You know life’s tough when you have to get paid to fly to  Jamaica. That’s right. Dreams do come true. I am living proof. Lying on a warm sand beach, dipping and floating in the salty aqua waters of the Caribbean, indulging in fresh tropical fruits… and being paid for it all. [...]
Today was a long day. I shot a wedding in Salem, 1.5 hours away from Portland where I live. I love shooting weddings, but it’s exhausting. I came home to sunshine and delivered cookies to one of my favorite people in the world, Kirsten. We took a walk. We walked and walked and [...]
After standing at the vast expanse of  the Grand Canyon’s north rim and passing through the  monsoon-strucken native reserves, we rode south in the direction of Sedona. My cousin, Lance, and his beautiful girlfriend, Amber, found themselves there and started an incredible center for yoga-by-donation – Yoga Sedona. They are such givers. What a gift [...]
Big kiss from one of the world’s most beautiful places… Zion National Park To Do: 1. Hike 2. Run Canyons 3. Spot Mormons with three wives and five-going-on-thirty children (seriously, I saw them on the bus) 4. Practice your foreign languages (lots of international visitors) 5. Hike (some more) 6. Run Canyons (some more) 7. [...]
We took the long road to Zion, riding 15 miles of dirt road heading in through the North. Taking an enormous 1600cc Yamaha Road Star up long, remote dirt back roads warrants plenty of odd looks as most people have probably never seen something so ridiculous. Then again, [...]
After leaving the stunning expanse of the Grand Canyon’s North rim, we rode south towards Flagstaff on US Highway 89. We descended deep into a rosy colored desert valley, through native reservations, and right smack into a monsoon. We pulled off at a lonely gas [...]
I realized three weeks ago that I wanted to be on the road for my birthday. In one of my favorite places on Earth. In the middle of seemingly nowhere, on a motorcycle, riding the wide open road. Sleeping under the stars. And to see something immense and spectacular that I’ve never seen [...]
It’s an amazing feeling to wake up knowing you’re in exactly the place you want to be. Right now, I want nothing else than to be in southern Utah. On the wide open road. In seemingly the middle of nowhere. Right here… Right here… Right here… To know exactly where you want to be, [...]
I arrived in Salt Lake City at 6:35 pm and was happy to get the hell out of there. I was all geared up for an annual motorcycle tour, red boots and all. Leering eyes of Mormon wives made me feel like a walking sin. It wasn’t entirely the women, whose leering [...]
Thursday, July 14th, twenty-eleven. Barista by Day. 5:39 am. Phone vibrates. I semi wake up, sluggishly pull on some stretchy clothes, wrap a white handkerchief embroidered with a colorful robot around my upper arm, make it to the Mug to pull shots and brew Stumptown french press for a bunch of sleepy Portlanders on their way to [...]
