“Can you even do a twelve-mile hike?” Zen probed when he was first deciding if he wanted to invite me on our first backpacking trip to Havasupai, Arizona. My eyes narrowed and I corrected my posture. “I have no doubt” I insisted. With my head held high, not letting my front of confidence waiver, I […]

Life often aligns opportunities and events seamlessly. When this force occurs, it is a waste to not cease the occasion. Zen had undergone surgery a week before to get his tonsils removed, and I had just quit my job of eight years. We had both been under quite a bit of stress. Zen was required […]

As we awoke with the rising sun at 6 a.m., we tried to quietly scurry around the room without waking up the fellow bunkmates in our hostel. Since Zen and I had already spent a day in the city, we wanted to use our second day in Denmark to go on an excursion. We geared […]