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One thing we (The Dawes) have never been shy about, is that we are still learning (and are always willing to). While we both have had an outdoor background in our lives, we haven't always focused on protection from the sun OR insect prevention. Once we had our boys, we were on the hunt for 1) safe and 2) effective products to use and to keep in our packs for hiking, neighborhood walks, but also just for backyard hangs.  Our relationship with Sawyer helped fill in all of those gaps for us.  I don't know if you've heard, but mosquitoes in...

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The dining table was littered with coffee cups full of varying amounts of coffee. The mugs ranged from empty to only a sip or two missing: undoubtedly left to grow cold to tend to a child.  The floor was scattered with sippy cups of various brands filled with juice, water, and milk. Each table in the living room had either a snack made for little mouths, left half-eaten, a nursing cover, or a bottle of formula. The area rug strewn with puffs and dry cereal mashed; a vacuum would run later when little eyes were open.  A trip down the...

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I'm depressed.  It feels weird to say that, and definitely to write it to strangers and the multitudes of people that will read it, most of whom I'll never know. The truth is, I don't like to share when I'm struggling.  I've been doing the things that normally help me. You don't go to counseling for as long as I have and not have a pretty hefty tool bag, stocked with all the tools you need for getting out of a funk. But, here's the thing, this time, the tool bag isn't big enough and it isn't working quick enough....

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Fatherhood. Fly Fishing. Juneteenth. All important things around these parts. When we found out that National Fishing Day, Father's Day, and Juneteenth fell on the same weekend, it was pretty much a no brainer. We called Ben from Fatties on the Fly and he was in, so we hit the ground running. We wanted to celebrate some of the things important to us and we had some pretty cool folks come along with us!    We kicked off the weekend Friday evening with a Meat & Greet and Film Screening of Everybody Outside: A Devil's River Journey. It was a...

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Red. Yellow. Green.

Black History Month.

Pan African Pride. 

Jamaican Heritage. 

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