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These pages are filled with pieces of my work as a hiker, climber, graphic designer, photographer, and writer.

My hope is to inspire exploration, wellness, and conservation through awareness.

- Katie Manz

"to seek the sea with music or migrate to other climes in clouds..."

- Henry David Thoreau, Walden

For my mom — 🌻

I’m the lucky one because I got to see @alisonkrauss & Union Station last night in Bozeman ✨

& it was probably the best show I’ve been to, of all the amazing shows.

— dedicated to my family, for listening to Alison with me & making my life so good 🦋

For my mom — 🌻

I’m the lucky one because I got to see @alisonkrauss & Union Station last night in Bozeman ✨

& it was probably the best show I’ve been to, of all the amazing shows.

— dedicated to my family, for listening to Alison with me & making my life so good 🦋

Memories combine into dreams of each footstep taken, each smile & laugh, every mile & song. For moments of freedom & peace, for getting to see the world, I’m forever grateful.

I’ve felt alone, but everyone relates somehow. Sometimes I’m self-consciously aware the women I’m looking at won’t get to travel like I do. Sometimes people say I’m surprising. I try to remain thankful, & to repay the debt.

Happiness comes from within & it comes from seizing moments. Everyone has aspects of life to cherish. Mine’s opportunity.

I’ll always be that girl boarding planes on a whim, greeting those I meet with curiosity, wandering open-minded.

What a grand adventure — 🌺

Memories combine into dreams of each footstep taken, each smile & laugh, every mile & song. For moments of freedom & peace, for getting to see the world, I’m forever grateful.

I’ve felt alone, but everyone relates somehow. Sometimes I’m self-consciously aware the women I’m looking at won’t get to travel like I do. Sometimes people say I’m surprising. I try to remain thankful, & to repay the debt.

Happiness comes from within & it comes from seizing moments. Everyone has aspects of life to cherish. Mine’s opportunity.

I’ll always be that girl boarding planes on a whim, greeting those I meet with curiosity, wandering open-minded.

What a grand adventure — 🌺

Annual Birthday selfie, happy 35 to me —

🌺🇺🇸🌊🌲🌞

My goals for this new year are to be more disciplined with my health & happiness, more generous with my loved ones, more honest & more grounded in my inherent self-worth.

Highlights of last year include —

✿ I travelled around the world, between six countries & five states

❊ Took two park ranger positions I never expected

❁ Went on my first bike tour

❀ Became a yoga instructor & went to the Beatles ashram in Rishikesh

✿ Made my first piñata & NPS webpage

❊ Saw my first badger

✿ Did a high-angle body recovery & got to work on a national park ambulance

❀ Helped produce a few documentaries & commercials

❁ Got red-carded & hired onto a contract wildland fire ambulance

Thanks to my homies & family for the endless support!

I’m eternally grateful for this good life of mine xoxo

Annual Birthday selfie, happy 35 to me —

🌺🇺🇸🌊🌲🌞

My goals for this new year are to be more disciplined with my health & happiness, more generous with my loved ones, more honest & more grounded in my inherent self-worth.

Highlights of last year include —

✿ I travelled around the world, between six countries & five states

❊ Took two park ranger positions I never expected

❁ Went on my first bike tour

❀ Became a yoga instructor & went to the Beatles ashram in Rishikesh

✿ Made my first piñata & NPS webpage

❊ Saw my first badger

✿ Did a high-angle body recovery & got to work on a national park ambulance

❀ Helped produce a few documentaries & commercials

❁ Got red-carded & hired onto a contract wildland fire ambulance

Thanks to my homies & family for the endless support!

I’m eternally grateful for this good life of mine xoxo

Montana girl official, last week I moved to Butte for a seasonal park ranger position with @mypubliclands

It’s a different life. I’m renting a studio in a century-old building, learning the history of one of 🇺🇸 earliest & rowdiest cities. It’s central in the state & close to Yellowstone & the Tetons & Craters of the Moon. I get to drive all around for work.

BLM life is different than NPS life. I’m learning about mining claims, constructing boundary fences so cows can graze here & there, how to pull a trailer. I’ve dug a couple good holes.

My lead & I pulled a fence out with our truck. We clean bathrooms & weed whack, push buoys in & out of boats, check permits & collect camping fees.

Mostly we get to hangout in beautiful places. Wish me luck out here on my journey to becoming a cowgirl — 💫

Montana girl official, last week I moved to Butte for a seasonal park ranger position with @mypubliclands

It’s a different life. I’m renting a studio in a century-old building, learning the history of one of 🇺🇸 earliest & rowdiest cities. It’s central in the state & close to Yellowstone & the Tetons & Craters of the Moon. I get to drive all around for work.

BLM life is different than NPS life. I’m learning about mining claims, constructing boundary fences so cows can graze here & there, how to pull a trailer. I’ve dug a couple good holes.

My lead & I pulled a fence out with our truck. We clean bathrooms & weed whack, push buoys in & out of boats, check permits & collect camping fees.

Mostly we get to hangout in beautiful places. Wish me luck out here on my journey to becoming a cowgirl — 💫

I feel you in the warm, long days 🌞

Summer started with love & change. I’m ready to embrace it. Already, I’ve ran miles & swam, visiting a few landmark beaches & mountains.

Welcome summer 2025 🌻 Thankful for another season of abundance.

I wish everyone a happy northern hemisphere summer, may the fruits & flowers & high country bless us 🌲

I feel you in the warm, long days 🌞

Summer started with love & change. I’m ready to embrace it. Already, I’ve ran miles & swam, visiting a few landmark beaches & mountains.

Welcome summer 2025 🌻 Thankful for another season of abundance.

I wish everyone a happy northern hemisphere summer, may the fruits & flowers & high country bless us 🌲

Your spiritual journey begins in darkness, with a realization calm always exists — 💫

Your spiritual journey begins in darkness, with a realization calm always exists — 💫

The camera roll of my springtime roaming around the west coast of the USA — 🌻

Been visiting friends & enjoying the good life in the sunshine.

Watched cottonwood pollen soar above the Methow, a river of its own.

Hiked around Idaho a bit, along the many tributaries of the Snake.

Ferried to the San Jan Islands to bike tour & whale watch.

Currently: Redwoods 🌊

The camera roll of my springtime roaming around the west coast of the USA — 🌻

Been visiting friends & enjoying the good life in the sunshine.

Watched cottonwood pollen soar above the Methow, a river of its own.

Hiked around Idaho a bit, along the many tributaries of the Snake.

Ferried to the San Jan Islands to bike tour & whale watch.

Currently: Redwoods 🌊

Spent most of the last month & a half outside, getting a full redose of sun, sweat, pollen & dirt in preparation for summer 🌞

& in so doing, celebrated WA desert festival season in the flowers (though the rhodies & daisies & forget-me-nots are taking off on the west side also)

because if we’re not enjoying the changing seasons, what are we doing? 💫

I’m getting tan by some hidden lake, hiking overgrown trails, determining @sspu is best live, collecting bouquets & birdwatching, visiting loved ones

& witnessing the beginnings, change, growth, willpower, intention, beauty 🌻

The wildflowers remind us we’re connected, not separate. We’re resilient, part of a complex network, beautiful.

Life may be too short to enjoy every bud, every dancing leaf, every fleeting bloom, to hike every ridge, catch every good tide, every powder day, to travel the world, soak up the sun, follow gold seasonally

— but I’ll try 💫

Spent most of the last month & a half outside, getting a full redose of sun, sweat, pollen & dirt in preparation for summer 🌞

& in so doing, celebrated WA desert festival season in the flowers (though the rhodies & daisies & forget-me-nots are taking off on the west side also)

because if we’re not enjoying the changing seasons, what are we doing? 💫

I’m getting tan by some hidden lake, hiking overgrown trails, determining @sspu is best live, collecting bouquets & birdwatching, visiting loved ones

& witnessing the beginnings, change, growth, willpower, intention, beauty 🌻

The wildflowers remind us we’re connected, not separate. We’re resilient, part of a complex network, beautiful.

Life may be too short to enjoy every bud, every dancing leaf, every fleeting bloom, to hike every ridge, catch every good tide, every powder day, to travel the world, soak up the sun, follow gold seasonally

— but I’ll try 💫

Island hopping paradise last week with @backcountryninjas

Thanks for taking me on my first bike tour, hotshot! Thanks for ensuring I wear my helmet, making a campfire always, & laying on the beach more than riding.

What a great way to welcome a new season, whale watching with campgrounds to ourselves & all the flowers in bloom —

🌺🌊🌲🌞

Island hopping paradise last week with @backcountryninjas

Thanks for taking me on my first bike tour, hotshot! Thanks for ensuring I wear my helmet, making a campfire always, & laying on the beach more than riding.

What a great way to welcome a new season, whale watching with campgrounds to ourselves & all the flowers in bloom —

🌺🌊🌲🌞

I’m in the process of (hopefully) getting contract hired as an EMT on a wildland fire-specific ambulance, so I can get hazard OT sitting around waiting for other people to get injured working.

Lucky me, one of the opportunities took me to a training just outside Missoula & I’ve spent the week enjoying the Bitterroot & Salmon Rivers, watching sand hill cranes & elk herds, waking to red-winged blackbirds 💫

I’ve stayed in some beautiful places, hotels & camping, watched the full moon, hiked every day, & learned more about myself than I’ll ever know about being a medic or a firefighter —

I’m on the way everywhere, always 🌻

I’m in the process of (hopefully) getting contract hired as an EMT on a wildland fire-specific ambulance, so I can get hazard OT sitting around waiting for other people to get injured working.

Lucky me, one of the opportunities took me to a training just outside Missoula & I’ve spent the week enjoying the Bitterroot & Salmon Rivers, watching sand hill cranes & elk herds, waking to red-winged blackbirds 💫

I’ve stayed in some beautiful places, hotels & camping, watched the full moon, hiked every day, & learned more about myself than I’ll ever know about being a medic or a firefighter —

I’m on the way everywhere, always 🌻

Ganga Mata, part of my spirit joined with so many rivers & mountains of the world 💫

Ganga Mata, part of my spirit joined with so many rivers & mountains of the world 💫

Tienes mi corazón, Lago de Atitlán 🌞

Tienes mi corazón, Lago de Atitlán 🌞

A rare 70 degree spring coastline, with all the blooming camellia, skunk cabbage, tulips, daffodil, cherry & red currents 🌷

A rare 70 degree spring coastline, with all the blooming camellia, skunk cabbage, tulips, daffodil, cherry & red currents 🌷

NOLS intensive in Lander seems like it was only yesterday! Now I’m tripping out completing the WFR-R in Leavenworth, crushing scenarios & fake saving lives. Leavenworth is the first place I ever responded to a real accident & it’s rad being back here, so many years advanced & always reminded how much I love it ➕

NOLS intensive in Lander seems like it was only yesterday! Now I’m tripping out completing the WFR-R in Leavenworth, crushing scenarios & fake saving lives. Leavenworth is the first place I ever responded to a real accident & it’s rad being back here, so many years advanced & always reminded how much I love it ➕

Never Take Friendship Personal @anberlin — one of those bands I’ve listened to since high school, that changed my life live, that mark my memories 💘

Ended an amazing winter dancing along with them, reunited in their home city, loud over the amps, center stage.

Only other fans will appreciate this post, you’re welcome xoxo

Give me time to prove I want the rest of your prelude. I’ll call this a prelude, in a lifetime of you.

Hands, like secrets, are the hardest thing to keep from you.

Take everything, honey. It means nothing now.

She’s no saint, but she’ll take you to your knees.

Addicted to those glances, taking chances tonight. I need a fix in those heroin eyes.

I thought you said forever over & over.

It’s not that I keep hanging on. I’m never letting go.

Never Take Friendship Personal @anberlin — one of those bands I’ve listened to since high school, that changed my life live, that mark my memories 💘

Ended an amazing winter dancing along with them, reunited in their home city, loud over the amps, center stage.

Only other fans will appreciate this post, you’re welcome xoxo

Give me time to prove I want the rest of your prelude. I’ll call this a prelude, in a lifetime of you.

Hands, like secrets, are the hardest thing to keep from you.

Take everything, honey. It means nothing now.

She’s no saint, but she’ll take you to your knees.

Addicted to those glances, taking chances tonight. I need a fix in those heroin eyes.

I thought you said forever over & over.

It’s not that I keep hanging on. I’m never letting go.

🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸

& the springtime sun invigorates the soil
breathes new life into the seeds & stems
awakens the sleeping spirits of the mountains

the winter surf subsides, but the skies open

it’s springtime, we made it! make a wish, set intentions 💫

happy equinox team 🌷

🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸

& the springtime sun invigorates the soil
breathes new life into the seeds & stems
awakens the sleeping spirits of the mountains

the winter surf subsides, but the skies open

it’s springtime, we made it! make a wish, set intentions 💫

happy equinox team 🌷

I’m the luckiest kid! Con mi padre, I’ve spent the last two weeks touring a few highlights of Guatemala 🌺

Made some friends in Antigua. Otherwise spent my days drinking coffee, buying all variety of cacao, shopping for jewels & jade & textiles, pastries & lotions. We caught one of their biggest annual religious celebrations, along with an eruption we didn’t notice, preoccupied watching Jesus heaving his cross through the streets.

A series of packed chicken busses brought us north to the biggest market in Guatemala, in Chichicastenanga. The people watching was better than the market itself, with women balancing baskets on their heads and men hauling loads on their backs, attached by a strap across their forehead.

Spent most of a week on a real tropical vacation, at an all-inclusive resort on the shore of Lago de Atitlan. The rugged, jungle coated cliffs prevent building roads, so we familiarized ourselves with the ferry system, taking small boats to visit villages around the lake, or tanning on a paddle board, drinking smoothies.

Finally, we headed north again, to the high mountain village of Todo Santos, where men essentially wear a uniform and women wear a variety of traditionally embroidered dresses. On a bus at 12,000’, I hit the highest point I’ve ever been in my life — still 80 degrees.

It’s another world here, of songbirds & turkey vulture, giant agave, big produce & flowers. Among the beautiful hillsides are terraces of GMO crops, unofficial garbage dumps, cruelty to animals I’ve hardly witnessed outside the factory farm system, cement cities, poverty & poor healthcare.

Here are some photos of me on the journey, from beautiful hotels, markets, from long bus rides, from floating around the lake. I’ve learned a bit more about the world 🌞

I’m the luckiest kid! Con mi padre, I’ve spent the last two weeks touring a few highlights of Guatemala 🌺

Made some friends in Antigua. Otherwise spent my days drinking coffee, buying all variety of cacao, shopping for jewels & jade & textiles, pastries & lotions. We caught one of their biggest annual religious celebrations, along with an eruption we didn’t notice, preoccupied watching Jesus heaving his cross through the streets.

A series of packed chicken busses brought us north to the biggest market in Guatemala, in Chichicastenanga. The people watching was better than the market itself, with women balancing baskets on their heads and men hauling loads on their backs, attached by a strap across their forehead.

Spent most of a week on a real tropical vacation, at an all-inclusive resort on the shore of Lago de Atitlan. The rugged, jungle coated cliffs prevent building roads, so we familiarized ourselves with the ferry system, taking small boats to visit villages around the lake, or tanning on a paddle board, drinking smoothies.

Finally, we headed north again, to the high mountain village of Todo Santos, where men essentially wear a uniform and women wear a variety of traditionally embroidered dresses. On a bus at 12,000’, I hit the highest point I’ve ever been in my life — still 80 degrees.

It’s another world here, of songbirds & turkey vulture, giant agave, big produce & flowers. Among the beautiful hillsides are terraces of GMO crops, unofficial garbage dumps, cruelty to animals I’ve hardly witnessed outside the factory farm system, cement cities, poverty & poor healthcare.

Here are some photos of me on the journey, from beautiful hotels, markets, from long bus rides, from floating around the lake. I’ve learned a bit more about the world 🌞

Craziest, full 3-hour chicken bus ride, where the guy next to me was sleeping & crushed me on the turns & would hit his head on the bar whenever the bus stopped 🇬🇹

Craziest, full 3-hour chicken bus ride, where the guy next to me was sleeping & crushed me on the turns & would hit his head on the bar whenever the bus stopped 🇬🇹

Antigua, Guatemala — a beautiful mix of color & sun, in a 5000’ basin surrounded by volcanos twice as high, and inhabited by folks half as tall as me.

The buildings all look similar, made of stone, differentiated by bright colors. Flowers are abundant as mosses at home, with the longest ferns, huge in the sunlight. The bougainvillea is better adapted to this climate than me. Already I overestimated how adjusted my skin was from Greece.

The streets here are busy with traffic, cars constant, multiple people per motorcycle or piled into the back of trucks. Chicken busses painted psychedelic transport all variety of people, parcels, and animals between towns. We’re taking one today.

Many women dress in traditional clothing, embroidered in patterns of every hue, going about business or selling trinkets and foods on the street. Makers markets manifest every afternoon in the parks.

There are 600 year old churches around, some crumbling, others ornate & pristinely kept, with thick jungle surrounding it all. The volcanos roll in & out of clouds. Sometimes it’s like they don’t exist at all, even though they dominate the horizon. Sometimes they smoke & grumble.

This place is fancy, as fancy as I want a town, and full of tourists. People look at me skeptically sometimes, probably weary of outsiders. But I always receive a smile & greeting, reminding me we’re all more similar than we realize 🌺

Antigua, Guatemala — a beautiful mix of color & sun, in a 5000’ basin surrounded by volcanos twice as high, and inhabited by folks half as tall as me.

The buildings all look similar, made of stone, differentiated by bright colors. Flowers are abundant as mosses at home, with the longest ferns, huge in the sunlight. The bougainvillea is better adapted to this climate than me. Already I overestimated how adjusted my skin was from Greece.

The streets here are busy with traffic, cars constant, multiple people per motorcycle or piled into the back of trucks. Chicken busses painted psychedelic transport all variety of people, parcels, and animals between towns. We’re taking one today.

Many women dress in traditional clothing, embroidered in patterns of every hue, going about business or selling trinkets and foods on the street. Makers markets manifest every afternoon in the parks.

There are 600 year old churches around, some crumbling, others ornate & pristinely kept, with thick jungle surrounding it all. The volcanos roll in & out of clouds. Sometimes it’s like they don’t exist at all, even though they dominate the horizon. Sometimes they smoke & grumble.

This place is fancy, as fancy as I want a town, and full of tourists. People look at me skeptically sometimes, probably weary of outsiders. But I always receive a smile & greeting, reminding me we’re all more similar than we realize 🌺

I’m determined to see the goodness in people at the end of the day, & it always comes back to me 💫

I’m determined to see the goodness in people at the end of the day, & it always comes back to me 💫

Happy Valentine’s Day, team! Sending love to my homies, wherever you are, so you have all the love for yourself 💘

Here’s an offload of my Greece selfies. From beaches to temples, churches & castles, what a European dream it has truly been ✨

I see the world with new eyes —

Taking Indian Philosophy & Intro to Philosophy a decade ago changed my life. Now my little college philosophy heart’s full after visiting both India & Greece. The ancient texts of India teach that living a good/moderate life is key for happiness, & the ancient philosophers of Greece teach the same.

In the past month & a half of traveling, flying solo around the world, I rediscovered myself & priorities. I wanted to test my ability to confront challenges & connect with people from different backgrounds, despite lingual or cultural barriers.

I knew yoga school was happening at a serendipitous time. Hiking miles & then sitting for days, in a car or behind a desk, I was inflexible. Focused so intensely on work, I was becoming rigid in body & mind.

More than ever, India taught me I’m enough & to not care what others think. We don’t need much to be happy, just care for our physical, mental & spiritual health. With their large population, there’s a large focus on community.

Same on the small islands of Greece. Life’s simple & sweet, focused on friends & good food. My free time here, without distraction, helped me reconnect with my passions. I’d forgotten what I enjoy. I felt like I couldn’t enjoy because I always needed to be productive.

I’m home looking forward to focusing on myself & my happiness, & excited to contribute within my own amazing community. I’ve faced my fears again & always come to find friends among the corners of the world, because people generally want the same things all around ॐ

I got a new year’s fortune in India that said “prosperity multiples when given with an open heart” & that’s my mantra for the year 🕊️

Welcoming home K-2.0 & namaste all 💫

Happy Valentine’s Day, team! Sending love to my homies, wherever you are, so you have all the love for yourself 💘

Here’s an offload of my Greece selfies. From beaches to temples, churches & castles, what a European dream it has truly been ✨

I see the world with new eyes —

Taking Indian Philosophy & Intro to Philosophy a decade ago changed my life. Now my little college philosophy heart’s full after visiting both India & Greece. The ancient texts of India teach that living a good/moderate life is key for happiness, & the ancient philosophers of Greece teach the same.

In the past month & a half of traveling, flying solo around the world, I rediscovered myself & priorities. I wanted to test my ability to confront challenges & connect with people from different backgrounds, despite lingual or cultural barriers.

I knew yoga school was happening at a serendipitous time. Hiking miles & then sitting for days, in a car or behind a desk, I was inflexible. Focused so intensely on work, I was becoming rigid in body & mind.

More than ever, India taught me I’m enough & to not care what others think. We don’t need much to be happy, just care for our physical, mental & spiritual health. With their large population, there’s a large focus on community.

Same on the small islands of Greece. Life’s simple & sweet, focused on friends & good food. My free time here, without distraction, helped me reconnect with my passions. I’d forgotten what I enjoy. I felt like I couldn’t enjoy because I always needed to be productive.

I’m home looking forward to focusing on myself & my happiness, & excited to contribute within my own amazing community. I’ve faced my fears again & always come to find friends among the corners of the world, because people generally want the same things all around ॐ

I got a new year’s fortune in India that said “prosperity multiples when given with an open heart” & that’s my mantra for the year 🕊️

Welcoming home K-2.0 & namaste all 💫

Completing this journey reunited with the yucca, under a full moon, after literally a month & a half trip around the world 💫🌵

When I was in Red Rock Canyon last, I’d just been dumped. Remember that? I was waiting around Vegas for a car part, depressed, looking for a new job & housing.

Five years since & here I am after a dream solo trip to India, Greece, Georgia & London — a yoga instructing EMT park ranger ski patroller.

I’m at peace with the past & with myself. I’ve done so much I never imagined possible. I’ve gone after what I want, lived a life fuller than some people ever get & I’m a better version of myself all around.

Don’t know what the future holds now, but I’m wishing on this full moon for the best 🌞

Completing this journey reunited with the yucca, under a full moon, after literally a month & a half trip around the world 💫🌵

When I was in Red Rock Canyon last, I’d just been dumped. Remember that? I was waiting around Vegas for a car part, depressed, looking for a new job & housing.

Five years since & here I am after a dream solo trip to India, Greece, Georgia & London — a yoga instructing EMT park ranger ski patroller.

I’m at peace with the past & with myself. I’ve done so much I never imagined possible. I’ve gone after what I want, lived a life fuller than some people ever get & I’m a better version of myself all around.

Don’t know what the future holds now, but I’m wishing on this full moon for the best 🌞

I’ll dream forever of this European beach apartment, stone steps dropping from my patio into the Mediterranean 🦋

I’ll dream of stone walls with wood trim, wrought iron fences and French doors — how warm morning light floods my bedroom, and Orion, the moon and a lighthouse on an adjacent island — how entertained I am by the water and ships changing harbors.

I only hear the hourly church bells, seagulls & waves, occasionally the socializing of distant cats.

Ideally I’ll own this home somewhere rural with an overflowing garden, laundry hung to air dry, endless coffee, tea, cheese, greens, sourdough & fresh olive oil, and funny family/neighbors dropping in. Maybe the rooms will be filled with my own family.

Anyway, I’ll spend my days writing, doing yoga & cooking, & leisurely swimming off the deck.

Maybe someday 💫

I’ll dream forever of this European beach apartment, stone steps dropping from my patio into the Mediterranean 🦋

I’ll dream of stone walls with wood trim, wrought iron fences and French doors — how warm morning light floods my bedroom, and Orion, the moon and a lighthouse on an adjacent island — how entertained I am by the water and ships changing harbors.

I only hear the hourly church bells, seagulls & waves, occasionally the socializing of distant cats.

Ideally I’ll own this home somewhere rural with an overflowing garden, laundry hung to air dry, endless coffee, tea, cheese, greens, sourdough & fresh olive oil, and funny family/neighbors dropping in. Maybe the rooms will be filled with my own family.

Anyway, I’ll spend my days writing, doing yoga & cooking, & leisurely swimming off the deck.

Maybe someday 💫

Life around Syros, the administrative capital of the Cyclades, featuring:

❈ two-toned pastel buildings

❂ sunshine that warms my soul when I step outside each morning

❈ the 1800s Church of Saint Nicholas, patron saint of seafarers

❁ Panagia Gorgona, the mermaid patroness of fishermen

❈ narrow, one-way streets stress inducing to drive down (& sometimes to walk!)

✾ wrought iron railings & window coverings

❈ water literally warmer than the air outside

✥ a variety of beaches

❈ Turkish delights (loukoumi) + dried fruits & halva

✿ colossal Bougainvillea & cacti

❈ so many cats!

Inspires me every time I walk out the door 🕊️

Life around Syros, the administrative capital of the Cyclades, featuring:

❈ two-toned pastel buildings

❂ sunshine that warms my soul when I step outside each morning

❈ the 1800s Church of Saint Nicholas, patron saint of seafarers

❁ Panagia Gorgona, the mermaid patroness of fishermen

❈ narrow, one-way streets stress inducing to drive down (& sometimes to walk!)

✾ wrought iron railings & window coverings

❈ water literally warmer than the air outside

✥ a variety of beaches

❈ Turkish delights (loukoumi) + dried fruits & halva

✿ colossal Bougainvillea & cacti

❈ so many cats!

Inspires me every time I walk out the door 🕊️

Rishikesh is so far away already; all the craziness, all the peace, all the colors, textures, smells, spices & sound.

I’m sure my cohort agrees, we miss it. We each became better. Despite long days of asana, philosophy & meditation, despite stress from having to teach classes & pass tests, despite food poisoning & congestion, language & cultural barriers, no caffeine & so many lentils & rice, I miss it. India was more than I ever imagined.

Here we are at Kunjapuri Temple, a sacred place blessed by the wife of Shiva, & now we’re extra blessed too. We made wishes & gave thanks & gazed in awe at a view of the snowy Himalayas.

I miss my yoga family, scattered around the world, & I miss our little home along the Ganges, with the community & the cows.

I wouldn’t trade any of it & can’t wait until we all meet again ॐ

Namaste & shanti shanti shanti

Rishikesh is so far away already; all the craziness, all the peace, all the colors, textures, smells, spices & sound.

I’m sure my cohort agrees, we miss it. We each became better. Despite long days of asana, philosophy & meditation, despite stress from having to teach classes & pass tests, despite food poisoning & congestion, language & cultural barriers, no caffeine & so many lentils & rice, I miss it. India was more than I ever imagined.

Here we are at Kunjapuri Temple, a sacred place blessed by the wife of Shiva, & now we’re extra blessed too. We made wishes & gave thanks & gazed in awe at a view of the snowy Himalayas.

I miss my yoga family, scattered around the world, & I miss our little home along the Ganges, with the community & the cows.

I wouldn’t trade any of it & can’t wait until we all meet again ॐ

Namaste & shanti shanti shanti

Summited the tallest mountain in the Cyclades today, where Zeus grew up in hiding & where he received the gift of lightning — 3,000’ Mt. Zas ⚡️

Summited the tallest mountain in the Cyclades today, where Zeus grew up in hiding & where he received the gift of lightning — 3,000’ Mt. Zas ⚡️

The weather here’s perfect, like a spring day at home, with a breeze carrying smells of the sea. After so long in the mountains, I’ve missed it. There are big succulents & cacti flowering like in California. The beaches are empty, but I’ll still swim.

The buildings are painted annually for the tourists, to maintain the aesthetic. Bougainvillea & cyclamen stand out against the white walls. I was told it hasn’t rained in 3 years & now they use converted sea water for all their bathing. It poured today.

I’m eating baklava & macarons & drinking coffee on a rock, overlooking the clearest, turquoise Mediterranean water. Someone said I’d be bored here, but really I’m in paradise.

The food for the islands is produced here on Naxos, fresh cheese & meat & honey. I can wander the maze of alleys all day, sculpted from clay & stone, with stores and restaurants and cafes around every turn. I may be the only tourist on the island.

I think I’ll just write — listen to the doves & church bells & all the cats I wish I could adopt. A black cat followed me the last two days for blocks, hoping for some scraps of my gyro. I hope I see a hedgehog.

When I get home, I want to work on an ambulance, do ski patrol, teach some yoga classes, & write. I’ll remember this eroding fortress I’m sitting on, on a rock overlooking a sandy beach, & I’ll write.

I’ll remember the cigarette smoke on the five hour ferry bringing me here. The stone walkway to the doorway of the Temple of Apollo, with a view back, overlooking town. I’ll remember the bakery where I ordered my latte & every other customer bought loaves of bread, speaking Greek.

I can’t help but think of when that cruise ship sank on the school trip in high school, & how maybe a piece of it has floated by.

My mom told me to write down anything & everything, so here I am 🕊️

The weather here’s perfect, like a spring day at home, with a breeze carrying smells of the sea. After so long in the mountains, I’ve missed it. There are big succulents & cacti flowering like in California. The beaches are empty, but I’ll still swim.

The buildings are painted annually for the tourists, to maintain the aesthetic. Bougainvillea & cyclamen stand out against the white walls. I was told it hasn’t rained in 3 years & now they use converted sea water for all their bathing. It poured today.

I’m eating baklava & macarons & drinking coffee on a rock, overlooking the clearest, turquoise Mediterranean water. Someone said I’d be bored here, but really I’m in paradise.

The food for the islands is produced here on Naxos, fresh cheese & meat & honey. I can wander the maze of alleys all day, sculpted from clay & stone, with stores and restaurants and cafes around every turn. I may be the only tourist on the island.

I think I’ll just write — listen to the doves & church bells & all the cats I wish I could adopt. A black cat followed me the last two days for blocks, hoping for some scraps of my gyro. I hope I see a hedgehog.

When I get home, I want to work on an ambulance, do ski patrol, teach some yoga classes, & write. I’ll remember this eroding fortress I’m sitting on, on a rock overlooking a sandy beach, & I’ll write.

I’ll remember the cigarette smoke on the five hour ferry bringing me here. The stone walkway to the doorway of the Temple of Apollo, with a view back, overlooking town. I’ll remember the bakery where I ordered my latte & every other customer bought loaves of bread, speaking Greek.

I can’t help but think of when that cruise ship sank on the school trip in high school, & how maybe a piece of it has floated by.

My mom told me to write down anything & everything, so here I am 🕊️

You know you’ve won in life when you’re on an island in Greece, wearing a scarf bought in India as a shirt 🕊️

You know you’ve won in life when you’re on an island in Greece, wearing a scarf bought in India as a shirt 🕊️

Know thyself — I’m a goddess whose little philosophy heart bursts in Greece 🕊️

Know thyself — I’m a goddess whose little philosophy heart bursts in Greece 🕊️

Always in the process 🌺

Always in the process 🌺

My yoga school ashram photo from our first day @gyan_yog_breath 💫

One week down & I’ve learned so much already! I didn’t know I didn’t know. The term yoga means unity — of the mind, body, spirit, & with the universal energy. It’s comprised of breathing, movement, nutrition, & control of the mind & body.

Our ashram here in Rishikesh is simple & nice! It becomes more of a home daily. We were welcomed with a care package, books, marigold necklaces, meditation beads & flowers on our beds. There’s a garden of medicinal plants.

Six days a week, we have classes on balancing the chakras, different types of breathing & meditation, nutrition, anatomy, Indian philosophy, & three hours of asana. We do om ॐ circles & did 18 hours of asana this week.

The studio where we practice sits alongside Mother Ganges, with an adjacent view of a Rishikesh skyline. We can’t show our knees or shoulders because when they get cold, they’re more prone to injury.

Our food’s vegetarian, healthy & delicious, filled with probiotics & Indian spices. Herbal tea only (although there’s a coffee shop around the corner!) We serve each other meals in the spirit of giving & no one eats until we’re all ready (or until our guru gets impatient waiting for us.) We chant before our meals to give thanks.

My class’s 80% Germans, two of us from the USA, one Indian babe, two from the Netherlands, & women from Argentina, Switzerland & Bulgaria. There are two dudes & three women in their 50s, a doctor, nurse & EMT (me) & an architect, professional violinist, & a music promoter from an independent label, among others.

Everyone seems to be on a soul searching journey & every day we learn more that happiness is a choice ✌️

My yoga school ashram photo from our first day @gyan_yog_breath 💫

One week down & I’ve learned so much already! I didn’t know I didn’t know. The term yoga means unity — of the mind, body, spirit, & with the universal energy. It’s comprised of breathing, movement, nutrition, & control of the mind & body.

Our ashram here in Rishikesh is simple & nice! It becomes more of a home daily. We were welcomed with a care package, books, marigold necklaces, meditation beads & flowers on our beds. There’s a garden of medicinal plants.

Six days a week, we have classes on balancing the chakras, different types of breathing & meditation, nutrition, anatomy, Indian philosophy, & three hours of asana. We do om ॐ circles & did 18 hours of asana this week.

The studio where we practice sits alongside Mother Ganges, with an adjacent view of a Rishikesh skyline. We can’t show our knees or shoulders because when they get cold, they’re more prone to injury.

Our food’s vegetarian, healthy & delicious, filled with probiotics & Indian spices. Herbal tea only (although there’s a coffee shop around the corner!) We serve each other meals in the spirit of giving & no one eats until we’re all ready (or until our guru gets impatient waiting for us.) We chant before our meals to give thanks.

My class’s 80% Germans, two of us from the USA, one Indian babe, two from the Netherlands, & women from Argentina, Switzerland & Bulgaria. There are two dudes & three women in their 50s, a doctor, nurse & EMT (me) & an architect, professional violinist, & a music promoter from an independent label, among others.

Everyone seems to be on a soul searching journey & every day we learn more that happiness is a choice ✌️

I’m in Rishikesh for a 3 week yoga teacher training at the @gyan_yog_breath ashram, learning along the sacred Ganges River, in the Himalayas where yoga was born.

India’s already more than I ever imagined, truly another world. It has the highest population of any country. The population of Rishikesh, a condensed mountain town & maze of alleys, is approx. the population of Iceland.

There are cows everywhere, which are also considered sacred here. I had one push me out of its way in the street, & I watch them constantly chased from restaurants. Monkeys prevail & I watched a little creep run up a lady’s back & steal her ice cream cone.

I’ve spent the last three days grounding (literally) to try to adjust my jet lag, since I’m 14 hours ahead of home. It’s sometimes overwhelming trying to figure out where to go & who to trust, but I’m finally finding my way & a lot of appreciation for this place.

I’m getting used to sticking out & being constantly asked for money, photos, & my phone number. I’m getting used to people crowding in front of me in lines, as I timidly wait my turn. But the residents here have also been beyond welcoming & have shown me their wisdom. Someone told me yesterday we’re all God (dharma), & people will be kind to me because of karma.

I came here because I feel capable & kind, & because I believe in the kindness of others. Already my bravery & trust & positivity have been tested, but I generally maintain my positivity. I’ve haggled for prices, asked for what I want/need, & learned very quickly to say no. People respond to the energy you give.

I’ve taken planes, taxis, tuk tuk, motorcycle & ferry rides trying to get places. Everyone honks to let people know they’re in a blind spot on the road. It’s endless, as is the art, temples, & amazing food. I’ve been sitting in a riverside cafe drinking chai & reading the Bhagavad Gita. The weather’s perfect, except I’m not allowed to show any skin, which you know I hate!

My yoga school starts today. Please send all the good vibes for the remainder of my trip & rest assured I’m being as careful as possible over here across the universe —

Namaste 🙏

I’m in Rishikesh for a 3 week yoga teacher training at the @gyan_yog_breath ashram, learning along the sacred Ganges River, in the Himalayas where yoga was born.

India’s already more than I ever imagined, truly another world. It has the highest population of any country. The population of Rishikesh, a condensed mountain town & maze of alleys, is approx. the population of Iceland.

There are cows everywhere, which are also considered sacred here. I had one push me out of its way in the street, & I watch them constantly chased from restaurants. Monkeys prevail & I watched a little creep run up a lady’s back & steal her ice cream cone.

I’ve spent the last three days grounding (literally) to try to adjust my jet lag, since I’m 14 hours ahead of home. It’s sometimes overwhelming trying to figure out where to go & who to trust, but I’m finally finding my way & a lot of appreciation for this place.

I’m getting used to sticking out & being constantly asked for money, photos, & my phone number. I’m getting used to people crowding in front of me in lines, as I timidly wait my turn. But the residents here have also been beyond welcoming & have shown me their wisdom. Someone told me yesterday we’re all God (dharma), & people will be kind to me because of karma.

I came here because I feel capable & kind, & because I believe in the kindness of others. Already my bravery & trust & positivity have been tested, but I generally maintain my positivity. I’ve haggled for prices, asked for what I want/need, & learned very quickly to say no. People respond to the energy you give.

I’ve taken planes, taxis, tuk tuk, motorcycle & ferry rides trying to get places. Everyone honks to let people know they’re in a blind spot on the road. It’s endless, as is the art, temples, & amazing food. I’ve been sitting in a riverside cafe drinking chai & reading the Bhagavad Gita. The weather’s perfect, except I’m not allowed to show any skin, which you know I hate!

My yoga school starts today. Please send all the good vibes for the remainder of my trip & rest assured I’m being as careful as possible over here across the universe —

Namaste 🙏

At the Beatles ashram in Rishikesh, walking among the greats ॐ

At the Beatles ashram in Rishikesh, walking among the greats ॐ

Jan. 1 2025 at 5:30 am, doing a patient assessment on a plane to India

& now I’m in Rishikesh getting blessed by Mother Ganga 💫

Jan. 1 2025 at 5:30 am, doing a patient assessment on a plane to India

& now I’m in Rishikesh getting blessed by Mother Ganga 💫

For me, 2024 was a year of profound change. I moved twice to two places I’ve never lived, doing two jobs outside of my comfort zone.

Working @mthoodmeadows as a ski patroller taught me the value of patience & having a good attitude, because when you’re trying to tie knots in a blizzard, that’s all you can do. I found my determination this winter.

My first month at Mt. Rainier, I took a training with a psychologist who taught me why I do things the way I do. He had us all confront our own trauma so we can help others, & I never realized the negative belief systems I’ve carried around in this life of mine.

So for 2025, I’m focused on remembering my self-worth & shedding my outdated ways of thinking.

The value of community was also reinforced, because the people around you make your life.

Happy 2025 💫

For me, 2024 was a year of profound change. I moved twice to two places I’ve never lived, doing two jobs outside of my comfort zone.

Working @mthoodmeadows as a ski patroller taught me the value of patience & having a good attitude, because when you’re trying to tie knots in a blizzard, that’s all you can do. I found my determination this winter.

My first month at Mt. Rainier, I took a training with a psychologist who taught me why I do things the way I do. He had us all confront our own trauma so we can help others, & I never realized the negative belief systems I’ve carried around in this life of mine.

So for 2025, I’m focused on remembering my self-worth & shedding my outdated ways of thinking.

The value of community was also reinforced, because the people around you make your life.

Happy 2025 💫

There’s a group of people out there who really believe in love, in the sacred connection between all living beings, in endless possibilities, in collaboration, gratitude, peace & the ability for love to overcome fear — 🕊️

& we celebrate that every day 🌙

There’s a group of people out there who really believe in love, in the sacred connection between all living beings, in endless possibilities, in collaboration, gratitude, peace & the ability for love to overcome fear — 🕊️

& we celebrate that every day 🌙

Simply having a wonderful Christmas ☃️

Full of gratitude! Been really lucky to spend a holiday season at home with my family. At this point, I’m used to being away/working on the holidays.

But this year I’ve gotten to participate in all festivities; attend all kinds of parties, view all kinds of light displays, visit with friends & family, decorate our tree & wrap gifts, shop & consume holiday desserts.

I’ve already gotten my gifts; a new radio for my car, a camcorder & GoPro, guitar & music books, organic lotions & local, handmade jewelry.

Beyond that, I’ve realized my family is truly wealthy. We value & support each other, we’re all healthy, thoughtful, loved, free.

What a lucky kid I am! 🎄

Sending love to my friends & family this holiday season. Wherever you may be, I’m thinking of you & sending love 💫

Simply having a wonderful Christmas ☃️

Full of gratitude! Been really lucky to spend a holiday season at home with my family. At this point, I’m used to being away/working on the holidays.

But this year I’ve gotten to participate in all festivities; attend all kinds of parties, view all kinds of light displays, visit with friends & family, decorate our tree & wrap gifts, shop & consume holiday desserts.

I’ve already gotten my gifts; a new radio for my car, a camcorder & GoPro, guitar & music books, organic lotions & local, handmade jewelry.

Beyond that, I’ve realized my family is truly wealthy. We value & support each other, we’re all healthy, thoughtful, loved, free.

What a lucky kid I am! 🎄

Sending love to my friends & family this holiday season. Wherever you may be, I’m thinking of you & sending love 💫

Happy Solstice team! ✨

Fall’s my favorite, when the colorful dying back of plants paints the landscape, but it’s still sunny & warm. All the reminders of cyclical restoration.

Basically lived up here the first half of fall, on a pilgrimage with everyone else — 💫 — & another half of my season on the beach!

I’m welcoming long winter nights, with creativity & community, focusing on growing in quiet ❄️

Happy winter 🍂

Happy Solstice team! ✨

Fall’s my favorite, when the colorful dying back of plants paints the landscape, but it’s still sunny & warm. All the reminders of cyclical restoration.

Basically lived up here the first half of fall, on a pilgrimage with everyone else — 💫 — & another half of my season on the beach!

I’m welcoming long winter nights, with creativity & community, focusing on growing in quiet ❄️

Happy winter 🍂

📸: @jeffrodgersphoto from a mountainside adventure in the clouds 💫

📸: @jeffrodgersphoto from a mountainside adventure in the clouds 💫

My 2025 concert goals & your music news —

🌻 only current tickets are to the @anberlin reunion

🦋 dreaming of some intimate @honeymoon shows

🌺 @waysideonline euro tour

🍄 God let me see @fatherjohnmisty

🦇 @brighteyesofficial is on tour

🌵 @benkweller is touring with a new album

💫 would love to see @riverwhyless

🌊 ryanadams is back on tour

🤘 @avengedsevenfold has a euro tour

🌹 throw in @alisonkrauss & my life’s complete

— this list is for myself, so I can start crossing them off xoxo let’s gooooo

My 2025 concert goals & your music news —

🌻 only current tickets are to the @anberlin reunion

🦋 dreaming of some intimate @honeymoon shows

🌺 @waysideonline euro tour

🍄 God let me see @fatherjohnmisty

🦇 @brighteyesofficial is on tour

🌵 @benkweller is touring with a new album

💫 would love to see @riverwhyless

🌊 ryanadams is back on tour

🤘 @avengedsevenfold has a euro tour

🌹 throw in @alisonkrauss & my life’s complete

— this list is for myself, so I can start crossing them off xoxo let’s gooooo

A bunch of pics that really explain who I am & how loved I’ve been — 💘

A bunch of pics that really explain who I am & how loved I’ve been — 💘

Watching the low, fall sun disperse through old growth, while sea foam mists like snow, welcoming a new season — 💫

Watching the low, fall sun disperse through old growth, while sea foam mists like snow, welcoming a new season — 💫

Found out recently my name (Katelynn) means “pure body of water” — ✨

for the beach I was born across from, the salt water adjacent my childhood home, for the PNW rivers & lakes where I learned to swim & fish, the basalt & driftwood that formed me, the surf that renews me —

& all those beach baby blues ♋️

Found out recently my name (Katelynn) means “pure body of water” — ✨

for the beach I was born across from, the salt water adjacent my childhood home, for the PNW rivers & lakes where I learned to swim & fish, the basalt & driftwood that formed me, the surf that renews me —

& all those beach baby blues ♋️

Navigating life in the forest maze that is the park service 🌲

My coworkers & I live in a world of our own, wearing some variation of the same thing, generally talking about rocks all day 🏔️

Here’s a video of my neighborhood, excluding my always smiling, waving neighbors (even you Brendan!) 🌺

Including fit checks from the season & various paths I’d take to work 🌿

— FF8 Balamb Gardens is also appropriate for the odd seclusion we live in #naturenerd 🧚

MORA’24 xoxo

Navigating life in the forest maze that is the park service 🌲

My coworkers & I live in a world of our own, wearing some variation of the same thing, generally talking about rocks all day 🏔️

Here’s a video of my neighborhood, excluding my always smiling, waving neighbors (even you Brendan!) 🌺

Including fit checks from the season & various paths I’d take to work 🌿

— FF8 Balamb Gardens is also appropriate for the odd seclusion we live in #naturenerd 🧚

MORA’24 xoxo

I dreamt I was a captain’s wife, his vessel his kingdom. His important work consistently took him away & I’d wait, ensuring life at home was good for him. He was respected & his coworkers congratulated him on his success. I felt like a princess. From our waterfront home, where nearby snow-capped mountains met salt water, I’d watch the tides & weather, & track his boat on the marine traffic website. Ponyo basically appears, then I’m abruptly woken up 🫠

Something I’ve never thought of, because there are so many versions of us & you just never know what will happen — 🌊💫

Photo 1: Great Blue Heron w/ Camano Island & N. Cascades beyond

Photo 2: Langley w/ Index in the distance

Photo 3: That great blue heron w/ Whitehorse, 3 Fingers & Vesper Peak in the distance

Photo 4: Pilchuck w/ Glacier Peak in the back

I dreamt I was a captain’s wife, his vessel his kingdom. His important work consistently took him away & I’d wait, ensuring life at home was good for him. He was respected & his coworkers congratulated him on his success. I felt like a princess. From our waterfront home, where nearby snow-capped mountains met salt water, I’d watch the tides & weather, & track his boat on the marine traffic website. Ponyo basically appears, then I’m abruptly woken up 🫠

Something I’ve never thought of, because there are so many versions of us & you just never know what will happen — 🌊💫

Photo 1: Great Blue Heron w/ Camano Island & N. Cascades beyond

Photo 2: Langley w/ Index in the distance

Photo 3: That great blue heron w/ Whitehorse, 3 Fingers & Vesper Peak in the distance

Photo 4: Pilchuck w/ Glacier Peak in the back

Here’s the progression on how our most recent walk went, where Rosie officially decided I’m trying to kill her xoxo

Here’s the progression on how our most recent walk went, where Rosie officially decided I’m trying to kill her xoxo

From a remote siren crashing ships out here ♋️ Happy Halloween 2024 — all the tricks & treats w/ love

From a remote siren crashing ships out here ♋️ Happy Halloween 2024 — all the tricks & treats w/ love

Literally didn’t go to the beach all summer & I forgot what it was like! No wonder I’ve been confused.

Was asked to watch a golden retriever for a couple weeks, Rosie, while her owner is in Madagascar. Didn’t realize I’d be waterfront on the Saratoga Passage, with a private bay where I can walk to Langley for specialty coffee, with a view Glacier Peak & the tip of Koma Kulshan.

I’ve been here two days & have seen so much wildlife already, wandered around window shopping & exploring, & am otherwise trying to organize my beach life. The dog’s a mermaid after my own heart.

Spoiled spending fall here in good company 💫

Literally didn’t go to the beach all summer & I forgot what it was like! No wonder I’ve been confused.

Was asked to watch a golden retriever for a couple weeks, Rosie, while her owner is in Madagascar. Didn’t realize I’d be waterfront on the Saratoga Passage, with a private bay where I can walk to Langley for specialty coffee, with a view Glacier Peak & the tip of Koma Kulshan.

I’ve been here two days & have seen so much wildlife already, wandered around window shopping & exploring, & am otherwise trying to organize my beach life. The dog’s a mermaid after my own heart.

Spoiled spending fall here in good company 💫

My fall hiking is lookin’ like — 🎃

Van Trump Park: I went up from Longmire, doing around 10 miles as I started getting rained on

Skyline Loop: I’ve gone different directions on this trail recently, trekking a total of approximately 9 miles

Rampart Ridge Loop: Went to Pyramid Creek Camp & did approximately 8 miles total

St. Andrew’s Park & Klapatche Camp: Cheated because I got a ride on the road, for a total of 6 miles

Indian Henry’s Cabin: Went up via Kautz for a total of approximately 13 miles

Sourdough Ridge: Hiked south to north, approximately 3 miles

Tipsoo Lake: Wandered around a mile

My fall hiking is lookin’ like — 🎃

Van Trump Park: I went up from Longmire, doing around 10 miles as I started getting rained on

Skyline Loop: I’ve gone different directions on this trail recently, trekking a total of approximately 9 miles

Rampart Ridge Loop: Went to Pyramid Creek Camp & did approximately 8 miles total

St. Andrew’s Park & Klapatche Camp: Cheated because I got a ride on the road, for a total of 6 miles

Indian Henry’s Cabin: Went up via Kautz for a total of approximately 13 miles

Sourdough Ridge: Hiked south to north, approximately 3 miles

Tipsoo Lake: Wandered around a mile

Dream a little dream of me 🍁

Dream a little dream of me 🍁

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About Katie Manz

I'm a professional photographer trained in photojournalism, portraits, development, and public relations.

Currently I'm employed by GameFace Media and I'm an ambassador for Aventura Clothing.

I've had work featured at the Mount Baker Film Festival, the Washington National Park Fund Annual Charity Gala at Benaroya Hall, and with North Cascades National Park.

I'm available for contract hire.

To work with me, please email

weseekthesea@gmail.com

I also support the following nonprofits:

Washington Trails Association

Nooksack Salmon Enhancement Association

Washington Climbers Coalition

Washington National Park Fund

Protect Our Winters

A selection of my featured work online:

Washington National Park Fund at Benaroya Hall with the Seattle Symphony

North Cascades Institute

North Cascades National Park on Social Media

Orcas Running Digital Ads

Shootout for Soldiers Website and Social Media

Aventura Clothing

Contact me for freelance hire!

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