Wood River Valley

A couple days ago Robyn and I hiked/ran to the summit of Carbonate (6,714 ft) a popular biking and hiking trail that starts right on the edge of town. It was awesome to see so many people out to get a...

Detours

Turning north on highway 93 we drove through a broad sagebrush filled valley before stopping at the Mt. Borah Trailhead. The sign gave us the stats of the climb, over 5,000 vertical feet in 3.5 miles&...

Welp.

Just got a call from the director of the Sawtooth National Forest Avalanche Center informing me they made the new hire. A lot of mixed emotions came from the phone call chiefly disappointment. The onl...

Idaholds

I won’t lie, I was a bit nervous that the Hailey area was going to be lacking in the all important climbing category when it came to our perfect location checklist. Needless to say I was stunned...

4th and Galena.

This last week has zipped on by; incredibly fast with lots of good things happening. We’ve moved all of our special belongings to Hailey, Idaho, and found a sweet little place on 4th and Galena ...

HOLY SH*T WE’RE MOVING TO HAILEY

So that happened. 6 days after completing her job application to the Blaine County School District Robyn landed the job! We decided the position was worth the move regardless of the outcome of my fore...

Tomorrow it begins!

After a bike ride into town for a morning cup of coffee Robyn and I will take our Bus on its first trip. Our first planned destination will be Smith Rocks near Bend, OR. As my parents are undeniably &...

Till the Tide Comes Up

The waves lapped at the base of the bonfire and 1 AM saw high tide take mercy on the warm coals at our feet. A few good friends remained and stared up at the clear night sky and made plans to meet aga...

Ben Arrives

Cheers for beers and a great week ahead. Since this is our last true weekend in Valdez we decided to head to the Fat Mermaid for beer and dinner....