Happy Indigenous Peoples' Day! I've been meaning to write this post for awhile, and this seemed like a great day to post it. Two and a half months ago I took my first road trip since the pandemic. Twenty hours in the car, I arrived at the Grand Canyon's South Rim. I hadn't been camping since I was 15, and that was in Iowa and 20 minutes from my bed. Not only was I camping the Grand Canyon, I was doing it alone. I had zero expectations other than I knew I wanted to hike in the Canyon.  As I drove through Arizona, the sun rose, illuminating an entirely breath-taking landscape of plateaus, mountains, plains, and wildlife. I knew would use my time to search for the stories of the people who lived in and around the Canyon for thousands of years before white people arrived to fuck shit up. The trip that was meant to center myself, connect with nature, and escape life's hustle created a subtle yet distinct shift in my soul.  Head to my blog post to find a highlight reel of things I learned at the Canyon. There will be a post about my trip in the near[ish] future. https://onthebl.org/2021/10/11/11-things-i-learned-camping-the-grand-canyon/ grandcanyonnationalpark nativeland stolenland indigenouspeoplesday indigenousrightsarehumanrights socialjustice racialequity fightforrights allyship hikinggirl adventurelife grandcanyonsouthrim southkaibabtrail grandcanyonplateau americanhistory traveltolearn challengethestatusquo riseup @liketoknow.it http://liketk.it/3pvH1 liketkit