


Lone Cone: Meares Island
Take me back. Each weekend I make it part of my ritual to get outside. I am a supporter of the “adventure walk” in order to revive ones creativity & […]

Wanderlust, Wine & L’Auberge Edge of Seattle
Wanderlust: that inevitable journey of the soul that connects one to the other; be it a place a practice or a person. Such was the case with our evening at […]

Collide
The dawn is breaking A light shining through You’re barely waking And I’m tangled up in you Yeah When Henry David Thoreau declared “We need the tonic of wildness”, […]

Executive Business Developer By Day, Yoga Teacher Training Student by Night..
Welcome to the next chapter. Every next level of your life will demand a different you. I am sitting with the truth of this statement, trying it on, feeling around […]

Be Still
There is something about man’s search for stillness. It’s a desire that is close to my heart – often. I am an introvert AND a youth minister. I am an […]

Serengeti
From Hemingway to Redford to the Disney classic ‘The Lion King’… the African Serengeti is a land that has awed and inspired many by its sheer beauty and natural splendour. […]

Betty Davis Eyes
It’s interesting how a song can take us places, transport us viscerally into a memory. I was sitting in the waiting room of my doctor’s office, waiting for my son […]

Sarah Rose, Social Concierge
Sarah Rose; Social Concierge, adventure seeking educational assistant by day and wrangler of three kids by night. Sarah lives life to the fullest and has been known as ‘The Blond […]

80000 Miles: Routes of Change with Markus Pukonen
“Impossible dream” they said. 7 years in the making. You want to walk, bike, paddle, HOP… 80000 miles across multiple continents? I believe I can do this. YES. – Markus […]

Life Lessons: Settling, or “is this as good as it gets” Music By Saint Raymond, Words By Ross Hawse.
Does this ever happen to you; You’re working on a project, whether it is raking the leaves, mowing the lawn or doing laundry, and you get to a certain point and […]

Life Lessons: on Love. Start again, again. Music by Neon Trees, Words by Ross Hawse.
words by | Ross Hawse of Musication I was thinking the other day of how many things there are in life that can’t be taught. You know, the lessons you […]

TRAVEL, BE PREPARED FOR THE CHANGES AHEAD
by ARAYA ADVENTURES Vancouver Island based, wildly adventurous, free spirited family of four 7 weeks after arriving home from our adventures in Chile we’re getting ready to pack up our bags […]