It began with 2 years living on the road

The Vignettes
To document an adventure we'd never have again

The Vignettes
And it became Away We Go

The Vignettes
Now, it's 200+ adventure vignettes for you to explore

The Vignettes

Beth Downing 6/18/25 Beth Downing 6/18/25

Leapfrog

I leapfrogged my own doubts. Coming back to them, passing them, hearing them breathing heavily behind me. Sometimes they got out ahead and took over. Sometimes I was the one ahead, leaving them behind for just a little bit.

Beth Downing 6/10/25 Beth Downing 6/10/25

The Apogee

Perhaps we'll encounter them next year, or maybe a curious stranger will happen upon that orange rocket fallen in the crack between stone and earth and prickly desert bushes.

Beth Downing 5/27/25 Beth Downing 5/27/25

A Tiny Boost

The juniper had clearly ceased active living processes some time ago yet it still supported hundreds, thousands, who knows how many people on their way up and back.

Beth Downing 4/8/25 Beth Downing 4/8/25

Trail, Not Trail

If not trail, why trail shaped?

It began with 2 years living on the road

To document an adventure we'd never have again

And it became Away We Go

Now, it's 200+ adventure vignettes for you to explore

Leapfrog

The Apogee

A Tiny Boost

Trail, Not Trail

Work Blog Contact