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This is a collection of, what I consider to be, the best photos I've taken. Be sure to view them at Original size!
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Iceland Honeymoon - Laugavegurinn
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In 2015, after getting married, my wife and I went to Iceland for our honeymoon. The centerpiece of the trip was backpacking the 51 mile Laugavegurinn trail. Along the way we stayed at 6 huts and a hotel (it WAS our honeymoon after all!) This album is a highlight reel of that trail. Note that the compression and scaling that happens to make these photos load quickly on the web really doesn't do some of them justice. You can view the original, high res, version of any photo by clicking "Photo sizes" button in the upper right (in desktop view).
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Bowron Lake Canoe Trip
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In 2016, my wife and I visited Bowron Lake, outside of Quesnel, British Columbia, Canada for to complete a 72 mile canoe circuit. That's right, it's 72 miles and you end up where you started! It was a great adventure. Note that the compression and scaling that happens to make these photos load quickly on the web really doesn't do some of them justice. You can view the original, high res, version of any photo by clicking "Photo sizes" button in the upper right (in desktop view).
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Son's First Backpacking Trip - Sheep Lake in the Washington Cascades
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A family vacation to Washington State seemed like the perfect opportunity to take our 1 year old son on his first backpacking trip to beautiful Sheep Lake in the Washington Cascades. The fairly short 2.5mi hike in to Sheep Lake was all dad could handle with a 60 lbs pack. We also should have realized that a 1 year old can't sit in a car all morning and a backpack all afternoon! Once we got to the campsite though the rest of the 3 day, 2 night, trip went great! We slept at Sheep Lake and did a day hike on day 2 to the Upper Crystal Lake. All in all we put in about 14 miles that weekend with the little guy.
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Son's Canoe Paddle Build
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My wife and I love taking our 2 year old son out on short canoe trips around the lake near our house. He loves to be involved and wants to help paddle. I decided it would be fun to try and carve a small canoe paddle just for him. This album follows the creating of this small canoe from an Ash board to a finished paddle. I've never carved a canoe paddle before and got some good information from these sources: https://www.shawandtenney.com/blog/wooden-canoe-paddles-oars-species, https://www.thisiscarpentry.com/2011/04/01/carve-canoe-paddle/, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wy2pCqPCbY, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBxEuzdxHqY, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lZ8kJjeVxg