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The Dirtbag Diaries

Field Trip

The Dirtbag Diaries

Duct Tape Then Beer

Wilderness, Sports

4.82.6K Ratings

🗓️ 26 December 2025

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

As a high school teacher in Santa Maria, CA, Taylor Mihelic understands the power of a field trip. Whether it’s plant identification hikes through the forests, or habitat restoration projects on the coast, Taylor gets the best out of her students when there’s adventure in the air. During her summer break this year, Taylor took her own field trip on the tour divide bike race, exploring the edge of her limits and teaching herself a lesson in optimism along the way. Support comes from Kuat Racks  Oboz Ka’Chava Go to https://kachava.com and use code DIARIES for 15% off your next order. Diaries+ Members-- Their support is powering the Diaries- thank you! You can join today. Our book, States of Adventure, 30 stories adapted from The Diaries, is out in the wild. See if it's available on your local shelves or order it here: geni.us/StatesofAdventure

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0:45.8

All right, Fitz, you have two boys. I do. One of them is approaching high school. Have you had

0:52.7

the experience yet of chaperoning any fun school field trips

0:56.4

that your boys have taken? Oh, I've thought about threatening to chaperone a school dance,

1:00.8

but I haven't done that. You know, it's funny, Becca chaperoned a few field trips. I have not,

1:08.0

but you know, a funny thing about this is that COVID was one of those things that actually

1:12.1

like really impacted field trips.

1:13.6

So for like, we kind of missed out on a few years of that.

1:16.8

Like they were, took them a while to kind of come back to that.

1:20.3

Because I don't know.

1:21.4

Like as a kid, I remember just kind of having them once every couple of months.

1:25.3

And there was just like awesome day.

1:27.4

They were like, yes.

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