自我介绍

In 2001, my husband Mark and I left our suburban home in Olympia to live on the beach in Lilliwaup. Hiking, gathering shellfish, swimming, mushroom hunting and wild crafting became daily practices. Our travels to Arizona, New Mexico, Oregon, California, Missouri, Florida were also designed to take us off the beaten track, seeking hot springs, back roads and "where the locals go" to connect with authentic cultures and people. We found our "Cozy Hood Canal Getaway" in 2009, transforming a lot of extra space into offices for ourselves, so that we could work out of our home on art, design, writing and marketing. For several years we helped serve regional tourism needs by creating maps, guides and tourism websites. Currently, Mark writes a regular column, "On the Trail," for the Mason County Journal, highlighting waterfalls, swimming holes and all manners of recreation here and near. Now we've renovated our home and desire to share it with visitors, especially those coming to experience our SUPER-NATURAL wonders: divers, hikers, bikers, people seeking escape. I am personally ready to meet and greet you to our Olympic Mountain–Hood Canal hideaway, or, if privacy is preferred, I will be your invisible helper to that end. My current life motto? "Sustained. Compassionate. Attention." For Mark, it's "Keeping the Wilderness Wild."