Maine and the Time We Got Stranded in Mexico

Alas, it was summer and we'd been toiling in vain
So Sarah whisked me away for a weekend in Maine
For we are vagabonds and we were built to roam
Though Candice and Eric did let us crash in their home
We arrived late at night to a sky full of stars
And a driveway packed full of friends' cars
We made all our greetings and cracked open some beers
For nothing seals an acquaintance quite like a cheers!

The next morning we left for Acadia National Park
I have rarely seen a landscape so stark
With mountain, forest, ocean, and beach
It's as if it were paradise you were trying to reach
After tiring our bodies, we decided to replenish with a barbecue lunch
I don't think Candice is following her vegan diet, at least that's my hunch!

Maine is home to horror author Stephen King
Who knows what terrors this fog shall bring...

I'm just a man and I know that I'm damned
All the dead seem to know I've been shammed
The tale that began on the night of my birth
Will be done with another turn of the earth
Die if I must, let my bones turn to dust
But I'm lord of this sea and my spirit's robust
So all who sail off this coast ever more
Will remember the tale of the ghost on the shore....

That night we rejoiced and I lost drinking game after game
Different drinks, different states, but the results are the same!
The next day I partook in my first lobster boil
I reached for a lobster and tried not to recoil
He squirmed and he fought, then he was dropped in a pot
Sorry little dude, but I'm hungry and you're all that I got!

With only one day left on our trip
We set out to see the Bar Harbor strip
It was also my last day to earn their dog, Watson's, love
He became so enamored, it's like I was sent from above
With affection obtained, twas only a Whoopie Pie I needed to get
So I devoured Maine's signature dessert as the sun did set
And with that our trip to the Northeast came to an end
But vacationing with Candice and Eric; We'd only started that trend...

Turn off your Netflix stream
And see the world as if it's only a dream...

I used to poo my pants as a child
Now I'm grown and I do it in the wild
That has nothing to do with this particular flower
It's just part of my captivating story-telling power

We set out to Honduras for Sarah's 30th Birthday
But our first flight started out with an untimely delay!
By the time we landed, boarding for our next leg had already started
So we ran through Atlanta to catch our plane before it departed!
Eventually we landed at my least favorite airport - Mexico City
Where our mood was about to go from excited to shitty!

Upon deplaning, we set out to meet Candice and Eric at our gate
We'd soon be in Honduras, fulfilling our traveling sate!
But alas, the best laid plans of mice and men oft go awry
And the universe decides it should make a man cry
As we stood waiting, we felt that something wasn't right
It turned out the board was broken and didn't update our flight!

We ran through the airport, desperately fighting time and space
But getting to the new gate was an unwinnable race
For I saw the attendant, heard the words from her face
Our plane had departed, there was nothing left to chase
This is the path of the inveterate traveler
Always battling the Universe, the great unraveler

To make matters worse, the airline lost my checked bag
And cancelled our return flights with a $400 re-activation price tag
I asked them to explain the gate, any story, just give me a version!
But they dropped their eyes and we were met with only aversion
But you can't give into the stress and the fear!
For life is a challenge and you must persevere!

So with pockets full of not pesos, but lint
We contacted one of my eighty brothers that was on a traveling stint
I whipped out my phone and ordered the Mexico add-on plan
Then dialed my bro and exclaimed, "I fucking need you man!"
For through some amazing happenstance or stroke of luck
Mexico City was the absolute best place we could have been stuck
For Bryn had temporarily moved there a few weeks prior
You can't even make this stuff up, not even I'm that good a liar!
You see, you may be stressed, but that's today
Tomorrow stress could go away!

I've written this clever riddle to give my blog some class
So folks - Why don't Churches ever clean their stained glass?
Ummm cus if you removed the stains then everyone could see into Mass!!!
Yup, I literally just pulled that out of my ass

There once was a maze
It was made out of maize
And it really did amaze
It's poems like this that will set the literary world ablaze!!!

Bryn was able to help get us settled whilst we made new plans
And helped ease our pain by flinging us beer cans
Hey maybe replacing Honduras with Mexico wouldn't be so bad!
Besides, if you give us quesadillas and tacos, it's hard to be mad!
Remember in my last blog when Josh, Sarah and I shared a tent?
This time it was on a twin mattress with Bryn and I that Sarah's night was spent
Should I be worried she has now slept with two of my brothers?
She would only sleep with me if I had my druthers!

Candice and Eric elected to sleep on the couch
Twas a much better idea, for that we can vouch
After getting some rest, we were done being still
So we started our adventure atop Chapultepec Hill
The castle there offers magnificent views of the city
And the statues have boobs, yeah I saw me a titty
And for those of you judging, thinking my blog's unrefined
Class is just a word that rich have defined!

That afternoon we grabbed lunch with Bryn's friends, Aaron and Martha
Dangit Martha, the only thing that rhymes with your name is Siddhartha
Who, by the way, was the first Buddhist monk
Yeah, my blog drops sweet knowledge, who'd have thunk!?!
Ok, ok so I cheated a little to make a name rhyme
It's my blog, damnit, and I declare no crime!!!!
After lunch Martha and Bryn also lent us some clothes
Yeah, I wore his undies, but it's ok cus were bros!
This is the life I live damnit, not the one that I chose!!!!

The next day we decided to get out of the city for a wee bit of fun
So we embarked on a journey to the Pyramids of the Moon and the Sun!
The aforementioned sun was ablazing, so I decided to buy some sunglasses
Oh how I haggled, I could have taught everyone classes
3 pairs of low quality knockoffs for only ten dollars
We rocked our Louis Vumon and Roy Bon's like ballers

I guess that she's gone for good.  She don't call me like I thought she would

She went west to chase the sea.  She took my money but she didn't take me

Why go wander into a unknown world?  Stood right here as the cosmos twirled

You want to fight for a cause? Then go out and love someone
Don't stop believing it will be won
Besides you might even get to have some fun....

Missing our flight to Honduras came at no price
For it is happiness that creates paradise

The zealots, from a mountain they will preach

But there is little to no wisdom in what they beseech

As a lowly vagabond, I have a message for you each

To attain all your dreams, you need only reach

After a day of exploring, Bryn, Martha and Aaron met us out for dinner
Can I just say, nothing about Mexican dining will make you thinner
After crushing our meals, we decided we were in need of a churro
Because when eating foreign foods, you need to be thorough!
We finished our evening with some drinks and an investigation
For there were other places in Mexico we wanted to spend our vacation
Ergo, we decided our next day would be our last in Mexico City
Dangit I already rhymed city with titty, what else rhymes and is witty?
I just can't think of anything else, oh what a pity!

But anyways, we spent the day exploring the touristy sites
And filling our bellies with the some fanciful delights
Plus, whilst we were out having fun, Martha was able to track down our bag!
To retrieve it, we just had to go back to the airport and show our luggage tag!
We decided to wait and just grab it the following day
Since we were planning to rent a minivan for our next getaway

Sometimes it hangs over me
I'm not sure who I'm destined to be
I'm not sure what looms above them clouds
But I need not worry about what the skyline shrouds
For though I'm not always the greatest man
Perhaps the universe has a greater plan....

Louis Vuitton's are for those full of avarice
Louis Vumon's are for the cheap and glamorous

Do not let this thing called life go to waste
Be open and give it a taste

Martha, Aaron and Bryn decided to join us on our epic adventure
And Eric took on driving, which was a risky ass venture
We made our way three hours north to an AirBnb in San Miguel de Allende
Our host gave us many recommendations, but only Martha said comprende
Yeah I just cheated another rhyme with some broken Spanish
It's just one of the many things that makes my blog so Manish
But seriously, without Martha we would have been totally lost
I would have ended up in a Mexican prison getting my salad tossed!

Our arrival also meant Sarah and I could finally put on our clothes
Why we didn't keep any of them in a carry on, no one knows
I was most thankful for t-shirts that could cover my sunburnt pecs
For Bryn had supplied me with mostly V-Necks
After getting dressed we headed to the Mercado to grab a meal
And the happiness emanating from Eric was all I could feel
There were rice and beans and delicious things
It was truly a display of what happiness brings

After stuffing our bellies, we went out to explore
And ended up at a bar where we had a beer or four
As we left, a bountiful desire I had to apease
So I gave my woman's butt cheeks a squeeze
I knew it would cause her to turn with delight
But when I saw her face, I felt only fright
For it was Candice, not Sarah who came into sight!!
Ladies, ladies! it was just an innocent caress!!!
There's no reason to put me under duress!!!
It's not as if I tried reaching under her dress!!!

And then everyone decided to laugh at my gaffe
Wondering how I couldn't recognize my better half!
Yeah, I was able to make those idiots think it was just a Seanest mistake
But it's one that I shall, likely with their mother, once again make!
Seriously ladies, you better send your mama a text
And let her know that sweet heinie is next!!!

If only a rich publisher would read my sweet poems
I could own this as the most exquisite of homes!

Do you want someone that drives a fancy car
Or do you want someone who loves you for who you are?
I want someone to be the peanut butter to my jam
I just want someone who loves me for who I am

You're eyes must be covered in wool
If you think a man can truly feel full
When he's face to face with a chocolate skull!

For dinner we thought about what we should make
So we went to a butcher and got what we thought was steak
However, Bryn and I ordered, which was a terrible mistake
For it turns out the meat we purchased was not what we thought
And it was a kilogram of short ribs we bought!

Eric and I spent five hours manning the grill
Trying to impress the ladies with our incredible skill
It only took us two hours to generate a flame
And three hours later, the ribs were raw all the same
Though Eric made a short rib taco and we declared him a winner
Aaron and Martha went out to get the rest of us dinner!

The next morning we went to La Gruda Spa to hang in the grotto
Travel as chaotically as possible then relax a little, that's my motto!
After soothing our souls, we decided to grind down our soles
So we walked into town and decided to reprise our haggling roles
I was able to talk my way into a miniature guitar for only one dollar!
Now I can make accompanying music when I scream and holler!

After everyone witnessed the one man show that I starred in
We finished our day with a trip to El Charco Del Ingenio botanical garden
There were a series of trails that loosely created a loop
So you couldn't get lost even if you wandered from the group
The cactuses were covered with more spiders than I could count
But I max out at seven, so it wasn't necessarily a high amount

Following a long and adventurous day
It was back to the Mercado that our party did stray
Those 25 peso plates are unbelievably good
I'd take them over a Michelin star, you know I would!

If I get you in my sights, you better pray
Cus darling, once your tangled, you're my prey

She's the pizza of my eye, she's what keeping me alive
Without her near me, I would not survive
Someday she'll be the bride, I'll be well groomed
We'll dance and laugh and they'll all swoon
I'll cry a lot and then we'll spoon
Without her in my life I would be doomed

All good trips must come to an end
But what a thirtieth, Sarah did spend!
We missed our flight, but that was alright
Because we still had fun night after night!
Our next few trips were spent in the states
But a trip back to Mexico was written in our fates

For Sarah had booked a surprise trip before we missed our flight to Honduras
So for the second of our thirtieths, Mexico would once again endure us
She thought it would be a new country to explore
Instead we were headed back there once more!
It's very peculiar how life works out that way
But that's a blog for another day....


Random GoPros

Grab a hold of that rope
Go farther in hope
Feel the sun and it's brightness
Go farther in lightness

These lobsters weren't always dead
They were alive until we boiled them red
And though I'm aware it's a death quite vicious
When doused in butter, they're incredibly delicious

I'm fairly certain I saw this in an art class
But I know not it's name, for I did not pass
Well except for a few times, but that was just gas

Rows and flows of angel hair
And ice cream castles in the air
Feathered canyon's everywhere
I've look at clouds from both sides now
From up and down and still somehow
It's cloud's illusions, I recall
I really don't know clouds at all

Moons and Junes and ferris wheels
The dizzy, dancing way that you feel
As every fairy tale comes real
I've looked at love that way
And that's all there really is to say...

To the pious priests driving Corvettes, who always ask for my coin
When's it coming?  This last new great movement that I can join?

This grasshopper couldn't afford a fancy gym
So he comes here whenever he fancies a swim

To the ends of the earth would you follow me?
There's a world that was meant for our eyes to see
To the ends of the earth would you follow me?
If you won't then my blog says goodbye to thee

If you feel as if this world isn't yours to take
Then it's time for you to shock yourself awake....

Say yes to sun! Say yes to pain!
Say yes to sticking with a city through a thousand days of rain!
Say yes to grace! Say no to spite! Say yes to this!
Say yes to you! Say yes to me! Say yes to Bliss!
Say yes to love! Say yes to life!
SAY YES TO LIFE!

Sarah and Sean's Sensational Stockpile of Snappy Snaps

To you Belle's in the curve
The good life is what you deserve
Oh to you Belle's of the ball
Don't you know this world was meant for you all?

Sarah told me I could have a crabby patty
If I wasn't such a fatty!!! :'(

Maine's signature dessert is the whoopie pie
So if you're ever up there, give one a try!

As Candice strolls through the garden
Eric awaits her to beg his pardon

You can think of all that chaos can bring
Or you can just be a dude, sitting on a swing
For it is only your fear that should feel afraid
As it is from lions, that you were made

After being too handsy upon leaving the bar
I could only gaze at Candice from afar

Your body called, it's got vital signs.
So let's live outside those safe ole' lines.
Yeah, no one's dying at your age
And we're aren't living in a cage.
 Yeah we may fail, but we'll still try
For we aren't laying down to die!

There's a mountain above
That I'm dreaming of
  If you need me
You know where I'll be..

Yeah I'll be riding shotgun
Underneath the hot sun
Feeling like a someone

Life never tasted so sweet
As our 5 hour grilled, yet undercooked meat!

As the bullied little brother, I now feel great joy
Because henceforth I get to call Bryn: Butterfly Boy!!!

It's not a bad time, time spent with you
There's long flights and an ever changing view
And we never have to talk again, or make another rendezvous
But since you're putting up with me, here's another toast just to you
So let's keep our dance off the beat
And mozy on together, cus good times are on repeat

To Aaron and Martha who saved our skin!
And kept our luggage from ending up in a bin!

I tell you now that life is just a maze
And it spirals out in many ways
But  your full of life, not full of greys
So make the most of all your days

I could think about all the things I should do
But I just want to waste my time with you :)

Stinky Mama and the Hike of Death

Owning a house is far too strange a juxtaposition to my vagabond lifestyle, so we needed to do a second road trip to help me assimilate into adulthood.  Based on my ability to use the word juxtaposition, I'd say the assimilation is working!  Our second road trip began, ironically, with a flight.  We set off to Los Angeles so Sarah could partake in her fantasy football draft with a bunch of her college friends, whilst also allowing us to hang out with two of my bros - Bryn and Marc, who happen to live in LA.  Not a bad coincidence!  Sarah wasn't the only one who got to catch up with her friends, as I was also treated to a beach day with the man they call Avalanche Sanch.  I bet you're intrigued and want to know more, but you can't, because it's my blog and I call the shots!

After bumming around LA for a few days and catching up with my bros and our friends, we set out on road trip number two.  Except, we weren't alone this time.  As some of you know, I have a brother with a worse traveling addiction than my own.  Literally the only thing that separates him from a homeless drifter is that several of my siblings take him in for a few months each year.  So after driving from Kansas City to Seattle, Josh decided to fly down to Los Angeles and hitch a ride back up to Seattle with us.  He has a really tedious, demanding life.  The first stop on our journey was Sarah's college town of Monterey.  We spent the afternoon wandering around before grabbing dinner with one of Sarah's friends.  That night, we got to experience one of only two campsites of the trip that had a shower.  A shower that was only used by Josh.  On a seven day road trip.

Mt. Shasta, part of the Ring of Fire that borders the Pacific Ocean stretching across the Americas, New Zealand, and Asia

Josh is probably the only person I've ever heard others refer to as being cheaper than me, so he taught us his ways of camping frugality.  None of us had much camping gear outside of sleeping bags and tents, since we all flew in, so we made a few trips to some local Salvation Army's and the Dollar Tree to get the essentials.  Cooking pot - $2.  Spatula - $1. Lighter - $1. Can Opener - $1. Soap and Sponge - $1. Two-ply toilet paper - $1.  And yes, outside of food and water that is basically all you need to survive in the wild.

As we made our way through California, we made a few pitstops, but ultimately decided that the majority of stuff we wanted to do was in Oregon and Washington.  So with only the occasional stop to stretch our legs and check out random national parks/forests along the way, we drove to Crater Lake National Park in Oregon, which is supposedly one of the most beautiful parks in the country.  Now, some of you who watch the news may recall there were forest fires all over the Pacific Northwest this past year...  Well it turns out that the visibility at Crater Lake was about seven feet.  So we basically drove 800 miles to inhale smoke and see nothing.  On the plus side, however, we made a pretty sweet campfire and the smoke overpowered the musk from our un-showered bodies.  

The Lowe Bros have definitely pitched a tent or two...

If you were the wood, I'd be the fire.  If you were the love, I'd be the desire.  If you were a castle I'd be your moat. And if you were an ocean, I'd learn to float...

The visibility at Crater Lake was incredible.  It was clearly worth the journey....

If you look really hard you can se some ripples in the lake water

Several roads out of the park were closed or temporarily shut down due to the forest fires, so we ended up taking a pretty un-scenic drive around the lake to get back out to the main roads.  We were all pretty exhausted from the non-stop driving, but decided to forge ahead towards another national park that wouldn't be covered in smoke.  After much debate, we settled on a place called Mt. Hood National Forest, which was about two hours outside of Portland.  Luckily there were a lot of camping spots open and it was only $10 per vehicle with our National Parks pass.  Have I mentioned how much I love that pass?

In my opinion, the best feature of summer is the glorious quantity of daylight.  So even though we drove for what seemed like an eternity, we still had several hours of daylight to hike around the forest, gather some firewood, and set up camp before we needed to start our night time ritual of cooking dinner and drinking cheap wine...  And smelling terribly.

Oregon and Washington have the highest rates of Sasquatch sightings in all of America.  Am I a little ashamed that these are the statistics I'm familiar with?  Not. At. All.

Am I the only one that wishes we lived in some bad ass tree houses in the woods still?

Josh had a friend in Portland that was interested in showing us around, so we woke up early the next morning and made our way into the city.  I knew pretty much nothing about Portland, outside of it being full of hipsters and home to Voodoo Doughnuts, so we figured we'd start there.  The donuts were actually reasonably priced given that it's a touristy destination, but I'd say they were just average in terms of taste.  

After getting our sugary breakfast, we spent a half day exploring Portland, getting a used book from Powell's bookstore, scoping out the rose gardens in Washington Park, and viewing the city skyline from Pittock Mansion.  I would definitely go back to Portland and make a second attempt at going to Crater Lake in another year when the forest fires aren't so intense, but alas, it was but a brief stopping spot on our journey.  Upon departing Portland, we headed to one of the filming locations of a classic 80's movie - THE GOONIES!  So we loaded back up in our rental car and drove westward to Cannon Beach.

If I eat a voodoo doll...does that make me a cannibal?

Eerily similar to Lion Rock in Piha, New Zealand

I'm pretty sure One-Eyed Willy's treasure in there...

After hanging out and enjoying beach life, we made our way up to Olympic National Park in Washington.  Wow, talk about a beautiful drive!  Slightly more interesting than driving through the flat lands of Iowa and Kansas :).  Now here's the thing you should know about my buddy Olson.  He's a lying son of a bitch.  He hails from the Pacific Northwest and told us to check out Olympic National Park before going to Seattle.  Hike up to the Flapjack Lakes he said.  They're made of melted glacier water he said.  It can all be done in a half day he said.  It's only like five miles round trip he said.  

Let's just say we decided to double check with a ranger and he was like...It's over 15 miles round trip.  But I was committed damn it!  So we packed our lunch; A peanut butter sandwich, trail mix, and some granola bars.  I personally brought seven bottles of water, knowing that we would be hiking all day.  Sarah and Josh elected to take two bottles of water each.  I'm not sure what they were taught in Health class, but I am pretty sure I learned staying hydrated is essential to the human body's ability to stay alive. 

Our journey started off with a fork in the road.  Josh claimed that, according to the map, we could take either path as they looped together further down the road.  I thought we should go right; Josh led us left.  After a mile or two, we concluded that maybe we should have gone right.  Josh was ready to cut across a five stream split and hike upward to try and find the path, whilst Sarah and I discussed whether or not that's how people get eaten by bears.  Eventually we all agreed to head back to the fork and follow the correct path.  

I really need to live somewhere that has nature and no winter....

The bridge in the background is the path we were supposed to take...Instead we got lost as usual

Once we got back on track, we hiked several miles up to the trailhead for the Flapjack Lakes.  The signage pointed us towards the lakes, but didn't mention that it was four miles of vertical switchbacks that would decimate my desire to live.  Josh's vagabond lifestyle gave him an advantage, as he had spent the prior month hiking around national forests and had built up his endurance, so he was pretty much crushing us.

We occasionally took breathers whilst en route to soak up the scenery and throw down some granola bars for energy.  Surprisingly, Sarah and Josh's two bottles of water ran out relatively quickly into what was becoming a twenty mile hike, so I had to start sharing my water with them.  Did they want to carry any of the water? Nope.  They just wanted to drink it.  The water that I lugged all the way up, those bastards.   We finally reached a sign indicating that the Flapjacks were just up ahead, but it should really read: "There's still an hour left and this sign is just here to break you".

Oh it takes a fool to love you. It takes a fool to love you.  It takes a fool to love you. Oh an I'm just the fool for you...

Fool me once and it's shame on you.  Twice, and it's shame on me.  But fool me baby for the rest of my life and I'll be as happy as a foolish man can be...

Seeing this sign was one of the greatest moments of my life, until I kept hiking and realized we were still a mile away.

Is this view worth 22 miles and 50,000 steps to you?

At least when I look back on life I'll be able to recall the time I hiked over 20 miles to see this place, instead of recalling a time when I gave up and turned around.  

So, was it worth it?  Was I enamored by the splendor and beauty of the world around me?  No.  I pretty much just wanted to kick Olson in the face.  After hiking so far, I had to at least take a dip in the lake, so I stripped down and let the ice-cold glacier water cool down my body.  And as you all know, when my hot body enters any body of water, there's a risk it might just turn into a hot spring.  It's one of the many reasons the Spanish call me 'El Caliente'.  We also took the break to eat our paltry lunch.  I also had to resist the temptation to drink from our dwindling water supply after having the peanut butter sandwich stick to the roof of my mouth.

In the end, we basically hiked all day to spend thirty minutes at these lakes.  Luckily, going down requires a lot less energy, and my brain was too tired to accept signals from my body indicating it was in pain, so I slowly trotted on.  When we finally got to the main trailhead leading back to our camp, I might have cried a little.  You aren't supposed to gather firewood within a mile of the campgrounds, so we had to lug as much dry wood as our broken bodies could handle for the final mile.  When we finally made it back to camp, Josh and I drove into town to get some victory beers and snacks.  I purchased a bag of Doritos, which was basically the greatest thing any of us had ever eaten.  My body was so dehydrated, I couldn't even drink the beer without feeling like I was going to vomit.  It was a good reminder of how life can humble you.  Just one day of hard work and my body was broken...Too out of shape.  That night we also took fake showers by dumping river water over our shampooed heads and cleansing our body with wet wipes.

If a kid named Olson ever tells you to do a 5 mile hike... Go ahead and kick him in the face for me.

My house is safe and warm, but I was born to chase the storm.  Taking the whole world on with big old empty arms...

Alive in the age of worry.  Smile in the age of worry.  Go out in the age of worry and say, "Worry, why should I care?"

After passing out around eight o'clock and sleeping for eleven hours, we decided to drive into Seattle for the day.  After all, I technically promised Sarah I'd take her there as a Valentine's day gift.  But after about three hours of exploring, Josh's hatred of cities emerged and we figured we might as well leave for the Cascades National Park and find an open campground spot if we weren't going to spend the night in the city.  I figured finding a campground would be difficult since it was a holiday weekend and that assumption proved to be correct as every single campground we went to was full. 

Luckily, we ended up finding a random RV campground that also had a few tent spots about thirty minutes outside the park.  The prices were simple: $15 for one tent, $25 for two.  I wasn't about to spend an extra $10 dollars on Josh, so I made the call that we were sleeping 3 deep in our tent that night.  I got stuck with the middle spot since I was considered to be the cheap bastard that sacrificed everyone's comfort to save $10.  Listen, if you want comfort, carry your own cash dudes.  This campground also featured the second shower of our trip, which once again was only used by Josh.  Sarah and I had embraced our stank and didn't care if Josh had to smell us.

Someday I'll throw all my clothes in a rucksack again and take a cheeky wander...

We spent the next day cruising through the Cascades National Park, before driving back to Seattle so Sarah and I could fly back the next morning.  Luckily, Sarah was able to leverage her Hilton points for a free hotel room, allowing us to shower for the first time in over a week!  Our next big journey was a trip to Honduras for Sarah's 30th, however we didn't actually make it there....  But that's a story for another blog....


Random GoPros

It is the same with man as it is the tree.  The more he seeks to rise, the more vigorously do his roots struggle earthward, downward...Into the dark, the deep, into evil.

Here we go again, we're sick like animals, we play pretend.  You're just a cannibal and I'm afraid I won't get out alive. No I won't sleep tonight. Oh-oh, I want some more. Oh-oh, what are you waiting for? What are you waiting for?  Take a bite of my heart tonight...

Mama told me when I was young.  Said sit beside me, my only son.  And listen closely to what I say, and if you do this it'll help you some sunny day...

Oh take your time, don't live too fast.  Troubles will come, and they will pass.  You'll find a woman, and you'll find love.  And don't forget son, there is a light  up above.

And be a simple kind of a man.  Be something you love and understand.  Baby, be a simple kind of man.  Oh won't you do this, for me son, if you can...

Forget your lust for the rich man's gold.  All that you need is your soul.  And you can do this, oh baby, if you try.  All that I want for you my son is to be satisfied... Boy, don't you worry, you'll find yourself.  Follow your heart, and nothing else.   And you can do this, oh baby, if you try.  All that I want for you my son is to be satisfied...

Probably the cleanest wall in all of Seattle

Sarah and Sean's Sensational Stockpile of Snappy Snaps

Who needs an RV or a hotel room or an Airbnb?  What could be better than camping beneath the stars and enjoying actual human interaction.

Sometimes a man poops in the woods.  And sometimes a man poops in his pants.

I'ma get you heart racing in my skin tight things, be your teenage dream tonight.  Let you put your hands on me in my skin tight things, be your teenage dream tonight. I'ma get your heart racing in my skin tight things, be your teenage dream tonight.  Let you put your hands on me in my skin tight things, be your teenage dream tonight!

Preparing Josh for his senior photos

I feel like if Josh concentrated hard enough he could have ignited the propane tank with his mind.

My heart skipped a beat and when I caught it you were out of reach.  But I'm sure, I'm sure you've heard it before.. Heart skipped a beat and when I caught it you were out of reach.  Yeah I'm sure, I'm sure you've heard it before...

Yeah my heart skipped a beat, and when I caught it you were on the beach.  And on the shore, I'm sure, I'll hold you forevermore.

Goonies never say die!!!!

Being a creepy weirdo runs in the family...

If only these poor bastards knew the hike that they had ahead of them.

I was like an ant in that forest

It'd be interesting to know the average happiness of people a thousand years ago.  And if people were happier back then...would today's population be willing to walk way from their possessions and cell phones for a simpler, but happier life?

I love this shot.  I feel like it's exactly how life is; You're vaguely aware of what's around you, but every moment is always moving too fast to hold onto...

My body tells me No-oooo, but I won't quit, cus I want more.  CUS I WANT MORE! My body tells me No-ooo, but I won't quit, cus I want more. CUS I WANT MORE!!!!!

I don't think your ready for this jelly, I don't ready for this, my body's too bootylicious for ya babe!  Move your body up and down, make that booty touch the ground!

Follow through, make your dreams come true.  Don't give up the fight, you will be alright.  Cus there no on like you in the universe.   And tonight, we can truly say, "Together, we're invincible!"