Guys! I GOT TO GO TO NORTH CAROLINA! As I started the cross-continent journey to North Carolina late last month, I did the math: it had been almost TWO YEARS since my last trip to my hometown. While this may not be abnormal for most immigrants, I have been incredibly grateful to be able to…
Watersprite Lake is a newly blazed trail near Squamish loaded with panoramic views, turquoise water, varied terrain, and a cabin built by the British Columbia Mountaineering Club. The Lower Mainland has so many hikes, every hike is a new hike . . . but this one is so new the trail even looks fresh! The first three kilometers…
Yes, I went camping on Zoa Peak. In order for you to fully appreciate the magnitude of this backpack-hike-tent accomplishment, I need you to understand a few things about me: Three years ago I was not even halfway through a six week hospitalization due to complications from a ruptured apendix. It’s not too much of…
We drove the Forest Service Road until we found the 4×4 trail he’d been scouting. The truck made it up 6km and then we hiked in another 2.5km. Epic sunset, careful deer-watching, speedy star-gazing (brrr!), and a mountaintop sunrise crammed into 17 hours of spontaneous backpacking. Aside from the possessed, abundant, and not-so-little mosquitos, it…
Tucson is my new default vacation destination. With both my siblings, their spouses, and their kids all in the same city, Tucson and I are on our way to becoming great friends. Sun and hikes, family and babies, and wide open spaces. The last time we were all together was for Christmas last year —…
Last summer, I hiked the top of Elk Mountain with Tori and a white dress. We made it to the top and I faced the reality that we had no flowers. I had many flowers in the alpine meadow, but no flower arrangement and definitely no flower arranging skills. I did my try (you can…
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