With everything that went down last year though, I guess I’m not that surprised. Web surfing and Flickr posting declined sharply after making the transition from full-time art director for a Seattle agency to self-employed designer/developer, but now with nearly a year at this under my belt I think I’m ready to step it up a bit and commit to some consistent blogging again.

First up – a report on this year’s Winter Outdoor Retailer show – only 1 week late… as soon as I get a chance, I promise.

So I’ve invited my good friend Mark Griffith to join me here and throw out a post from time to time. He does get a lot more mileage per year than I do lately, and I’m pretty sure he reads more as well. In fact, I don’t know of a lot of people who stay as routinely busy as this guy, so I’m not really certain he’ll have a lot of time to contribute. That said, I’m looking forward to seeing what he digs up.

Mark and I met through Flickr a few years back, having noticed that we both posted a lot of photos of the same places up near Snoqualmie Pass. Then we found out that not only did we both attend the same church (just in different cities), but we also rode the same bus to work in Seattle. A handful of excursions and epics later, we’re still managing to get outside and get lost from time to time. This is a good thing – most everyone else gets tired of us stopping to take photos every two minutes…