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The good life starts with being present and being on purpose.
We should all follow the path that makes our life meaningful and makes us content in body, mind, and spirit.
I'm David Ashley, David on Earth when I'm on trail. And I am SO thrilled you are reading this.
A little about me: I've been happily married for all my adult life to the same wonderful woman.
She gave me two beautiful girls who blessed me with four grandchildren and two great-grandsons.
Currently I live in Colorado, but I've lived throughout the Midwest and traveled the world for 20 years when I was in the United States Air Force and now working with an international software consulting firm.
On this website I bring you stories of the trail and insights from my pursuit of the good life. I've logged thousands of trail miles over the years. In 2018 I hiked the 500-mile Colorado Trail. In 2020 I began my section hike of the Arizona Trail. I've also hiked trails in Utah, Wyoming and Michigan.
Please enjoy this website and my YouTube channel. You can also find me on Instagram. I'm not much of a social media junky. Drop me a note. I'd love to hear from you by commenting in the blog or via YouTube or Instagram.
And please check out my ebooks and merch
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We should all follow the path that makes our life meaningful and makes us content in body, mind, and spirit.
I'm David Ashley, David on Earth when I'm on trail. And I am SO thrilled you are reading this.
A little about me: I've been happily married for all my adult life to the same wonderful woman.
She gave me two beautiful girls who blessed me with four grandchildren and two great-grandsons.
Currently I live in Colorado, but I've lived throughout the Midwest and traveled the world for 20 years when I was in the United States Air Force and now working with an international software consulting firm.
On this website I bring you stories of the trail and insights from my pursuit of the good life. I've logged thousands of trail miles over the years. In 2018 I hiked the 500-mile Colorado Trail. In 2020 I began my section hike of the Arizona Trail. I've also hiked trails in Utah, Wyoming and Michigan.
Please enjoy this website and my YouTube channel. You can also find me on Instagram. I'm not much of a social media junky. Drop me a note. I'd love to hear from you by commenting in the blog or via YouTube or Instagram.
And please check out my ebooks and merch
Become a patron!
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The more support we have to continue, the more likely we will do this for a long time to come... and increase the quality and quantity.
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So, what content do we have?
- We have this website and its informative blog content about a hiker's life, tenured perspectives on nature conservation, and the benefits of staying active as we get older.
- We have a YouTube channel where we host all our video content, to include hiking and backpacking adventures, interviews with accomplished long distance hikers, advice on hiking adventure preparation, and informative gear reviews.
- We also have exclusive content on our Patreon page (this is one exception about payment for content). This includes hundreds of stock photos, an exhaustive hiking trip planning guide, and gear selection guides that will land you with the perfect gear the first time (saves you $$ on buying gear you won't use).
- We have a couple books published on Amazon - one about the Colorado Trail and one about getting the right nutrition on the trail.
The more support we have to continue, the more likely we will do this for a long time to come... and increase the quality and quantity.
And so, with humility (and honestly, with much reservation), we set up this page for those who feel they would like to help us offset the cost of providing our content. Some people just want to be a blessing - this is for you.
All donations go to our PayPal account and are used exclusively toward the creation of the content you enjoy. (You don't need a PayPal account to donate - just choose the "Pay With Debt or Credit Card" option when the system takes you to PayPal)
Thank you, so much, for believing in what we do and the support you give to us!! Every day we are overwhelmed with gratitude!
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