Hello friends! I am in high spirits writing this. The past week I started my new position at Eagle Biosciences. I’ve enjoyed getting back into more science-heavy work. It has been a welcome change from being in customer service at Lowe’s. Though this may not be what I want to do for the rest of my life, I appreciate the ability to have a stable paycheck and the flexibility to focus on myself and the things I want to do. 

My adventure consisted of walking every day to get myself out of the house after eight hours of sitting on my butt staring at a computer screen. There is a paved trail that is over 30 miles long that stretches through Eastern Washington into Northern Idaho along the Spokane River. It reminds me of the Nashua River Rail Trail (on steroids) and is a nice little reminder of home.

My first experience on the trail was back in October of 2020 and it was a bit chaotic. I was biking, and it was absolutely beautiful, but I managed to tumble off my bike and get scraped up. I’ve gone back to that section of the trail a couple of times since then, in the snow and with my mom, and it has been stunning each time. This week though, I thought I would explore some different parts of the trail.

Craig and I explored a trailhead closer to the Idaho border, where we walked a 4 mile or so stretch. It was honestly a bit underwhelming compared to my first section on the trail. The river, as always, was this gorgeous bright blue-green color as it was roaring past us. But a large chunk of our walk was spent not even two feet from I-90. It was not conducive to chatting and was generally just very disruptive of the mood I was in.