for my friends who are moms

What do you get when you go on a, “one last North Cascade backpacking trip,” with your friend (Nat), who loves all types of music, who is also moving across the country (but to NC)? A lot of really bad blog titles. Needless to say, the trip was rather bittersweet. Nat had grown up in… Continue reading You’ve Got to Go Your Own Way

What’s better than getting to live on Lopez Island in your van, not really making money, and not really enjoying your job? You guessed it: visiting the island on your bike, with friends who will drive your beer to your campsite, and will also bring bikes to tour the island with you! You better believe… Continue reading I can bike there: Lopez Island

I listen to this song about once a day at the moment. The sound of little waves gently crashing on the shore is usually a relaxing feeling. When you set up camp at low tide and thought, “yeah the water probably gets up here, but only at really high tides,” and you were just woken… Continue reading Be Humble

The title just rolls right off the tongue, doesn’t it? The summit attempt of Mt. Rainier had been on the calendar since we (really just Adam) had applied for our group’s permit in March. Dan and Josh were flying in from outta state. Tom and Eric were going to try and pick up permits the… Continue reading The time Sarah (Grant and Joey) stared climbing on her birthday and didn’t stop until the next day.

Leaving our first site of the day, we headed back to the main dock of Tortuga Island. We were on a two week long trip in Haiti, completing seismic assessments of child development centers. The water we traveled over in the Canal de la Tortue seemed just as clear as the cloudless sky. Our motor… Continue reading Stuck on a Boat

Friday morning I wake up to a text, “What do you think about tomorrow? Looks like [skiing] anywhere will be safe. Could be a good day to ski summit Mt. St. Helens.” Friday’s are usually the best day anyways, but what a way to start the weekend! Less than a half hour later, Adam, Chris… Continue reading Climbed a Volcano and Skied it Down

Did you know you can cook a Thanksgiving turkey over a campfire in the biggest dutch oven you can get from Cabela’s? Yeah, I didn’t either… but you can, so that’s pretty cool. I was able to celebrate “campsgiving” with my cousins, his cousin and a few friends from Seattle in the mountains of north… Continue reading Campsgiving 2018

“Do you think you can ride your bike without jumping off a curbs and just keep two wheels on the ground?” My physical therapist had just met me, but already knew me too well. This was her response when I asked if I could start riding my bike to work again. Even if I kept… Continue reading I Can Ride My Bike There: Lummi Island

We all knew that I wouldn’t not go on adventures until 6 months after my surgery, right? Good, I am glad we are on the same page. A few fellow mid-west transplants and myself decided that the end of September would created the “perfect storm” of an extended weekend kayaking trip, far enough away from… Continue reading Kayak in a Small Watercraft Advisory