But sometimes one of those problems causes a big impact and I have to help contain, eradicate, recover, and learn from the incident. (Shout out to all my PICERL fans out there!) Needless to say, that's what happened right after this fun little adventure. My adventure time was dramatically reduced as my life was split between working and sleeping.

It wasn't for two weeks that I could even get away for a short, early morning walk with the dog. And it would be a month before I was able to take an entire day off and be off-grid. (Or as off-grid as I ever am with multiple satellite communication devices.)

So here's a couple of pictures from that first month's shorties. One of the early lessons learned from this experience is that I can get to some pretty awesome places pretty darn quickly. Also: If you fall in a creek don't keep going when you know the way is going to be an absolute disaster of alder and vine maples.

📍On the lands of the Snoqualmie people.