walk with me down the trail

walk with me down the trail

For two years, we lived in a tent trailer while traveling the American West. To document the kind of adventure I’d never have again, I wrote our stories.

We’ve left the RV life for now, but these weekly vignettes still explore adventure’s ups and downs, our relationship with the outdoors, the wonderful disaster of parenting, and the struggle to catch lightening in the creative bottle.

I Don’t Wanna
Beth Downing Beth Downing

I Don’t Wanna

Sometimes it's okay (nay, necessary) to eighty-six the adventure.

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150th
Beth Downing Beth Downing

150th

In honor of Away We Go’s 150th adventure vignette, here are ten of my favorite lines.

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Bent Aspens
Beth Downing Beth Downing

Bent Aspens

Social is not the same thing as connected, but there are parallels. If a creature is capable of thriving amongst its brethren, then what happens when that condition isn’t met?

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