I was fortunate enough to have the opportunity to spend the summer in the Rain Forest of the Great Northwest. I spent a couple of months out hiking, praying and meditating and searching my spirit for what was really important in my life.

It isn't about the house, the cars, the economical and social status anymore. Those things never made me happy.

It was over the course of these few weeks that I realized that at no time in my life have I ever felt more alive and at peace than when I am in a pair of jeans and hiking boots with a bandana on my head and my camera in my hands.

Never have I felt such bliss as when the light of dusk illuminates a mountain, or trees or rocks just right with that golden light. And then I can't wait to rush home and show someone what I saw!

So Here it is, my small contribution to the world and my endeavor of gratitude to my Creator.