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 6/30/26 Beth Downing 6/30/26

Kind of Quiet

It’s the kind of quiet where rivers talk, but people don’t.

Beth Downing 10/14/25 Beth Downing 10/14/25

Race Day

In early August, a week after returning from a hiking trip in Newfoundland, I did a 50K running race on the trails of Park City’s Mid Mountain. Here are a few thoughts from the day before.

Beth Downing 10/9/25 Beth Downing 10/9/25

Rolling

The answer? I knew I would definitely mess it up. I would not be able to balance that chemical equation. But maybe I could find some bits of wisdom things in there, loosening the restrictions. Just hopefully no more loosening of the critical bits holding my foot to my leg.

Beth Downing 9/23/25 Beth Downing 9/23/25

Two Lunches and a Puffin

I unwrapped the red and white checkered paper and took a bite; the puffin surfaced. I swallowed; the jellyfish floated. Cobbled rocks rolled down the beach with outgoing waves and they made a song without melody - percussion only. The soft kind of clatter that smoothes edges over years instead of days.

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

Kind of Quiet

Race Day

Rolling

Two Lunches and a Puffin

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