hiking – Life and Other Stuff

April 26, 2024

HOPs

It’s no mystery that being outdoors is amazing medicine for our mental health. Personally, it’s been an oft-used tool in the anti-depressant toolkit. (Moving closer to the equator had a big role in that as well!) We started this thing in a fitness group chat called HRPs, or Happy Run Photos, that morphed into Happy… Continue reading

depression, Health and Fitness, nature, Photography

exercise, hiking, nature, Photography, San Diego, walking

April 8, 2014

Eeyore by Nature?

Hiking Kokohead while living in Hawaii was a wonderful experience, but not for the obvious reasons. The view was beyond beautiful overlooking Hanauma Bay. Being able to lookout over the marathon course from that perspective was mind-blowing. Hiking it with a dear friend makes it a forever treasured memory. The encounter we had with… Continue reading

Faith and Personal Growth, Health and Fitness

attitude, gratitude, Hawaii, hiking, joy, kokohead, perspective, positivity

August 27, 2012

God, Trails, and a Surprise

With two sick kiddos we’ve been a bit stir crazy staring at the same four walls all morning. We also were all awake around 4:30am…so lunch and nap time came around 10. What to do, what to do with the rest of the day? We decided to head out to Washington Park again, but this… Continue reading

Faith and Personal Growth, Family, Health and Fitness

Anacortes, gratitude, hiking, joy, kids, love, nature, parenting, playing, running, Washington Park

January 9, 2012

Kokohead, Battle Buddies, and Facing Fears!

So after hiking Diamondhead a couple of weeks ago, Katy and I decide that we are rockstars and we are gonna do Kokohead. It’s only 1,048 railroad ties or “steps” to the top – can’t be that bad! And we swam over a mile yesterday – lets climb a volcano today! Yippee!! My rockstar battle… Continue reading

Faith and Personal Growth, Health and Fitness, Photography

battle buddies, comfort zone, fear, friends, Hawaii, height, hiking, kokohead, mantras, oahu, perspective