Memoir of Gratitude:
Reflections Along the Path.
Wander. Ponder. Be grateful.
● CURRENT WAYPOINT
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Hurricane Hill
OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK, WA: Some mornings stay with me for reasons I never see coming. Yesterday’s drive toward the Olympic Peninsula gave me plenty of time to think, and I kept returning to a conversation from the week before that nudged me to consider what truly mattered. Last week’s early morning drive ended at a…
● PREVIOUS WAYPOINTS
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Dungeness Spit
DUNGENESS WILDLIFE AREA, SEQUIM, WA: been unfolding long before that. I drove under the pre-dawn sky, windows down, letting in the chill on the last…
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Tunnel Falls
COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE, CASCADE LOCKS, OR: The road felt different than it usually does before a hike. Normally it’s just me, darkness, and the quiet…
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Mailbox Peak
MIDDLE-FORK SNOQUALMIE, NORTH BEND, WA: There’s something about leaving the house before the rest of the world has any business being awake that strips a…
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Mount Townsend
BUCKHORN WILDERNESS, OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK, WA: The morning air, a crisp thirty-eight degrees, hit me as I stepped out of my car at the trailhead,…
● THE WAYFARER
Father, hiker, writer, and grateful soul navigating life’s journey through exploration in the beautiful landscapes of the Pacific Northwest.
