#25: Here and There

Dear Bob and Sue: A National Parks Podcast

Matt and Karen Smith

Society & Culture, Nature, Personal Journals, Places & Travel, Science

5.0 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 31 December 2020

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

In this end-of-the-year episode, we talk about many of the topics listeners have suggested to us that aren’t long enough for a full episode. We also try to keep our streak alive of consecutive episodes where Karen cries. You’ll have to tune in to find out if we were successful. It’s been a fun year learning to create podcast episodes and interacting with listeners. Thank you to all of you who’ve supported us in this journey! Some of the topics we discuss in this episode: How do we get along while being together 24/7 (Who says we get along?) Our experiences in the few Canadian national parks we’ve visited What gear is in our packs. We talk about winter gear and summer gear that we always carry. Hiking tips for beginners How we organize our travel ideas for future trips What our experience has been in this first year of creating a podcast from scratch A couple of our favorite podcast bloopers from this year A few of our ideas for future episode topics Links to more information: To see photos from our travels, visit our Instagram account, or TikTok account Where to learn more about our books and travels Join the conversation on Facebook Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Now, I don't know that we've talked about these, but I have my gators.
0:05.3	You always have those in your pack?
0:06.5	Mm-hmm.
0:07.0	Well, in the winter, yeah.
0:08.5	So gators, if you're unfamiliar with that, they strap around, um,
0:14.9	you're waste.
0:16.6	Christmas time to slip yourself dead.
0:30.0	This is the Dear Bob and Sue podcast.
0:37.3	Our stories of adventures and misadventures as we travel to all the US national
0:41.8	parks and other public lands.
0:43.8	I'm Matt Smith and I'm Karen Smith.
0:46.4	We are the authors of the Dear Bob and Sue series of books on today's episode.
0:51.6	We're doing a sort of expanded mailbag segment.
0:55.6	We received some episode topic suggestions from listeners that aren't long enough
0:59.7	for a full episode, but are too long for our usual mailbag segment at the end of
1:03.9	our show.
1:04.8	So we decided to combine them into one episode tune in today as we talk about some
1:11.4	Canadian national parks.
1:13.5	What gear we carry in our day packs in the summer and the winter.
1:17.6	And for those of you who want to start hiking in 2021, tips on how to get started.
1:22.9	To kick things off, we discuss our annual diet that starts every January
1:26.8	1st, but thankfully doesn't last too long.
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