My friend Vincent was in town, and we went out to the coast to explore and camp near the ocean. In addition to a wonderful hike through forest, across dunes, around a lake, and along the coast, we built a fantastic fire with hand gathered wood.

Sometime around the winter solstice of 2009, I got the unignorable feeling that I needed to go hiking. Using Google maps I located a likely state park near the coast, which had a mountain with a trail to hike up. It was a wonderful seven hour hike up a 1,700 foot mountain, and being that [...]

Fourth of July, 2009. Chris was still visiting, and we decided that with most businesses being closed, the best thing to do would be another hike. We took a look on Google Maps and found what looked like an interesting bit of coastline along Ecola State Park. We found out later that this is one [...]

In the winter of 2008, I was faced with the need to decide where I wanted to move after graduation. To help make an informed decision, I took a road trip along the west coast to see what the cities there were like. These are photographs from my wanderings in San Francisco during the trip.