Adventure. You may think that in your hometown, adventure doesn’t exist. Adventure is found on remote beaches in faraway countries, on suspension bridges slung high above cloud forests, on frosted mountain peaks–but where you’re from? Adventure? Impossible. Impossible. But I’m…
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Month in Review: March 2015
Greetings from Washington, friends, and happy spring! Despite the cheerful weather here in the central Cascades, the month of March has left me feeling tired. As such, I feel more than a little entitled to use a tired old cliché–this month…
The Things I’ll Miss Most About “Home”
I may not say it very often, but there are a lot of great things about being here in Washington. I don’t really consider it my home anymore, because as they say, “Home is where the heart is,” and my…
Month in Review: August 2014
As my last full month in the States before I head south to Nicaragua, it’s no surprise that August was a little bit f*ck!ng nuts. I had (and still have) an enormous amount of things on my to-do list and…
Month in Review: July 2014
Things are about to get a little more intimate around here. Starting NOW I’ll be doing roundup-style posts at the end of each month, highlighting some of the things going on in my life aside from all the travel-related stuff. Leave…
Home State Highlight: Leavenworth Bavarian Village
When you’ve spent nearly two decades of your life in one place, it’s easy to become jaded with your surroundings. To you, they may seem rather commonplace, perhaps even downright boring, even if you’ve never really taken the time to explore.…