How to Use the Great Outdoors - Stay In Balance

On this episode of 'the Nostalgic Vagabond podcast, I talk with Drea Castro. 

Drea is an actress, producer, and also a fellow podcaster who was born in the Philippines and now lives in the USA. She loves the great outdoors (4:15) and uses camping, hiking, just being in nature as her therapy from her super busy work-life in the city. 

In conversation, we talk about the numerous options that exist in the lower 48 to get out into nature (13:30) with Death Valley being an all-time favourite place for Drea, and Zion too. It's the benefits of simplifying life (16:45) at least for a few days, just moving from point A to point B, the de-cluttering and decompressing that Drea knows that she needs to maintain a healthy and creative lifestyle. Stay sane... 

Drea explains that climbing mountains is something she (23:30) finds rewarding even if she is slow and steady, she'll do her best to make it. She has summited Mount Whitney which was a highlight but a low-light was a near death experience walking down the Grand Canyon to the Colorado River back in the day (26:15). The crazy things you do when you're young. 

We talk about whether the journey is more important than the destination. (33:45) Some of Drea's favourite experiences hiking so far were when both the journey and the destination were awesome (36:30) in the USA and abroad too. A recommendation (44:15) for a hike option is Treasure Lake by Bishop, in California. 

Drea started a podcast (47:45) during the pandemic, like me, and she explains why and how she fits it into her busy schedule, at the end of the chat...

Enjoy.

 

You can follow Drea on Instagram @imroamingtheearth and find her at this website too: 

https://www.roamingtheearthpodcast.com/

 

 

A big thanks to Tom Forfar for creating the title tracks for the podcast series.

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