Shout out to Lucy and Ben for getting married. Congrats and thanks for giving me a reason to come down to your beautiful homeland of Grants Pass! This post would not be possible without you! Not only that, but I was lucky enough to be joined by Julia and Emma
In late April we escaped to Merida, MX to practice our spanish for a couple weeks. It was seriously cookin down there, like 95-105 degrees every day, but we still managed to get out and explore a little between Catelynn's spanish classes and my attempt at doing
I'm a little behind on these, so I won't get too wordy on this one, but here are my photos from my first camping outing of the year back in March. After some wet volunteer tree planting down in Packwood, I decided to prolong my time
After a brief hiatus, I'm happy to announce that I got back into film photo mode over the winter. In particular, I'm trying to capture more moments with family and friends to break up the nature stuff and share that part of my life a little
Honestly it was a real shock to wake up last Friday and see that it was dumping snow outside. In Tacoma! Winter came through for WA at the last possible moment. Not looking so good for our southern neighbors, but we can at least celebrate the little wins, right? We
Time to make up for lost time. Barely more than an hour from home, the Middle Fork Snoqualmie has been a quick option for easy hiking here and there, but I've mostly ignored it. Although it's undeniably beautiful, I'd written it off as too
The time of year comes when I've been deprived of a night in the woods for too long. And the short days of winter are quite limiting when factoring in drive time to each trail I wish to explore. So I devised a simple plan called "Camping
I'm a sucker for a river valley, and the White River's Skookum Flats had been calling my name for a while. Apparently 'skookum' means strong or powerful in Chinook Jargon, alluding to the mighty river flowing off of Tahoma. Clearly not at full might
Last backpacking trip of the year (two months ago now 😬)! And a long awaited one too. We'd put together an itinerary for a backpacking trip with Catelynn's dad last year, but were tragically foiled by an ill timed COVID infection. This year, things went more according
After that night out on the coast, we weren't quite ready to leave the serenity of the Olympic Peninsula. As it so happens, my aunt has been entrusted with the caretaking/usage of a nearby cabin while her friends are away. So by extension, the entire Freeman family
Walking with a heavy backpack is one of my all time favorite activities, especially when it involves trudging through sand and clambering over ocean sprayed boulders. While living in Wyoming and even in Tacoma, I've neglected the coast, so I couldn't pass up the opportunity for
Okay, so sorry folks, I know you've all been dying for part II of my labor day weekend. After I raced back from my salmon camp at the crack of dawn, I hopped in the car with Catelynn and Carson and my BFF (Sadie) for a little hike