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I'm Gail Strav and you're listening to She Explores.

Before we get started, I want to share a quick call I had today.

Hey, how's it going?

Good, how are you doing?

Good.

At this very moment, I'm standing in closet and I'm talking to Laura Hughes who's on the

other side of the country in Washington State host of the Women on the Road Podcast.

And if you haven't listened to the Women on the Road Podcast, it's also the sister show of

this podcast.

It's about traveling on the road, but it's similar to the show and

that's also just about life experiences that we have and I help produce the show

so it's near and dear to my heart too. Laura and I are chatting because we're both really excited to be sharing an opportunity

for all of us, listeners of women on the road, listeners of she explorers to convene in person

while camping in the desert of New Mexico. Laura could you tell us a little bit about the event?

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