a trail to self discovery...

IT IS NOT THE MOUNTAIN WE CONQUER; BUT OURSELVES I've decided to take a break from blogging about my road trip for a moment. Life has thrown me more lemons since I've gotten home that I can barely keep up with making lemonade. In less than 6 months I have lost 3 family members, 3 wakes, 3 funerals, 3 awkward family functions. I am finally back on a some what normal schedule and this past weekend was the first in a while I had 2 full days off to hike. Hiking has always brought me back to a better place when all else is just sucking. So the last two days were fulfilled with good company, great laughs, and strength. I see hiking as a way to give me strength and prove to myself I have the strength to keep on moving even when shit gets tough. Sunday 2/22/15: A friend of mine asked me if I would be willing to take her out on her first winter hike. I felt absolutely honored to. I enjoy when my friends really want to learn and are not afraid to ask me to guide them. I decid...

Wanderlust; a strong desire or urge to wander or travel and explore the world. Here is a national park full of many different varieties of what this country has to offer on such a small amount of land. Here is where I got to explore my first ever rain forest, experience the beauty of what a wet, humid landscape could create, moss covered trees, mountains filled with glaciers and beautiful lakes, and a coast like unlike any coast line I have ever seen before. Filled with the most extremely beautiful sea life in tide pools at low tide. We spent almost a full week here before having to leave and head south to Portland, OR. This was the second of the three NP that we did not have a reservation for. This one was more of a hassle than Glacier. We arrived by ferry from Seattle, drove an hour and half to the the parks entrance, where we would realize there was no gate. This was very different than most others we had been too. Arriving at the campground we wanted a site at early,...