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 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 8/20/26 Beth Downing 8/20/26

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“Thirty seven creatures tip-tapped on the fabric of my tent and thought hmmm…you’re tasty. The cloud of my breath drew them in like smoke from a grill and they waited for an opening.

Under other circumstances, I’d be flattered as the muse for a symphony.”

Beth Downing 8/18/26 Beth Downing 8/18/26

Forgotten Feet

“You are never going to believe what I forgot,” I said standing at the edge of a bed covered in neat piles of backpacking gear.

I could hardly believe it. For all these little things, these fiddly bits that I did remember, the one thing missing was possibly the most crucial.

Beth Downing 4/14/26 Beth Downing 4/14/26

Disconnected

Disconnect is where I had been, in the world of stories carefully constructed to create big feelings. Disconnected was where I wanted to be, in that world where stories had resolution.

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

Parallel

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Forgotten Feet

Disconnected

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