What We’re About
I like my job, but I still struggle through the week. I am always on my phone or computer, checking e-mails, and responding to “emergencies” that someone else has created. So when it comes time to the weekend, I want to be as disconnected as possible. I am sure that this is something that everyone can relate to in some capacity.
When the weekend comes around, I do my best to explore my surrounding area. I am so fortunate to live in Washington state and the Pacific Northwest, and I want to explore every inch of it! More than that, I want to share it with all of you.
I grew up in Washington State. I have ended up moving around a bit, and traveling around the United States, but I always end up back in the PNW. You can easily go from the beaches on the coast to deep in the Olympic National Forest or the Cascades in one day. Personally, I prefer getting lost in the woods, ideally finding myself next to a lake or river for the night. The weekends are my time to put the technology away (apart from my cameras) and clear the mind.
The idea of Off the Grind is to recover from the grind of the week. To slow down for a bit and enjoy the beauty that is all around us, but rarely take the time to really take in and appreciate. To take the free that we have and live a little and get back to our roots. Please join us in this adventure to get Off the Grind!
TREAD LIGHTLY
This year, with a global pandemic and with all other recreation closed, we saw a tremendous uptick in the amount of people turning to nature to have some fun. Unfortunately, that also came with a tremendous amount of people disrespecting the outdoors, and leaving trash everywhere. One of my dogs even slides his paw open on a piece of glass that someone left behind.
Our goal is to bring more awareness to this, to clean up the trails in our area, and encourage others to do the same. We believe that the culture around the outdoors needs to change and people need to respect and appreciate the land that we have access to. Whether you are out off roading, camping, or shooting, you need to pick up after yourselves and pickup after people who have not.
Not doing this risks getting trails shut down, but it also puts our natural resources at risk as well as the animals that call that home. It even puts ourselves and our animals at risk as I have seen personally with my dog Charlie. Please help us in cleaning up the trails by picking up after yourselves and others who left anything behind and by donating to location organizations dedicated to keeping our trails open!