Adventure Inspiration!

I wasn't even planning on writing a blog post today, but I just stumbled upon an outdoorsy website and instantly fell in love. I knew right away that I needed to share my discovery with the Adventure WV community! Although the site appears to have been around for at least two years, I'm sure there are other adventurers like me who haven't discovered it until today. And, like I said, I only just found this site about fifteen minutes ago and fell in love. It's that serious.

Moraine Lake in Banff National Park, by Carl Zoch (from adventure-journal.com)

The website is Adventure Journal. At first, I tried to pick just one thing from the site to re-post or to write more about, but I couldn't. There's just so much fantastic, inspiring, entertaining content to fill your outdoorsy soul! The photographs range from picturesque, woodsy cabins to powdery ski slopes. There are videos and gear reviews galore. I honestly don't know how I haven't been to this website before!

Looking at Adventure Journal, and especially gazing at all the amazing, diverse photography, made me feel inspired to keep skiing all winter and to journey out on my own adventures in the spring! For example, since last summer, I've wanted to challenge myself by going backpacking solo. The video, Overlandia: Bigfoot Country, inspired me to go at it. There was just something about watching this guy solo surf and sleep in his homemade pop up tent/truck contraption that made me miss traveling, sleeping outside, and exploring the outdoors on my own. (Obviously that guy had a camera crew with him, but whatever, it's still a great clip.)

I hope that other people can find inspiration from the content on Adventure Journal. Feel free to let me know what you think, and to post links in the comments below of other great outdoor websites you want to share!

Oh, and Happy (almost) Valentine's Day! If you don't have a valentine, at least you can always fall in love with the outdoors (or in my case today, a website about the outdoors). :-D

Olivia