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The temperature was creeping down into the single digits. Fierce wind gusts of up to 60mph whipped across the prairie. They felt like an icy, immediate burn on any exposed skin. But, it was also the night of the year’s second blue moon.

It was a time to howl at its glorious fullness and brightness, acknowledge what in our lives no longer served us, and to let it go as the moon began to wane and spring crept ever-closer. This was the night my friend Steph and I decided to go winter tent camping in Badlands National Park. As daunting as it sounds, it was worth every minute.