about us
WAY LOST, WAY FOUND is an independent nature and travel journal covering national parks, conservation, and time spent outdoors. This site is not a travel blog and it is not a highlight reel, it is a working record of where we go and what we learn along the way. Real trips, stories, and perspectives shared through independent writing and photography.
About
What began as a personal return to nature slowly became a different way of moving through life. Born into a farming family, I grew up on land. Horses, open space, and dirt under my nails were ordinary before I understood they were formative. Somewhere along the way I lost the thread of that, the way most people do when careers take over and the days start running on autopilot.
However, a different kind of travel brought it back. I wanted trips that felt slower, less planned, and more about the place rather than the itinerary. My partner sees landscape through the lens of a geologist; traveling with someone who understands the structure of the natural world can change how you move through it. You stop treating travel as an escape from reality and start treating it as a way to gain a different perspective.
That shift rearranged everything. What we spend time on, what we care about, what we want less of. An innate affinity to nature replaced an interest in keeping up. The material stuff fell away and the hours outdoors became the thing worth protecting. This site is a record of that shift, and it exists because I believe the experience is not unique to us. Most people are a one meaningful trip away from seeing things differently, my hope is that this helps guide them there.
However, a different kind of travel brought it back. I wanted trips that felt slower, less planned, and more about the place rather than the itinerary. My partner sees landscape through the lens of a geologist; traveling with someone who understands the structure of the natural world can change how you move through it. You stop treating travel as an escape from reality and start treating it as a way to gain a different perspective.
That shift rearranged everything. What we spend time on, what we care about, what we want less of. An innate affinity to nature replaced an interest in keeping up. The material stuff fell away and the hours outdoors became the thing worth protecting. This site is a record of that shift, and it exists because I believe the experience is not unique to us. Most people are a one meaningful trip away from seeing things differently, my hope is that this helps guide them there.
How It Started
