parker

on the way home from the desert darci and i stopped in palm springs and lived it up by staying at the parker... unfortunately due to the wind storm all the power was out, but after conning them into giving us a room with low power on the back up generator it kind of made it all the cooler. i could explore the grounds there over and over if i could afford it.

determination

i'm determined to catch up on this and i'm also overwhelmed trying to catch up on a years worth of photos ..but i gotta start somewhere, this is the closest thing to a journal i keep. last january darci and i went on a trip to the desert and stayed at a real fun site in joshua tree, where they refurbish old trailers for a  "trailer palace". bascally its luxury camping...which happens to be my favorite kind. despite the massive wind and sand storms we got hit with we headed to the desert for rock and treasure hunting and were not disappointed .. even the weird way maps told us to go led to such beautiful hidden spots. and anywhere there are rocks and bones i'm pretty happy to be also.

thug life

my sister and her daughter... who is the only one of her children who enjoys getting her photo taken...which we take full advantage of

    photo credit to my nephew brandon on this one...and travis for catching me the chickens...i like to hold them but something scares me about actually having to catch one...(i know what they did to the poor turkey)

i get so shutter happy every time i'm there but oregon is just so beautiful...maybe if everything wasn't so lush and covered in moss i could calm down.

Berthrong farm

so saying i'm bad at posting is getting redundant...but for sure this time i'll keep up on this thing...so here comes a years worth of blogging... i went to my sisters up in oregon last winter and as always it was perfect.did i mention they live on a christmas tree farm? it just doesn't get cozier. also i'm pretty sure frederick wore that exact outfit every single day i was there. why mess with a good thing?

ain't no ho like a tahoe

sprouts...there are no words ..mostly cuz my mouth is always full from it

hand holding trains wearing xl alpine metals sweatshirts everywhere for an entire weekend

slaying it at garage sales

pier loving

with your toes in the water

taking the dog pack for a walk

it was a perfect weekend...

ace high

this is real behind but awhile ago beckie was kind enough to take me on a weekend getaway....we went to palm springs and stayed at the ace hotel....i am obsessed with it...and still kicking myself for not bringing a good camera

it's decorated kinda like a guy version of anthro meets swim club/summer camp in the seventies...

and all the food is healthy yummy organic (and for beckie free range) goodness...which is important since my vacations (life) revolve around food pretty much

and they serve all the water in these and for some reason i was obsessed with it and plan on doing it in my own house...i practically overdosed on water just so i could refill my glass

and you get the worlds coziest robes (don't even start me on the bed...we were like stripping it of sheets to find out what kind it was...literally) i wore mine the minute we walked in the door and slept in it...for some reason beckies was a normal robe normal but mine was a hobbit one

and being as i love anything 80 year olds love we had to go to bingo night

where we were serenaded by this gem of a lady

all in all perfect getaway...thanks becks!

just keep on shaking your love

i cant keep my shutter still there...i know i kinda geek out for plants... and im a huge sucker for anything mossy...portland you have my visual heart

campus

when my brother and i were younger we would carve nike swooshes into our ankles with exacto knives to make us run faster and jump higher* ...totally normal **

so it was only fitting that we snuck away for a minute to check out the portland nike town while in the home state of the nike campus

and my very first crush had his very own room

they told me no photos when they saw my camera but ...I HAVE TO SEE MICHAEL I'M IN LOVE WITH HIM (jules and corine i hope you got that girl reference)

*it works best in the summer so you can tan around the scab ...its much more visible when you pick it off that way...you know just if you wanted to try it for some extra speed or something

** also i know it works cuz this handsome brother of mine can dunk with either hand or both taking off from either foot (and he's only 5'11''...so don't think it's a height card...not that 5'11'' is short dave) suck on that doubters

my thai

on the airport floor of taiwan...trying to sleep
layover in between a fourteen hour flight and the next five hour stint...hello time warp

sleeper ferry...before it filled up...u ferry all night

ferry took us here ...then take a taxi to a bus to a ferry to the island

our favorite "bartender" best fruit smoothies ever...and cutest girlcrush...kwang...she even gave us earrings...i miss her

sunset on koh tao...no photoshop...just that pretty

i called these tub boats..just little fiber glass tubs they paddled around everywhere in

a split magicians assistant me...in some market mid jungle after elaphant trekking...dont worry that my elephant 'driver' was sloshed at ten in the morning and practically dragging me off the elephant