Home improvement for me, is a lot like learning CS technologies. I educate myself on a task ahead, attempt to implement it, and learn from experience. This particular image was taken at the start of a month-long attic project.

Running allows me to view the world from a different perspective. I also enjoy running as a meditative practice. I have completed a few half-marathons and am looking forward to my eventual attendance at a full marathon event.

I enjoy learning new languages and technologies. The more familiar I become with a technology, the more fun I have with it. For me, A challenging coding project can have an equivalent fun factor as a great video game. Coding is a fun activity and I love being able to produce a finished product.

When there is too much snow on the ground for winter hiking, I enjoy clipping into my cross country skis and exploring the winter wonderland of the Cascade Mountain Range.

The smooth gliding movement of riding a bike slows down time and helps me to appreciate the smaller things in life. Riding a bicycle always takes me back to the carefree summer days of my childhood - I absolutely love it.

Hiking is an important aspect of my life, and allows me to spiritually rebalance. I make a point of hiking all of the popular trails wherever I live at least once annually.

Some days I enjoy being inside my warm home attempting to take down the next boss demon in my favorite video game. "Dark Souls" is my favorite video game series. Some of my other favorite game titles include: Subnautica, Sekiro, Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, and Tetris!

The Tillamook Bay on the west coast of Oregon offers a multitude of kayaking opportunies. We have five major rivers that flow into the bay, which offer many different flatwater kayaking adventures. Blue herons, bald eagles, and harbor seals are commonly seen. Occassionally I get lucky and see a river otter on my adventures.

Disc Golf combines two of my favorite activities: Hiking and frisbee. Sinking a long putt and hearing the chains of the basket clank together is an amazing feeling.

AKA "Yoga for the brain". A quiet and therapeutic practice that helps to calm the soul. I glue/tape all of my completed puzzles. I have recently started building my own puzzle frames from wood, and look forward to displaying much of my hard work around the house.

Flying kites, bocce ball, tide pooling, sand castles - I always have a lot of fun on the local beaches nearby. I am always careful to supervise any open food, as the seaguls will snatch up anything that isn't nailed down. I once lost and entire sandwich to a couple of brazen seaguls!