3 days backpacking in Washington state: Goat Rocks Wilderness

READ ME! Life update if you’re interested. I was feeling nostalgic when I wrote this so I may change it later:

Hey everyone I hope you enjoy this video from backpacking in Washington this summer. As you can tell my videos have gotten less frequent. All is well with me and mine. Life just has gotten busy. I joined a local fire department as a volunteer (!!!), have gotten REALLY into smoking/grilling meat and bbq on my Weber kettle, find myself running to kids’ practices/events, getting more involved with my church and of course squeeze my job and relationships in there. I have had to come to terms with the fact that I can’t do EVERYTHING. Although sometimes I would like to. I’ll still post videos but be aware that they all may not strictly be backpacking and if it is backpacking related I may have a kid with me. I'm not done backpacking. It's just not going to be as big of a focus as it once was. That makes me a little sad but life moves on, we grow, change and refocus.

My friend Josh said it really well (quoting The Office) when he said, “I wish there was a way to know you were in the good old days before you’ve actually left them.” I started this channel 5 years ago (!!!) when I was in a terrible work situation with an awful boss and I needed an outlet. In 2016 I backpacked pictured rocks, RRG and the maroon bells! I lost a lot of weight and was just getting into backpacking. Go back and peruse those videos if you’d like. It’s definitely a trip down memory lane.

I just wanted to say thank you. Thanks for supporting and being there. You’ve been a great audience and this isn’t goodbye. It’s just going to be different and less often. Peace.

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