m going to protect my peace by limiting the news, political rhetoric, and social media. I admire you two greatly and hope you find whatever you need to protect your peace.
I read a book, don’t recall the title, but there was a line in the book that resonated with me… “Right foot. Left foot. Breathe. Repeat.” My mantra for the foreseeable future.
In difficult times, I am reminded of a poem I read in 3rd grade. The portion I memorized back then has guided me well for 60 years. Everything good comes in its own time. You have to believe the buds will blow, believe in the grass in days of snow. Ah, that’s the reason a bird can sing, on his darkest day, he believes in Spring. Douglas Malloch
About 18 months ago I had written that I had been diagnosed with breast cancer. Your words of encouragement have gone a long way. I have recovered from 3 surgeries and 1 and three quarters yrs chemo.your youtube videos help me so much.And even though I am not a gym person I have started a gentle but strengthening routine under the gym director. One is for balance which needs much improvement. So hearing how you are taking somewhat a slow getting back lets me know I will slowly return to the AT even at 72 yr. As you often say "listen to your body" Enjoy the down time and planning.
I lost my Mom in 2020, and learned that the loss of someone beloved creates a hole in your heart that takes time to heal…so glad you are giving yourselves the grace to be “off.” You are making little steps toward your goals and you will get there, even if the path twists and turns at times. Be sure to celebrate each achievement on your journey. You two are awesome! ❤
I hear you ladies and feel you. I am living through a lot of loss also. One foot in front of the other. I am glad you have each other and your health to receive the balm of nature. Holding place ❤
I just watched your video, and I have to agree, there's a heaviness in the world right now. I'm nervous about how the next 4 years will go, but this feels heavier. It feels like many are struggling on many levels. I've had a hard time staying in my healthy routine and been an emotional and physical wreck. It will take time to work through the heaviness, but your video shows that we can go through it together ❤️. You inspire me every time I see your videos, and you've helped me go from walking with pain in each step 3 years ago, to being able to go for walks and having a goal of hiking the Grand Tetons. Please know, we see you and feel you, and just keep being you!
You two have made a huge impact on me. Just sayin’ Because you are older, you helped me realize what I am still capable of. At 60, I hiked the JMT and soon I can get rid of this work thing, and I’ll thru hike more and longer. You influenced me, I have a ULA pack because of you. You inspired me to do more. Life is challenging and grief is real and soooo hard. Hugs.😊
Hi ladies, I share in your grief. We'll make it through this unfortunate time. We'll keep the faith. Loved that cactus on your bike ride that had the yellow flowers hanging down. It looked like it had a hairdo. So cute! So Gabby Giffords! Yes, what a lady. All that she went through just to walk and talk again. We can be encouraged by her fortitude. Take care.
I think a lot of us are feeling the way you guys are feeling, morning, lost, disappointed. I’m trying to keep busy by getting outside, also doing my peloton when to yucky outside and then working on my embroidery. The most important thing is keeping in touch with friends and not giving up hope. Midterms are two years away and we as women have come so far so we can’t stop now. Love watching you guys you are very inspiring to get out and hike and bike. Been watching you since your PCT. Have an awesome day.
I have only been watching your videos about a year but binge watched several of your adventures. Your videos have helped me get through some tough times. It was great to see your faces on this very sad day. You put words to the exact feelings I have been having. There are several major changes that need to happen in my life but it is very difficult to make myself do any of them right now. Thankfully I have found a great trainer who is helping me get stronger and healthier. Your adventures also have made me realize that I can get out and live my best life even as woman of a certain age. Thank you for the work you do into sharing these videos. You touch a lot of people but we realize that you are real people going through the same things that we all go through. Take care of yourselves first.
Good to hear from you two. I'm so glad you're being kind to yourselves and trusting the process as you move through grief. Sending love and courage as we move through this deep winter of our hearts. Spring will come.
I met you a couple of weeks ago when I was staying at the park I must say I was a bit star-struck. I'm thinking 2025 is going get better as we progress into the year. One can only hope.
I was thinking about you both today…thanks for checking in…your ‘us’ may be new as you/we all transition into faith and finding our grounded selves. Big hugs!
Its been 3 years since I lost my dad and a little over a year since I lost my mom and still have my feeling 'lost' days. You guys are doing great. It's so nice to see you both.
I needed that little hike you took us on! Thank you both for striving to always demonstrate positivity and perseverance. This is why I started following you years ago and continue now. I always leave your space feeling uplifted and encouraged about getting out and enjoying the time I have been given in this life and to be grateful for every day! Thank you ❤
Collectively I think we are all going through a time of re-evaluating and for me mourning. You are not alone. Hang in there, so many of us are in the same place and I feel we just need to lean into each other. I am thankful to have had both of you in my life through these videos.
It's very understandable - just give yourself some grace. You will find your way back to joy and new adventures. Grieving is important, and you just have to take the time you need. There are no "recipes" on how to deal with life's blows. I am sending you big hugs from my big adventure traveling in Tasmania and now the South Island of New Zealand. I am always so inspired by you two, and I just want you to relax, don't feel pressured to "produce" anything for us. We'll wait for you and be there when you are ready. Sending hugs and love, and remember to be kind to yourself.
You guys are the absolute best. Wordless, I feel you! I hope you’ll get “there,” eventually, and I have every faith that you will. When the time is right
I totally understand. After being through a tornado last May, and losing my gallery soon, and then the national climate, it feels like the wind has been knocked out of me, as well.
Good to see you both again. You are so good at taking control of your lives but life has got in the way. Allow yourselves time to recover. Things will get better. Take the time you need to❤
Loss is hard on us in its own personal way. You both will find the strength from each other and others to go back and "Find Your Wild" once again! It will be there in all its glory waiting for you when you are ready! You are strong and unstoppable!
I am amazed at the strength of all the older people that I have met. They have lived thru so much loss and remain committed to being happy nevertheless . Now I am the 70 year old broad trying to do the same. Your videos have been part of my healing. Thank you and may your memories of your mom fill the hole in your heart.
I’ve read through the comments ❤ Not much more to say so I’ll leave this with you both…thank you from the bottom of my heart, it’s always nice to know we all have each others backs.
I'm a 72 year old go go person like yourselves. Sometimes I also get in a funk. I just accept the way I feel, I don't fight it but go with it. It does go away and I'm good to go again.
Hi ladies, just popping on here again. I’ve already sent you a message about this video, but I wanted to let you know that I just got finished binge watching your entire AT through hike from 2019. I followed you back then live as you were doing it, but I thought it would be fun to watch you do it again. It brought back so many memories and smiles and tears. I just love how inspirational you two ladies are. Well until you post a new video I think I’m gonna now go watch your CDT series.❤❤👏👏👋🏻
Great to see you guys! I understand the mourning. Today is Inauguration Day and I can’t stand it. Wishing you both well! You are both so inspiring. Sending hugs 🤗 and love ❤️ your way.
Thank you. I needed to hear your messages. I have started to watch you on my new Smart TV so that I can see it better while I walk on my treadmill. I have been doing nothing except going to work and coming home and watching short YT videos, unable to get into gear to accomplish anything. You have my condolences on losing your mother. I still think of calling my mom after 15 years. I am ready to buy a van to travel in, then I will be ready to sell my home. In the meanwhile, I have to keep working. And I will keep walking on my treadmill while watching your videos. You help keep me going.
It took me well over a year to feel more normal after my mom passed. There was so much to do after that settling the estate and all. Getting back to anything approaching "normal" or "routine" took a lot of work. Peace. You'll get there.
You two are awesome! Thank you for posting your adventures for those of us who have health issues. Take care of yourselves as this is a tough time for every thinking informed American!
Definitely tough times right now...I hear you...getting out for a nice hike or trail run always helps me...and I've really limited my time on IG and FB this year and it's made a huge difference for my mental health right now. Thank you for being vulnerable and sharing your journey with us! I'm in Tempe AZ! Love Tucson!
Well, we here in VT are in winter hibernation and mourning for our beloved state. Our neighbors and friends. What the future holds is so uncertain. We get it. One step at a time! Press on, but slowly. ❤
It is sooo good to hear from you ladies. You have been missed!! Thanks for being so vulnerable and real. I think many of us feel similar and to hear you guys express it makes us feel not quite so alone in our own confusions and wonderings and un-groundedness. Lots of losses in your lives recently and in many of ours. These times require a new settling and refiguring. Thank you for taking us along on your process. There’s a kindred spirit you share with us. We’re all in this humanity together. Please keep us in the loop…you are like family to us. Would love to keep following you thru the years ahead no matter what comes. As you said in your video, be kind to yourselves. 🤍
Really appreciate your video. It is strangely reassuring that others are feeling similar feelings of uncertainty but pushing through gently. Sending thoughts of comfort , grieving is a gift given to those who have loved.
Sending you love. Your channel and your light has brought so much joy to me over the years. Grief is so hard and will always be with you, even as the years pass but you’ll learn to adjust your life around it. Don’t let the grief dim your flame. One step at a time will get you there. Hugs and support from NH ❤
So nice to see the two of you again. Believe me when I say you are most certainly not alone in your grief today 😔!!!!!! It will take us all time to get back up and brush ourselves off but we and the two of you “will” do that, I am sure of it. I think the two of you need to get out on a beautiful trail somewhere to escape and heal. I will be grateful to you for allowing us to tag along! Hang in there please!!!!! 🫶
Thinking of you as you grieve and adjust to this next chapter of your journey. We are all in this together, although spread across the web viewing your adventures. Hoping you can feel the support as we all try to make sense of this week's set of circumstances. We will get through this and learn from each other. Thank you for being a positive part of my existence.
Great seeing you gal's again. Me & my gal our feeling down also. We just do the best we can. Give yourself time too heal. Christie you've had 2 big losses your mom & now what happened today. Us women will get thou it. Prayers and look forward to the next adventure of happiness. Girls stay safe 😊
Thanks for sharing feeling a bit “stuck”. Based on the comments, you see many of us are a bit stuck right now for different reasons and perhaps one glaring common thread. I hope the kind and palpable energy in this huge community you’ve built will help you find the right shift. My wife and I hope to cross trails with you ladies in March/April when we head back to the Catalina foothills from Newburyport. We too need to recenter ourselves…keep the faith
Yes we can definitely identify with your feelings. Losing a dear loved one is really hard. Give yourselves time to heal emotionally. You can’t push the river you can only go along with it and let life unfold as you move along. Glad to see your videos again! Sending love from Randi and I here in sunny Florida. ❤❤
Thinking of you both! Losing your Mom is huge grief, one that takes much time to find a new normal. We enjoy your encouraging videos with so many ideas of great ways to be outdoors at our age. We currently live in NC, but are considering a move to CO to be closer to our grown kids. I hope we see you along the journey, we especially enjoy seeing the beauty of Colorado in your videos.
You two have enriched our lives with all your sharing of your adventures over the years. Time for us to give back. Lean on your community that you’ve built by sharing yourselves to let us help lift you back up. This video is an apparent effort to do just that. I was recently in Quartzite and Yuma and thought I might drop by Benson to offer a hug and some good cheer. I hesitated and then decided against it so as not to intrude. Right now I am sending you both a huge caring hug. It is ok not to be ok. And it is fine to share that. In the end you’ll be back on your feet. Keep on keeping on. There’s a lot of love and appreciation aimed your way from all of us. Tap into your community!
So nice to see a video pop up from you ladies.. it's a hard time out here, and you have been through a lot.. give yourself some grace you will bounce back when your ready.. great video ladies 😊
Losing your Mom is just something you don’t get over, it’s something you learn to live with and it takes a different amount of time for different people. ❤
You Women are awesome. My Dad often advised that “ when you don’t know what to do, sometimes it is best to do nothing”. Carry on, the solutions will come to you.
It still feels surreal to be doing this again 😆 I guess we either laugh or cry? In the meantime, we try to keep spreading the good. Thanks for taking us along for the ride!
I think you both are very wise to let yourselves sit with your discomfort. Sometimes there is no way around the way you feel. I also think it is wise for you to seek comfort in nature, other people, service, and each other. My heart goes out to you both. This, too, shall pass.
I took a snowshoeing weekend at Crater Lake and that helped get me out of the doldrums! (It's been foggy and cold here) And I'm starting to plan some other trips for this year. Thanks for the video!
I relate 100%. Love your authenticity, and so many of us are feeling unmoored right now. In the meantime you're right that being outside is key. Especially in southeastern Arizona, because as you can imagine, our window of cool daytime weather is pretty short! :-) I thought I'd share my favorite spots you can get to within an hour or so from Benson. You've probably been to some of these already, but you've been an inspiration to me to go explore more, so some of these places I might not have discovered if not for discovering your RUclips first. Thank you for your videos. ❤ *A fun backcountry version of The Loop to go biking is the San Pedro Riparian Conservation Area east of Sierra Vista; great views all along there and I believe it's over 20 miles long. *The Anza Trail near Tubac (cute little town) is an absolutely beautiful cottonwood ribbon along the Santa Cruz creek; also 20ish miles long and bikeable until the golf resort. *There's great birding all year at the Paton Center for Hummingbirds and hiking trails in the nearby Sonoita Creek Nature Preserve in Patagonia. Quite a few birds on the rare bird alert are seen here. *Not too far west of you there's Rincon Peak if you're looking for a big hike, or Cochise Stronghold to the east. *A lesser-known but beautiful hike to avoid the Saguaro National Park crowds is Agua Caliente Hill in northeast Tucson. It's right between Mica Mountain and the Catalinas, overlooking that Redington Rd-to-Molino Basin section of the AZT. *And my #1 suggestion - the new section of Passage 4 of the AZT that was completed right after you went through (it opened in summer of 2023.) It's not so far up into the Santa Rita foothills as the old passage, so instead of the doubletrack roads out of Patagonia it used to be, the trail is now along pleasant rolling hills and canyons with beautiful views of Mt. Wrightson and the surrounding grasslands (but still in scrub oak and manzanita, so not overly exposed to the sun, and very pretty.) I hiked there yesterday and thought how much you'd enjoy it. Cow tanks and all. :-) Solidarity and hugs from Tucson. ❤
We understand your state of mind and heart, a loss, the election, etc. You’re graciously setting a good example by being gentle with yourselves and taking us with you in this particular phase of life. You are loved!
Hi. I'm in Chile and have been for two months. I've been slow traveling and in the same town, but just shifted from Pucon to Puerto Varas mostly to see La Junta in Cochamo Valley, the Yosemite of Chile. It's been good to be in a warm culture and not tuning into US political news at all. Recently, I got into about a week of inertia and feeling unsettled and came to the conclusion that it's okay. It also eventually motivates. I'm also heading into a few weeks of being on the road to take the scenic highway 7 part way south, then the ferry thru the fjords to Puerto Natales and hike in Torres del Paine area. There's the O hike and the W hike. I'm taking the W hike that is less demanding but my visa will be getting close, so it's in the interest of time. From there on to El Chalten in Argentina to hike in the Fitz Roy mountain area and on up to Bariloche that is gorgeous, then back thru Pucon and maybe north to Pichilemu that is coastal with kayaking opportunities as the weather starts to get cooler. Plus Pichilemu is fun to say. Today I visited waterfalls and the road out to them from Puerto Varas along the 2nd largest lake in Chile with stunning views of the snow-capped Osorno Volcano has an excellent bike lane that apparently continues for miles and for a ways around the lake. February is the busiest tourist month just to keep in mind. When I met you, I had just lost my mom and had been caregiving for a few years. Feeling much better now even tho I've always felt she is free. Still I think of her daily. That experience along with other things has set me on a new inner path. I've purposefully included some place names above to look up. Feel free to contact me about travels. I believe you have my email. Some of these places like La Junta takes a little more planning. Also in towns like Puerto varas and Puerto Natales there are hiking gear rentals. There's also a very long thru hike in the Andes. It's good to learn some Spanish, too. I also rent in rural places out of town and walk or use buses.
One of @MorganHarperNichols "word of the year" ideas was: "Harmonizing. Remember: there is room for both your efforts and your rest, and you don't have to choose only one or the other. As seasons change, the way things come together may change, and that's okay. There is still room to create new music, anyway." That one really resonated with me coming into this new year. Good to see your faces, as always. Take care of yourselves and each other. ♡
We have dear friends in Tucson, but we may not be able to visit them this winter. At least we can live vicariously through your videos! Please keep making them!
I hope you don’t give up on RUclips. It’s the only way I can keep up with you as I am not on any other type of social media. I agree with you, sometime you just get in a funk…hang in there, I’m sure it will pass. Thanks for the update.
After I had my "Is this really happening?" moment I remembered my warrior mantra that gets pulled out for those dark situations... "No one or no Thing gets to take my Joy away or keep me from living my Best Life!" Looks like you have a similar mindset. GOOD FOR YOU! Wishing you Peace and Happiness. 🌈🙏🌄
So nice to see this video come online today. I too am grieving the election and am watching my partner of 46 years, my camping and hiking buddy suffer with cancer. It has been a hard year. You are so blessed to have each other and I look forward to your smiling faces and all your adventures.
I am feeling the same, lost. Keeping busy and going outside when the weather allows. It sure cheered me up to see Tucson and St Phillips Square. Thanks
Losing your mom… the election…all of it is a HUGE emotional/spiritual drain. This is a time to be gentle and nurturing to your Spirits. Thank you for your honesty. It matters.❤
Same.. I remember Kristy saying a year or 2 back that you all had maybe 20 more summers! That really stuck with me as I am 65 next month and true for me also. I was thinking about our country’s future today and it hit hard that 4 years in my 60’s is so much more significant now than when I was in my 30’s! I’m happy you checked in and know there are a lot of like minded people that are here to support each other… and still fight for each other if need be. Lots of love to you both.
You are not alone! Thanks for your honesty.
“Learn to be done; not mad, not bothered, just done. Protect your peace at all cost.” I first saw this quote on FB about 4 years ago when I was experiencing the sadness and sense of alienation you both appear to be dealing with. I am 73 years old and since all my best efforts have done nothing to prevent another 4 years of madness I’m going to protect my peace by limiting the news, political rhetoric, and social media. I admire you two greatly and hope you find whatever you need to protect your peace.
I just love you two!!!! I only watch positivity, and you are perfect! Thank you for being so real and positive...
I’m so glad you uploaded a video today. This is so relatable. 💙💙
I read a book, don’t recall the title, but there was a line in the book that resonated with me… “Right foot. Left foot. Breathe. Repeat.” My mantra for the foreseeable future.
In difficult times, I am reminded of a poem I read in 3rd grade. The portion I memorized back then has guided me well for 60 years. Everything good comes in its own time.
You have to believe the buds will blow,
believe in the grass in days of snow.
Ah, that’s the reason a bird can sing,
on his darkest day, he believes in Spring.
Douglas Malloch
About 18 months ago I had written that I had been diagnosed with breast cancer. Your words of encouragement have gone a long way. I have recovered from 3 surgeries and 1 and three quarters yrs chemo.your youtube videos help me so much.And even though I am not a gym person I have started a gentle but strengthening routine under the gym director. One is for balance which needs much improvement. So hearing how you are taking somewhat a slow getting back lets me know I will slowly return to the AT even at 72 yr. As you often say "listen to your body" Enjoy the down time and planning.
I'm glad you are doing so well. Keep going strong.
I lost my Mom in 2020, and learned that the loss of someone beloved creates a hole in your heart that takes time to heal…so glad you are giving yourselves the grace to be “off.” You are making little steps toward your goals and you will get there, even if the path twists and turns at times. Be sure to celebrate each achievement on your journey. You two are awesome! ❤
I hear you ladies and feel you. I am living through a lot of loss also. One foot in front of the other. I am glad you have each other and your health to receive the balm of nature. Holding place ❤
I just watched your video, and I have to agree, there's a heaviness in the world right now. I'm nervous about how the next 4 years will go, but this feels heavier. It feels like many are struggling on many levels. I've had a hard time staying in my healthy routine and been an emotional and physical wreck. It will take time to work through the heaviness, but your video shows that we can go through it together ❤️. You inspire me every time I see your videos, and you've helped me go from walking with pain in each step 3 years ago, to being able to go for walks and having a goal of hiking the Grand Tetons. Please know, we see you and feel you, and just keep being you!
Every time I nature myself, its beauty makes me cry tears of gratefulness that I am still alive to appreciate it.
Y'all are so lovely. Thank you for this.
You two have made a huge impact on me. Just sayin’ Because you are older, you helped me realize what I am still capable of. At 60, I hiked the JMT and soon I can get rid of this work thing, and I’ll thru hike more and longer. You influenced me, I have a ULA pack because of you. You inspired me to do more. Life is challenging and grief is real and soooo hard. Hugs.😊
We're all in mourning right now. That's the reality for at least the next four years.
I love that you refer to exercise as " taking a break". You two are amazing!
Hi ladies, I share in your grief. We'll make it through this unfortunate time. We'll keep the faith. Loved that cactus on your bike ride that had the yellow flowers hanging down. It looked like it had a hairdo. So cute! So Gabby Giffords! Yes, what a lady. All that she went through just to walk and talk again. We can be encouraged by her fortitude. Take care.
I think a lot of us are feeling the way you guys are feeling, morning, lost, disappointed. I’m trying to keep busy by getting outside, also doing my peloton when to yucky outside and then working on my embroidery. The most important thing is keeping in touch with friends and not giving up hope. Midterms are two years away and we as women have come so far so we can’t stop now. Love watching you guys you are very inspiring to get out and hike and bike. Been watching you since your PCT. Have an awesome day.
Take the time you need. Baby steps. Healing blessings to you both and good vibes coming your way!
I have only been watching your videos about a year but binge watched several of your adventures. Your videos have helped me get through some tough times. It was great to see your faces on this very sad day. You put words to the exact feelings I have been having. There are several major changes that need to happen in my life but it is very difficult to make myself do any of them right now. Thankfully I have found a great trainer who is helping me get stronger and healthier. Your adventures also have made me realize that I can get out and live my best life even as woman of a certain age. Thank you for the work you do into sharing these videos. You touch a lot of people but we realize that you are real people going through the same things that we all go through. Take care of yourselves first.
Keep going strong
Good to hear from you two. I'm so glad you're being kind to yourselves and trusting the process as you move through grief. Sending love and courage as we move through this deep winter of our hearts. Spring will come.
Even in your grief you are uplifting. I'm happy to see your video today.
Thanks for sharing your video! Many of us are right there with you and have been slowly trying to get our footing. Take care!
I met you a couple of weeks ago when I was staying at the park I must say I was a bit star-struck.
I'm thinking 2025 is going get better as we progress into the year. One can only hope.
Netty’s cap matches Kristy’s shirt. And Kristy’s cap matches Netty’s shirt. 😊
I was thinking about you both today…thanks for checking in…your ‘us’ may be new as you/we all transition into faith and finding our grounded selves. Big hugs!
So glad to see you two, you’ve been missed! So glad you’re able to get out in the sunshine, that should help!
Its been 3 years since I lost my dad and a little over a year since I lost my mom and still have my feeling 'lost' days. You guys are doing great. It's so nice to see you both.
I needed that little hike you took us on! Thank you both for striving to always demonstrate positivity and perseverance. This is why I started following you years ago and continue now. I always leave your space feeling uplifted and encouraged about getting out and enjoying the time I have been given in this life and to be grateful for every day! Thank you ❤
Collectively I think we are all going through a time of re-evaluating and for me mourning. You are not alone. Hang in there, so many of us are in the same place and I feel we just need to lean into each other. I am thankful to have had both of you in my life through these videos.
Glad to see yall post video today. Pretty sweet trail. Cool that Gabby was there. Kudos to her! Stay strong yall!!!!!
I can relate! Today, I said I just wasn't motivated. And yet I couldn't live without a seed haul! 😊 Bright Peaceful Blessings! 💚💙💚
Thanks for the permission to feel off - I definitely needed the reminder today
It's very understandable - just give yourself some grace. You will find your way back to joy and new adventures. Grieving is important, and you just have to take the time you need. There are no "recipes" on how to deal with life's blows. I am sending you big hugs from my big adventure traveling in Tasmania and now the South Island of New Zealand. I am always so inspired by you two, and I just want you to relax, don't feel pressured to "produce" anything for us. We'll wait for you and be there when you are ready. Sending hugs and love, and remember to be kind to yourself.
You guys are the absolute best. Wordless, I feel you! I hope you’ll get “there,” eventually, and I have every faith that you will. When the time is right
I totally understand. After being through a tornado last May, and losing my gallery soon, and then the national climate, it feels like the wind has been knocked out of me, as well.
Good to see you both again. You are so good at taking control of your lives but life has got in the way. Allow yourselves time to recover. Things will get better. Take the time you need to❤
Loss is hard on us in its own personal way. You both will find the strength from each other and others to go back and "Find Your Wild" once again! It will be there in all its glory waiting for you when you are ready! You are strong and unstoppable!
You gals are some people to admire. You are an inspiration to this 76 year old man anyway.
Sending hugs and good vibes your way! ♥Appreciate your channel as it has inspired me in so many ways!!!
All I can say is that I feel you. ❤️
I am amazed at the strength of all the older people that I have met. They have lived thru so much loss and remain committed to being happy nevertheless . Now I am the 70 year old broad trying to do the same. Your videos have been part of my healing. Thank you and may your memories of your mom fill the hole in your heart.
I’ve read through the comments ❤ Not much more to say so I’ll leave this with you both…thank you from the bottom of my heart, it’s always nice to know we all have each others backs.
I'm a 72 year old go go person like yourselves. Sometimes I also get in a funk. I just accept the way I feel, I don't fight it but go with it. It does go away and I'm good to go again.
Hi ladies, just popping on here again. I’ve already sent you a message about this video, but I wanted to let you know that I just got finished binge watching your entire AT through hike from 2019. I followed you back then live as you were doing it, but I thought it would be fun to watch you do it again. It brought back so many memories and smiles and tears. I just love how inspirational you two ladies are. Well until you post a new video I think I’m gonna now go watch your CDT series.❤❤👏👏👋🏻
Great to see you guys! I understand the mourning. Today is Inauguration Day and I can’t stand it. Wishing you both well! You are both so inspiring. Sending hugs 🤗 and love ❤️ your way.
Thank you. I needed to hear your messages. I have started to watch you on my new Smart TV so that I can see it better while I walk on my treadmill. I have been doing nothing except going to work and coming home and watching short YT videos, unable to get into gear to accomplish anything. You have my condolences on losing your mother. I still think of calling my mom after 15 years. I am ready to buy a van to travel in, then I will be ready to sell my home. In the meanwhile, I have to keep working. And I will keep walking on my treadmill while watching your videos. You help keep me going.
Great to catch up with you again. Thank you for posting and keeping us in the loop and for taking us on a short hike and ride.
It took me well over a year to feel more normal after my mom passed. There was so much to do after that settling the estate and all. Getting back to anything approaching "normal" or "routine" took a lot of work. Peace. You'll get there.
You two are awesome! Thank you for posting your adventures for those of us who have health issues. Take care of yourselves as this is a tough time for every thinking informed American!
Definitely tough times right now...I hear you...getting out for a nice hike or trail run always helps me...and I've really limited my time on IG and FB this year and it's made a huge difference for my mental health right now. Thank you for being vulnerable and sharing your journey with us! I'm in Tempe AZ! Love Tucson!
Sending positive thoughts your way. Keep being you! We love your videos and inspire so many of us!
🌹🌞 ☕️. Life is full of surprises and blessings
Thank you for the video
Well, we here in VT are in winter hibernation and mourning for our beloved state. Our neighbors and friends. What the future holds is so uncertain. We get it. One step at a time! Press on, but slowly. ❤
It is sooo good to hear from you ladies. You have been missed!! Thanks for being so vulnerable and real. I think many of us feel similar and to hear you guys express it makes us feel not quite so alone in our own confusions and wonderings and un-groundedness. Lots of losses in your lives recently and in many of ours. These times require a new settling and refiguring. Thank you for taking us along on your process. There’s a kindred spirit you share with us. We’re all in this humanity together. Please keep us in the loop…you are like family to us. Would love to keep following you thru the years ahead no matter what comes. As you said in your video, be kind to yourselves. 🤍
Really appreciate your video. It is strangely reassuring that others are feeling similar feelings of uncertainty but pushing through gently. Sending thoughts of comfort , grieving is a gift given to those who have loved.
We hear you
We all feel overwhelmed glad to see your video..I love going on your walks i feel better❤❤❤
Sending you love. Your channel and your light has brought so much joy to me over the years. Grief is so hard and will always be with you, even as the years pass but you’ll learn to adjust your life around it. Don’t let the grief dim your flame. One step at a time will get you there. Hugs and support from NH ❤
So nice to see the two of you again. Believe me when I say you are most certainly not alone in your grief today 😔!!!!!! It will take us all time to get back up and brush ourselves off but we and the two of you “will” do that, I am sure of it. I think the two of you need to get out on a beautiful trail somewhere to escape and heal. I will be grateful to you for allowing us to tag along! Hang in there please!!!!! 🫶
Thinking of you as you grieve and adjust to this next chapter of your journey. We are all in this together, although spread across the web viewing your adventures. Hoping you can feel the support as we all try to make sense of this week's set of circumstances. We will get through this and learn from each other. Thank you for being a positive part of my existence.
Great seeing you gal's again. Me & my gal our feeling down also. We just do the best we can. Give yourself time too heal. Christie you've had 2 big losses your mom & now what happened today. Us women will get thou it. Prayers and look forward to the next adventure of happiness.
Girls stay safe 😊
EXACTLY
Thank you both for sharing this. So many of us are struggling right now and for the foreseeable future. Please take care of yourselves. ❤
Thank you for your honesty and openness to share your struggles.
Thanks for sharing feeling a bit “stuck”. Based on the comments, you see many of us are a bit stuck right now for different reasons and perhaps one glaring common thread. I hope the kind and palpable energy in this huge community you’ve built will help you find the right shift. My wife and I hope to cross trails with you ladies in March/April when we head back to the Catalina foothills from Newburyport. We too need to recenter ourselves…keep the faith
Yes we can definitely identify with your feelings. Losing a dear loved one is really hard. Give yourselves time to heal emotionally.
You can’t push the river you can only go along with it and let life unfold as you move along.
Glad to see your videos again!
Sending love from Randi and I here in sunny Florida. ❤❤
Thinking of you both! Losing your Mom is huge grief, one that takes much time to find a new normal. We enjoy your encouraging videos with so many ideas of great ways to be outdoors at our age. We currently live in NC, but are considering a move to CO to be closer to our grown kids. I hope we see you along the journey, we especially enjoy seeing the beauty of Colorado in your videos.
Nice to see you guys out on the loop. One of the great things about Tucson.😊
You two have enriched our lives with all your sharing of your adventures over the years. Time for us to give back. Lean on your community that you’ve built by sharing yourselves to let us help lift you back up. This video is an apparent effort to do just that. I was recently in Quartzite and Yuma and thought I might drop by Benson to offer a hug and some good cheer. I hesitated and then decided against it so as not to intrude. Right now I am sending you both a huge caring hug. It is ok not to be ok. And it is fine to share that. In the end you’ll be back on your feet. Keep on keeping on. There’s a lot of love and appreciation aimed your way from all of us. Tap into your community!
So nice to see a video pop up from you ladies.. it's a hard time out here, and you have been through a lot.. give yourself some grace you will bounce back when your ready.. great video ladies 😊
Losing your Mom is just something you don’t get over, it’s something you learn to live with and it takes a different amount of time for different people.
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Happy new year ladies! Cheers and happy trails in 2025 safe travel to you. I’m finishing Washington PCT this year 🙏🏻 looking forward to seeing it all.
You Women are awesome. My Dad often advised that “ when you don’t know what to do, sometimes it is best to do nothing”. Carry on, the solutions will come to you.
It still feels surreal to be doing this again 😆
I guess we either laugh or cry? In the meantime, we try to keep spreading the good. Thanks for taking us along for the ride!
I think you both are very wise to let yourselves sit with your discomfort. Sometimes there is no way around the way you feel. I also think it is wise for you to seek comfort in nature, other people, service, and each other. My heart goes out to you both. This, too, shall pass.
I took a snowshoeing weekend at Crater Lake and that helped get me out of the doldrums! (It's been foggy and cold here) And I'm starting to plan some other trips for this year. Thanks for the video!
I relate 100%. Love your authenticity, and so many of us are feeling unmoored right now. In the meantime you're right that being outside is key. Especially in southeastern Arizona, because as you can imagine, our window of cool daytime weather is pretty short! :-) I thought I'd share my favorite spots you can get to within an hour or so from Benson. You've probably been to some of these already, but you've been an inspiration to me to go explore more, so some of these places I might not have discovered if not for discovering your RUclips first. Thank you for your videos. ❤
*A fun backcountry version of The Loop to go biking is the San Pedro Riparian Conservation Area east of Sierra Vista; great views all along there and I believe it's over 20 miles long.
*The Anza Trail near Tubac (cute little town) is an absolutely beautiful cottonwood ribbon along the Santa Cruz creek; also 20ish miles long and bikeable until the golf resort.
*There's great birding all year at the Paton Center for Hummingbirds and hiking trails in the nearby Sonoita Creek Nature Preserve in Patagonia. Quite a few birds on the rare bird alert are seen here.
*Not too far west of you there's Rincon Peak if you're looking for a big hike, or Cochise Stronghold to the east.
*A lesser-known but beautiful hike to avoid the Saguaro National Park crowds is Agua Caliente Hill in northeast Tucson. It's right between Mica Mountain and the Catalinas, overlooking that Redington Rd-to-Molino Basin section of the AZT.
*And my #1 suggestion - the new section of Passage 4 of the AZT that was completed right after you went through (it opened in summer of 2023.) It's not so far up into the Santa Rita foothills as the old passage, so instead of the doubletrack roads out of Patagonia it used to be, the trail is now along pleasant rolling hills and canyons with beautiful views of Mt. Wrightson and the surrounding grasslands (but still in scrub oak and manzanita, so not overly exposed to the sun, and very pretty.) I hiked there yesterday and thought how much you'd enjoy it. Cow tanks and all. :-) Solidarity and hugs from Tucson. ❤
Thank you so much, we will check some of these out.
Praying for you both 🙏🏼🩷
I feel gutted. Don't want to go through this again. Quit the news. Only watching good humans, like you two❤
That bike ride looked so warm!! We have so much snow in the East!!
We understand your state of mind and heart, a loss, the election, etc. You’re graciously setting a good example by being gentle with yourselves and taking us with you in this particular phase of life. You are loved!
Thank you!!! I am supportive of the fallow time - it is how we prepare for the growing season
Thank you so much for posting. Really helped me today, struggling through my own grief and cloudiness. Take care.
Hi. I'm in Chile and have been for two months. I've been slow traveling and in the same town, but just shifted from Pucon to Puerto Varas mostly to see La Junta in Cochamo Valley, the Yosemite of Chile. It's been good to be in a warm culture and not tuning into US political news at all. Recently, I got into about a week of inertia and feeling unsettled and came to the conclusion that it's okay. It also eventually motivates. I'm also heading into a few weeks of being on the road to take the scenic highway 7 part way south, then the ferry thru the fjords to Puerto Natales and hike in Torres del Paine area. There's the O hike and the W hike. I'm taking the W hike that is less demanding but my visa will be getting close, so it's in the interest of time. From there on to El Chalten in Argentina to hike in the Fitz Roy mountain area and on up to Bariloche that is gorgeous, then back thru Pucon and maybe north to Pichilemu that is coastal with kayaking opportunities as the weather starts to get cooler. Plus Pichilemu is fun to say. Today I visited waterfalls and the road out to them from Puerto Varas along the 2nd largest lake in Chile with stunning views of the snow-capped Osorno Volcano has an excellent bike lane that apparently continues for miles and for a ways around the lake. February is the busiest tourist month just to keep in mind. When I met you, I had just lost my mom and had been caregiving for a few years. Feeling much better now even tho I've always felt she is free. Still I think of her daily. That experience along with other things has set me on a new inner path. I've purposefully included some place names above to look up. Feel free to contact me about travels. I believe you have my email. Some of these places like La Junta takes a little more planning. Also in towns like Puerto varas and Puerto Natales there are hiking gear rentals. There's also a very long thru hike in the Andes. It's good to learn some Spanish, too. I also rent in rural places out of town and walk or use buses.
One of @MorganHarperNichols "word of the year" ideas was: "Harmonizing. Remember: there is room for both your efforts and your rest, and you don't have to choose only one or the other. As seasons change, the way things come together may change, and that's okay. There is still room to create new music, anyway." That one really resonated with me coming into this new year. Good to see your faces, as always. Take care of yourselves and each other. ♡
It's always a pleasure ladies. Enjoy, AZ!
So thinking of you both
You are not alone. I’m with you ladies. 💜💜💜
so happy to see you both starting to heal. ❤
We have dear friends in Tucson, but we may not be able to visit them this winter. At least we can live vicariously through your videos! Please keep making them!
I'm so glad to see you both. Darwin on youtube just did a video on packrafting. What a great adventure!
The struggle is real.
Gratitude that you have each other.
I hope you don’t give up on RUclips. It’s the only way I can keep up with you as I am not on any other type of social media. I agree with you, sometime you just get in a funk…hang in there, I’m sure it will pass. Thanks for the update.
After I had my "Is this really happening?" moment I remembered my warrior mantra that gets pulled out for those dark situations... "No one or no Thing gets to take my Joy away or keep me from living my Best Life!" Looks like you have a similar mindset. GOOD FOR YOU! Wishing you Peace and Happiness. 🌈🙏🌄
So many of us are feeling what you're feeling, especially women from what I've seen and heard. Stay strong ❤❤
So nice to see this video come online today. I too am grieving the election and am watching my partner of 46 years, my camping and hiking buddy suffer with cancer. It has been a hard year. You are so blessed to have each other and I look forward to your smiling faces and all your adventures.
Sending love and hugs to you both.
sending you peace and strength!
I am feeling the same, lost. Keeping busy and going outside when the weather allows. It sure cheered me up to see Tucson and St Phillips Square. Thanks
Time to catch your breath...👍😎🇨🇦✨️💝 Love the cycling footage ( my first love) as I can't do that any more.