Ash from the CZU Lightning Complex fire falls from the sky near a swimming hole called "The Garden of Eden" | 9/24/20 Santa Cruz, CA

Sierra dries off after a chilly river dunk. | 9/24/20 Santa Cruz, CA

Sierra insisted on a picture of me enjoying the coast, so here ya go! | 9/25/20 Santa Cruz, CA

Overland Lake catches its first glimpse of morning light amidst the smoke from the California wildfires. The Ruby Mountains are known as "the Swiss Alps of Nevada" and while I haven't been to the Alps before, I'm still a little skeptical. | 10/4/20 Ruby Crest Trail, NV

An empty valley on BLM land where I spent the night on my way back to the farm from the Ruby Mountains. | 10/5/20 Winnemucca, NV

Cole gets moody while waiting in the car on a grocery run. | 10/11/20 Oroville, CA

One of the Moonshadow barns filled with 800+ CBG hemp plants. This batch is destined to become CBG biomass: once dry, we shuck the flowers and leaves off, cure it and create topical products from the oil. | 10/27/20 Arjay Ranch, CA

At the last minute, I was able to convince Justin to drive through the night from Boise to meet me on the Oregon Coast. As luck would have it, another Athens pal, Caleb, was able to hang for halloween beach brewskis as well! | 10/31/20 Yachats, OR

Caleb and Justin, reunited once more. | 10/31/20 Yachats, OR

My campsite for the night just north of the California border. | 11/1/20 Brookings, OR

Emily celebrates after the first run of the season. The snow was hard and chunky, but there's no such thing as a bad day on skis! | 11/15/20 Mt. Rose, NV