By writing this post, I know I am not telling the stories of my backpacking trip of the Grand Loop in Olympic National Park in order, but sometimes a moment in your trip stands out and it deserves to be told first. Elizabeth and I woke up early before the light of day and broke camp…
Last month I had a chance to take my friend Elle up the old trail to West and Middle Beckler Peak, a decommissioned route I first told you about in my post, One of Those Days. In that story, I talked about how I had almost been able to scramble up to the middle (sub)…
I’ve got a lot of writing to do. This last month has been filled with outdoor adventures and other experiences and my head is swirling with a plethora of memories and thoughts. Every time I have sat down to share them with you I have found myself staring at the screen or easily distracted away…
The world is full of an abundance of perfect people. You only need to spend a few minutes on Instagram to have this confirmed. It can often leave you feeling as if you are not enough or don’t measure up. I think about this a lot when I am out enjoy nature, whether I’m hiking…
No matter your religion or absence there of, many of us consider our time in nature to be a spiritual experience. The outdoors represents a place where we feel most connected to something or someone beyond ourselves. It is where I feel closest to God and where life is at its simplest. I know I…
It’s Thursday so it must be time for another #NatureWritingChallenge! Today’s prompt is “a most memorable entrance to a national park” and this has to be it (with Mount Rushmore somewhere in second behind it). On my section hike of the Pacific Crest Trail when I started at the Oregon/Washington border and walked north to…