The morning after my wedding last year in March, my newly minted husband and I flew out to Colorado because his father was nearing the end of his life. In fact, there had been a possibility of his passing in the days before we got married. Needless to say, it was a very stressful week….
For those of you who subscribe to my weekly newsletter, this post might not necessarily feel like catching up because you already know all the things. But for those random readers who may not subscribe or haven’t check in for a while, I thought I would write one big post to share some of the…
We had only been driving in the car about 20 minutes when I went to pull my phone out of my purse to check something. Rummaging around, I realized it wasn’t there. I didn’t have my phone and I was going away for the weekend. My friend Elle and I signed up for a talk…
A few weekends ago I had the opportunity to spend the weekend up in Canada with Josy from A Walk And A Lark and Lisa from West Coast Hiker Girl in Manning Park, BC, east of Vancouver. Lisa is a born and raised Canadian and knows the territory well, so she took over as our…
This post was originally shared on November 21, 2016. A post of this kind has been brewing in my head for a while now and after reading something infuriating this last week, I decided to put it to words. If you came here just to learn how to hike with others, you may need…
This post was originally shared on June 27, 2016. I had a nice hike with a new friend a few weeks ago on a new-to-me trail. Almost 7 hours of conversation getting to know an amazing young woman, what was important to her and where she thinks she might be headed in life (at least the first few steps,…