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Chelsea Murphy

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Encouraging a more inclusive and equitable outdoor community while celebrating and representing Black motherhood in the midst of a dominant culture. Join me here.

Shifting outdoor culture. Inspiring joy + liberation.

she_colorsnature

Here to help you find your way outside 🌿
🏕️ Black motherhood in the outdoors
🍄‍🟫 30 minutes OUTSIDE everyday
📍 PNW 💌: shecolorsnature@gmail

This guy 😏 The chaos from these hikes are getting This guy 😏

The chaos from these hikes are getting harder and harder to fit under two minutes. I also left the auto generator on for captions on the part where he was rambling, apparently I’m a murder. Totally. 

I also absolutely loved his reaction when we finally reached the lake. He kissed my hand, he couldn’t believe it! 🥰🌳🌧️

Rainy hikes made possible with @reimanorthamerica 

#BlackMomsHike #SheColorsNature #TuesdaysWeHike #DiversifyOutdoors #TeamBronco_Ambassador
At the last #TeamBronco_Ambassador summit we adven At the last #TeamBronco_Ambassador summit we adventured around a back country road I loved! I got to revisit recently with my family, but this time Mt. Tahoma was showing off! 

I hope you find your way outside today! 🫶🏾🦋🌳 

@fordbronco @ford 

Disclaimer✨2025 Ford Bronco® Big Bend® model with optional equipment, available Ford accessories, and extra-cost color option shown. Always consult the Owner’s Manual before off-road driving, know your terrain and trail difficulty, and use appropriate safety gear. Cargo and load capacity limited by weight and weight distribution.
2/3 hike for #OutsideForGood My kids would walk 1 2/3 hike for #OutsideForGood

My kids would walk 100 miles if it meant saving the spaces that we know and love. This fundraiser was a great opportunity to talk to them about our public lands being at risk! 

@alltrails and @trustforpublicland teamed up to raise money for OUR public lands! So when we hike this fall - it’s for a purpose! Complete 3 activities on the app between 9/1 and 11/30 and help raise $30k for Trust For Public Land

‼️43 days left‼️Have you joined yet?! 

📍Lake Lenore Caves Trail, Coulee City WA
Out and back | EASY | ~1.1 miles | Parking & Bathroom

Great hike for kids! Cultural history about the tribes that used these caves for shelter. Some loose rock in places, some scrambling needed, a geology lovers wildest dreams! 🛘🪨🌾

#BlackMomsHike #SheColorsNature 
#KidsWhoHike #LakeLenoreCaves
Sweats and a sweatshirt ✔️ The more I go camping Sweats and a sweatshirt ✔️

The more I go camping the less I identify with the granola girl asthetic the internet presents. Please fill my comment section with screen shots of you on your last camp trip so I don’t feel as alone. 🫶🏾

Also, don’t ask why I ran off screen like Napoleon Dynamite 😂

#BlackPeopleCamp #SheColorsNature #GranolaGirl
You too can be a Star Wars. Just add a little char You too can be a Star Wars. Just add a little charcoal from a burned tree on your next hike. 

Chicken buddies ✌🏾

We learned this trick many years ago when my oldest was in Campfire Girls - all my kids have done it ever since, every chance they get! 🫶🏾

I hope you find your way outside! 🌳🍃🐛

#BlackMomsHike #SheColorsNature #KidsWhoHike
As a #TeamBronco_Ambassador one of my favorite way As a #TeamBronco_Ambassador one of my favorite ways to welcome this season is to adventure around in my Bronco® looking for signs of Fall. This trip to find where the Beavers are working was unsuccessful - but still so fun! 🌊🏞️ 

What signs of Fall stand out to you? 

@fordbronco @ford 

Disclaimer✨ 2025 Ford Bronco® Big Bend® model with optional equipment, available Ford accessories, and extra-cost color option shown.
Come on. Come under. Come here. 🤫 {Aggressively} Come on. Come under. Come here. 🤫

{Aggressively} raising the next generation of nature nerds and environmental advocates. 

We ♥️ OUR public lands! 

🪶🪶🪶

#BlackMomsHike #SheColorsNature
I ♥️ OUR public lands I use @alltrails for hiking I ♥️ OUR public lands

I use @alltrails for hiking resources and stumbled upon this fundraiser! Right now if you complete 3 activities between 9/1 and 11/30 you can help raise $30k for @trustforpublicland. $1 will be donated for every completed activity! JOIN US TODAY!

Hike 1 of 3 - HIDDEN LAKE TRAIL
Length 1.7 miles | Elev gain 187 feet
Out and back, takes ~1 hour to finish 
National Forest pass to park, plenty of parking and bathrooms available!
⭐️ Kid friendly, beginner mom-hike approved
📍 Wenatchi ancestral homelands 

#OutsideForGood
#PublicLandOwner
#PublicLandsInPublicHands 
#BlackMomsHike
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