Welcome to episode 132 of the first 40 miles.

If you're new to backpacking or if you're hopelessly in love with someone who wants you to love backpacking,

then this podcast is for you. We'll talk about the essentials, how to lighten your load, and how to make the most of your time on the trail. I'm your host Heather Legler and I'm Josh Legler and this is the first

40 miles. Today on the first 40 miles remember that BLM land we talked about in episode 131?

Yeah.

We have some exciting news to share.

It's being turned into a strip mall.

Just kidding. A clean group in Oregon has scheduled a clean up there.

And we're inviting all of our first 40-milers. Then we'll teach you how to get street cred on the trail without having to roll up your pant leg and show any raccoon bite marks.

Then on the summit gear review, will the inflatable insanity ever end?

And a backpack hack of the week that will keep you clean.

All this, and that's about it.

Today on the first 40 miles.

On episode 131, our last episode,

we were talking about this top-secret BLM land that our

family is going to use as our go-to backpacking spot when we just want to get out

go somewhere close and go somewhere familiar.

But the downside was how messy it was right at the trailhead where we would park our car.

I mean, it's just a mess there, and that's our first impression of going to that spot and as we

shared last week one of our kids just doesn't want to go to that spot because of

how messy it is at the trailhead. And of course if you can get past that, then it's beautiful, then lush, and there's this

little rolling trail, it's just so beautiful. But yeah, that trailhead is just a trashed mess. We as a family, we wanted to clean it up, so I called

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