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  • July 20, 2019

    Emma’s First Hike

    Emma’s First Hike

    I have been quite negligent on my blogging lately and that is because I have been busy with our new baby! Little Emma Sherrock came on June 14th, and she is perfect. I would like to get around to writing about our birth story, until then I wanted to share a few moments from her…

  • April 26, 2019

    Santa Rosa Plateau

    Santa Rosa Plateau

    Have you ever wondered what Southern California looked like before the freeways, houses, and Starbucks showed up. How about what it looked like before Europeans came on the scene with cattle, plows, and agriculture? One of the best examples of native California landscape can be found at the Santa Rosa Plateau Ecological Reserve. The Reserve…

  • March 28, 2019

    Super Bloom Fever

    Super Bloom Fever

    Thanks to a particularly wet winter, Southern California is experiencing a super bloom. There are many areas that are covered in wildflowers, and everyone and their aunt Mildred wants in on the action. However the quest to experience this natural phenomenon can bring out the worst in humanity. Many people are respectful, but there are…

  • March 4, 2019

    Feeling Beautiful During Pregnancy

    Feeling Beautiful During Pregnancy

    In case you did not know I am currently 26 weeks pregnant! It is such an exciting time. Its also been challenging in so many ways. My body is changing and I have experienced all the aches and pains that comes along with that. Along with my body, my weekends also look a lot different.…

  • February 12, 2019

    Black Mountain Bouldering

    Black Mountain Bouldering

  • December 5, 2018

    A Weekend on Lake Mead

    A Weekend on Lake Mead

    A few weeks ago Joe and I packed up the truck and drove to Lake Mead to meet up with our friends Kimi and Dave. I had never been to Lake Mead despite it being the perfect distance for a long weekend trip. Lake Mead is the largest reservoir in the United States and was…

  • November 16, 2018

    Mount Washington

    Mount Washington

    Mount Washington, also known as Agiocochook by some Native American Tribes, is located in the Presidential range of the White Mountains in New Hampshire. Historically the White Mountains were the home of the Abenaki and within the White Mountain National Forest archeologists have found numerous prehistoric Native American sites which indicate that indigenous people had…

  • October 17, 2018

    Fall in Maine

    Fall in Maine

    My recent trip to my home state of Maine was jammed pack with country fairs, apple picking, and sweater weather! The only thing I love more than fall in the Northeast is being a able to to spend it with family.  

  • October 9, 2018

    Paiute Pass

    Paiute Pass

    Hunting for fall in the Eastern Sierra is never a hard task. The higher in elevation you travel the cooler the air gets, and you start to feel a bite in the air. It takes a bit of effort but any fatigue will be quickly replaced with awe at the beauty of the mountains. As…

  • October 1, 2018

    Desolation

    Desolation

    Glaciers carve the land, scraping the soil away, exposing stone, and all semblance of life is abolished from the earth. Glaciers recede, depositing boulders, large and small, like frozen trolls on the bleak landscape. The wind blows carrying with it particles of sand, seeds of plants, which snuggle into the crooks and crannies of the…

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