PBRbor Day: Here’s to trees!

This is real, and I encourage everyone to participate.

All you have to do is go into the woods on April 24th and drink a beer. Mark your calenders; nothing beats tree-hugging and beer-chugging.

In case you have very little experience with nature walking, camping, hiking, are unable to locate a tree near your home, or have never been outside, Lonely Planet made things easy and put together a guide featuring the best places in America to experience nature with a beer in hand. Not surprisingly, the Pacific Northwest was first on the list.

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evoTrip | Northern Idaho

In a wistful attempt to relive our Spring Break days, four of us wrapped things up at work last week (mostly), got up early (kind of) and headed East for the Sellkirks. I was responsible (lame) and went to work Friday morning, so Danny and I didn’t get on the road until mid-day. I think Sandpoint is the furthest east Danny has ever been, so this was a big trip for at least one of us.

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We made it over the first pass (where conditions at Summit looked measely) and things were off to a good start - old school beats pumping, beautiful Ellensberg scenery rolling by, gray skies fading away behind us - until the all too familiar sight of flashing lights appeared in the rear view. I didn’t notice them until they were pretty close behind since we were borrowing Patrick’s iced-out bromobile and the windows are tinted so dark I have a hard time seeing whatever’s on the other side. I pulled it over.

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Is it Fall?

We celebrated the arrival of Fall, dreaming of another epic winter to come, with champagne today.

Happy Friday!