The peaks don’t ask for attention. They just rise. And the lake reflects it all like it’s been listening for centuries. Jenny Lake, you are something else. You remind us what’s worth protecting. #GrandTeton #JennyLake #PublicLands #NatureHeals #FindYourPark #NationalPark #Photography #GetOutside

Balanced between canyon and sky, this tree doesn’t chase the view it is the view. Everything below took eons to shape. This moment only needed now. #DinosaurNM #PublicLands #FindYourPark #NatureHeals #CanyonViews #FamilyAdventures #GetOutside #NationalPark #Nature #Canyon

What stories do these rocks still hold? Layer after layer, ancient seas, shifting earth, and time itself etched into stone. We’re just visitors here. Lucky ones. #DinosaurNationalMonument #GeologyIsCool #PublicLands #FindYourPark #FamilyTravel #RoadTripUSA #GetOutside #Nature #NationalParks

We don’t need more chaos. We need competence, compassion, and a vision that includes all of us. #VoteBlue #DemocracyMatters #LeadershipNotChaos #ProtectOurFuture

Stone shaped by wind, water, and time. Never erased. The land remembers, even when leaders forget. Scars form patterns. Cracks hold truth. May we carry our history like this: honest, weathered, still standing and ready to defend what matters. #DinosaurNM #PublicLands #GetOutside #NationalParks

Unfortunately there are no John McCain's here.

High above the fossil beds, a bighorn watches. He hold his ground. He stands steady, rooted, present. In a world that forgets what came before, let’s be like that. Steady. Rooted. Still Here. #DinosaurNM #PublicLands #ProtectNature #WildPlaces #NationalParks #StayRooted #Nature

Congratulations to the GOP for just losing the midterms.

It's called empathy. It does not come naturally to everybody.

NEW: In first public account, Kilmar Abrego Garcia details weeks in Salvadoran prison CECOT. Says he was subjected to 'severe beatings,' psychological torture & soiled himself. Also says jailers confirmed his tattoos have no gang meaning. w/@kyledcheney www.politico.com/news/2025/07...

#Communities #PINKS #WorkTogether #Democracy #StrongerTogether

Democrats remain united in our strong opposition to the dangerous GOP budget. There are 220 Republicans in the House. All we need are 4 to join us and we can kill the One Big Ugly Bill.

A butterfly danced at the edge of the river today. Fragile, wild, and entirely free. Places like this still exist—but only because someone fought to protect them. Let’s keep choosing wonder over extraction. Protection over profit. #Olympic #PublicLands #ProtectWhatMatters #NationalParks

McGovern: "So I say to my Republican colleagues -- what's wrong with you people? In this bill you provide a $2 billion tax break for gun silencers, but you cut SNAP benefits for vulnerable families. Jesus Christ!"

The Snake River winds wide and steady. Carving canyons, feeding life, holding stories far older than we are. It’s easy to forget how much we owe to rivers like this. Harder to admit how much we’ve taken. Let’s be better stewards of what still flows free. #SnakeRiver #Travel #ProtectOurRivers

A man who helped save a 9-year-old during a shark attack in Florida last month is now facing deportation after being taken into custody for driving without a license.

Even the hardest things can hold softness. Moss grows where it’s still and cool. Ferns reach up from stone like hope in the shadows. Let’s remember that growth finds a way, even here. #OlympicNationalPark #Nature #NationalParks #EarthLove #GetOutside

We don’t need to wait for permission. We don’t need to wait for leaders. Kindness, justice, change. They start with us. Person to person. Every day. #Resist #MutualCare #DoItAnyway #HopefulFutures

Some things remind us how small we are, but also how connected. Look up. The world has been growing long before us and will keep reaching if we let it. #OlympicNationalPark #NatureHeals #LookUp #Nature #NationalParks

☀️ keep on shinning

welp, I guess the nation's largest city is no longer free to elect a mayor of its choosing

The forest doesn’t need explanations. It welcomes your presence as you are. A quiet reminder: there’s always a path ahead, even when the way forward feels uncertain. What if the world felt like this more often? #OlympicNationalPark #EveryStepCounts #Nature #HopeInTheWild #NationalParks

The water is so clear you can see the light dancing on the rocks below the surface. We don’t need to pave over every quiet place. We need wild water, tall trees, and stillness more than ever. Hold onto what heals. Protect what remains. #LakeCushman #PublicLands #ClimateHope #NatureHeals #Nature

No filter needed. Just glacial water carving through stone, forest standing guard. Places like this don’t happen by accident they endure because we fight to keep them wild. Let’s keep showing up. #StaircaseRapids #ProtectPublicLands #NationalParks #Nature #KeepItWild

Water this clear feels like a memory of what the world was before we demanded so much from it. Not everything sacred can speak for itself. That’s our job. #OlympicNationalPark #ProtectPublicLands #WaterIsLife #KeepItWild #Nature

Some ppl can't get this I guess. 😒

He stood quietly beneath the towering giants, head tilted back, eyes wide — as if trying to understand something only the trees remember. In a world shouting for attention, sometimes the most powerful lessons come from looking up and listening. #Olympic #Travel #NatureHeals #NationalParks

Don't let anyone convince you that you can't/won't reach your goals/dreams. Don't let others cause you to have self-doubt, question your #potential & lose confidence. Don't let others' limits & failures become yours & don't let anyone keep you down or hold you back or cause you to hold yourself back

#ProudBlue #ResistanceUnited #Pinks Good Monday morning, friends. The right people for your soul listen more deeply, support you more fully, show up more consistently, and nourish you more abundantly. Find your tribe. Keep them close. 🫂

#ProudBlue #ResistanceUnited #Pinks Good morning, friends. It’s time to protect yourself & your loved ones, fiercely! How? First and foremost, love each other and find some peace. Cast out those things and people who are toxic to your life. These are extreme times, advocate for yourself 📞your reps!

We now have a concentration camp in Florida. Stop pretending any of this is normal. If you claim to be a good person and you're not outwardly opposing this regime, you're not a good person. Be human.

The Quinault Rainforest teaches stillness. It asks nothing—except to be protected. If we want future generations to walk beneath these trees, we have to fight for them now. #ProtectTheWild #QuinaultRainforest #AncientForests #PreserveWonder #OpenRoads #NationalParks

We live in the richest country in the history of the world. No one should go hungry. But food insecurity is on the rise in every single state. And the Republican budget bill would make this situation far worse. Here’s what food banks are warning will happen if it passes ⬇️

Warnock NAILS it! Robinhood in reverse: stealing from the poor to give to the rich. Socialism for the rich. #VoteNO

In a world where you can be anything, be kind... 😊

#BlueSkyMonday #Portland Breakwater #Lighthouse ("Bug Light"), #Maine. My 📸, July 2017.

Some places make you stop and think. Others make you stop and say, “Wait… is that gum?” Proof that even the weirdest mess can turn into a collective work of art. We’re all just passing through, leaving our little mark. #StickySituations #SeattleOddities #TravelReflections #SeattleGumWall

It's Not 'Blue Monday'... Blue Monday is the name given to a day in January said to be the most depressing day of the year. That's not today. It's June and it's frickin' beautiful (not everything, but much). Look for that. #BlueSkyMonday #photography #EastCoastKin #mountainmonday #blue #calm

Even in the thickest forest, light finds a way through. So will we. Grateful for places that remind us to keep reaching for the light. #OlympicNationalPark #FindTheLight #WildernessWisdom #ForestMagic #PublicLands #HopeInNature #LightThroughTheTrees #NationalParks

BREAKING: 1 in 4 nursing homes say they will be forced to close if Republicans pass Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill. No grandma should be kicked out of her nursing home so that Mark Zuckerberg can buy another Hawaiian island.

I’m generally a jovial person so it pains me that my posts recently—to bring awareness to the harm Republicans are inflicting—are so constantly foreboding. But we can’t look away — Republicans want to fund more terrorism on our own soil, destroy our healthcare systems and raise the debt ceiling.

“Do your little bit of good where you are; it’s those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.” — Desmond Tutu Golden light over Rainier. A quiet reminder that small acts, like sunsets, can be enough. #Gratitude #BeTheGood #MountRainier #EveningLight #KindnessMatters

There's a lot to be said about identity, solidarity. But a simple place to start: the people who are willing to fight for their neighbors when their neighbors have different problems have a very, very good chance of having neighbors to fight with when you all share problems

Ruby Beach greeted us with misty skies, driftwood paths, and the kind of peace that asks nothing of you but presence. The sea stacks stood tall and calm—proof that beauty doesn’t need to shout. 💙 #TravelKindly #RubyBeach #PNWMagic #JoyInTheJourney

Just finished Here One Moment by Liane Moriarty. A stranger on a plane predicts how people will die. But it’s less about death, more about what we do with the time we have. Strangely comforting, unexpectedly hopeful. #HereOneMoment #LianeMoriarty #WhatMattersMost #BookReflections #NowReading

𝓣𝓱𝓮 𝓼𝓲𝓶𝓹𝓵𝓮, 𝓼𝓸𝓾𝓵𝓯𝓾𝓵 𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓰𝓼…

“Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature’s peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees.” — John Muir Stillness. Scale. Solace. #NorthCascades #JohnMuir #NationalParks #NatureHeals #FamilyAdventures #Nature

North Cascades reminded me how small we are next to glaciers and granite. The trails were quiet, the lakes still, the air crisp. Grateful for time outside, for the wild that still feels untouched. #NorthCascades #FindYourPark #FamilyTravel #GratefulHeart #NationalParks #Nature