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 10/7/26 Beth Downing 10/7/26

Checkmate

“Halfway around the lake, I walked past two older men bent over their phones. They exclaimed and pointed at each other’s screens and then one of them looked up and said – ‘mama grizzly and her cubs up ahead.’ ‘You okay?’ I asked and they nodded. I rested my hand on my bear spray. ‘On the trail or off?’ I asked.”

Beth Downing 9/29/26 Beth Downing 9/29/26

Familiar in Fall

It’s not often you can identify the very day something is at its most brilliant. It’s not often you can point to the most colorful something will become and say yes, this is the best hour.

Beth Downing 9/22/26 Beth Downing 9/22/26

Parallel

But there’s also a parallel life where this was the only time I’d see the mountains all year. A parallel life where I only saw it for five days my whole life.

A parallel life where I never made it here at all.

Beth Downing 9/14/26 Beth Downing 9/14/26

Imbalance

The systems are trying to realign, whether it’s an injured hamstring, a historically dry year, or a season of wildly unfulfilled expectations.

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

Checkmate

Familiar in Fall

Parallel

Imbalance

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