My Thoughts, Ramblings and Ideas

Welcome to the journal — not quite a blog, not quite a notebook. Just a quiet space where I can put words to the images I create and share stories from the road. Sometimes it's a reflection, sometimes a glimpse behind the scenes, and sometimes it's just the thoughts that surface after a long hike, a quiet camp, or time spent off the beaten path.
Think of it as a place to wander — through landscapes, ideas, and whatever else the journey stirs up.

I’m riding my bike from Canada to Mexico!
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I’m riding my bike from Canada to Mexico!

I’m finally doing it, I’m going to ride my bike over 3,000 miles from Canada to Mexico. Follow along and join me as I bikepack my way down the Continental Divide along the world’s longest unpaved trail, the Great Divide Mountain Bike Route.

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Finding My Voice
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Finding My Voice

Perform a Google search on the secret to becoming a successful artist and you’ll get a zillion results on the importance of finding your own voice/vision/niche. Whether it’s finding a topic that’s interesting to an artist or something that will set them apart from the crowd, every artist needs to find what makes them tick and standout amongst the crowd. I’m finally finding my voice as an artist, I still have a ways to go but I’m on the right path.

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Photography With Intention
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Photography With Intention

Photography starts with a vision but how viewers see images vary. A large fine art print hanging on a wall is very different than viewing images on cell phone screens.

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Nature First, Photography Second
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Nature First, Photography Second

I was a lover of nature way before I ever picked up a camera. I will always put the well being of the natural world over any picture.

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Ballad of the Coyote
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Ballad of the Coyote

Spending a week in Jackson Hole, Wyoming changed my view of the world, it is one of the most beautiful places I’ve ever been! I was lucky on one of my days out to come across a coyote and we spent a little time together, I was talking to him and he was talking to… well I don’t know.

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