Trust the Plan: Jackie Lastinger, The Girls Trip Adventure Co.

Today we’re checking back in with Jackie Lastinger from The Girls Trip Adventure Co.If you’ve been dropping in on this pod from time to time, you might remember my first conversation with this through hiker turned shuttle driver turned snowmaker, back in March. At the time, Jackie had just launched her dream company, which she aptly named The Girls Trip Adventure Co. (because she’s a girl, she wanted to go on more adventure trips, and she wanted to bring more girls with her... so she figured she’d start a company to do it all!)And did she send it? Hell yeah she did!So today we're hearing all about her inaugural trips to Catalina and the Channel Islands and Big Bend, and we'll get a preview of all the cool spots she’s got on the itinerary for 2023.We also talk about the challenges - the ones she expected, as well as the ones that came out of left field and could’ve kicked her butt. This is an inspiring check in with a young woman who made up her mind to meet her challenges head on and create a life for herself that meets no one's expectations but her own.So if you're finally ready to start emptying out that bucket list, head on over to The Girls Trip Adventure Co. website or Instagram page and sign up for a trip of a lifetime!Other cool links and places from our conversation:Chisos Basin Campground (TX)Chisos Mountains (TX)Terlingua (TX)Sotol Vista (TX)Emory Peak (TX)Alyeska Resort (AK)Great Smoky Mountains National Park (TN/NC)LeConte Lodge (TN)Clingmans Dome (TN)Acadia National Park (ME)Katahdin (ME)South Sister (OR)Catalina Island (CA)Channel Islands National Park (CA)Fern Canyon (TX)P.S. - It’s not too late to join host Jen, Ari Leach of Blackbird Guide Service, and our Guides Gone Wild community friends at Evans Notch Lodge for our (Cast) Iron Chef Weekend, November 4-6, 2022. Don’t worry, this is not a competition at all, just a great excuse to make fires and stir up some deliciousness that we can all enjoy at the end of a day spent outside. Come on over to the Guides Gone Wild site for all the details, we hope to see you in a few weeks by the fire!