Part 1: Seattle

In May of 2020 something awoke in me that I had never really felt. The hunger for adventure. I had done some traveling here and there over the years and even a couple of study abroad trips in Europe, but this was a yearning to explore that I could not hold back. Perhaps it was due to the pandemic and being cooped up for months or it was something that had been building up for years.

After talking with my mother one day about Yellowstone National Park, A light bulb began to flicker in my head. Days later I booked a flight to Bozeman, MT for a week long adventure to YNP and Grand Tetons National Park. It was the trip of a lifetime. But it wasn’t enough. My hunger for adventure had only grown stronger and I found myself pondering my next expedition.

Several months later plans for the next adventure began to come together. A buddy from college happened to live in Seattle, so plans started to take shape. Pretty soon, flights were booked, an itinerary was made, supplies were purchased, and suitcases were packed.  My Washington expedition was soon underway and I landed in Seattle on July 17th.

What would happen next would change this whole trip entirely.