Local: Tacoma's New Juice Shop - Gather Juice Co.

Gather Juice Co just opened a few blocks from our home base here in Tacoma, WA and we wanted to take a minute and welcome them to the neighborhood. Gather is currently serving cold pressed juices and smoothies made right here on 6th Ave in Tacoma. They plan to grow the menu in the next few weeks by adding acai bowls (our favorite), salads and a lot more healthy food options for Tacoma. If you haven’t already popped in and checked out the beautiful space, we highly recommend it! Check out a few photos we snapped of the shop below.

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Gear Review: Adidas Terrex Fast GTX Surround Hiking Shoe

Now, normally I’m not a hiking shoe kinda guy. I prefer boots. I like my heavy duty Zamberlan 1025 Tofane NW GTX hiking boots, but I’m not stuck on a heavy duty boot. I also like my lightweight Adidas Fast X hiking boots. So if I like my boots, than why did I decide to try a hiking shoe?

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Gear Review: Segway Ninebot Max Scooter

The biggest selling point for me on this electric scooter is that the Segway Max goes 40% further (roughly 12 miles more) than the Segway Ninebot ES4 on a full charge, which was already leading the market on range. It also has bigger (10”), softer, self healing tires that make the ride insanely better than the terribly hard wheels on the ES4 or Xiaomi. This came as a surprise for me as I didn’t realize that the Max’s new tires would be so much more comfortable to ride.

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Gear Review: Segway ES4 Scooter

The Segway ES4 was the first electric scooter I have owned. In fact, to be honest, as lifelong skateboarder with a bit of grudge against scooters, I believe this is the first scooter of any kind that I have owned. So why did I get one? Well, after having a blast rallying around both Lime and Bird scooters back on the mainland, I decided while living on Maui during the first half of 2019 that an electric scooter would be a great way to get around the island without having to buy a second vehicle. After doing my research, and a few test drives of other scooters, I decided on the Segway Ninebot ES4 because it had the best range and most power of any folding electric scooter on the market (at the time).

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Local: Grow Mobile Yoga - A Tacoma On-Site Yoga Service

The Grow Mobile Yoga idea was simple, make yoga more accessible for people by bringing classes into the places where people are already going (workplaces, schools, gyms, care facilities, etc.) This would not only measurably improve the health and overall wellness of the people she worked with, but it would be a great way to create new great paying jobs for other yoga teachers in the area.

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My Tacoma Construction Company Wilder Outdoor Spaces

For those of you who follow me on Facebook, Instagram or our YouTube channel you probably already know that in addition to photography and videography, I am the owner of a separate construction company in Tacoma, WA (where Laura and myself are based) called Wilder Outdoor Spaces. For those of you who just follow this blog though, I realized I don’t think I have ever mentioned Wilder on here, and since it’s a pretty big part of allowing us to travel the world with our cameras I figured I should share a little about it with y’all.

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Watch: The Detourist Guide To Travel - Maui | Episode 1

So after years of traveling to different parts of the world I’ve finally began creating the video series I’ve been envisioning since our very first trip abroad. To be honest, I’m not sure why it’s taken so long to put together a show like this, but all excuses aside, I’m pretty pumped that it’s all coming together finally. Now it’s worth mentioning, in case you forgot the name of this site, that I’m an amateur. This is a work in progress, and I’m no cinematographer, but I’m giving a solid shot anyways and I hope you can ride with me as I figure it all out. So without further adieu, today is the day that I bring to you the very first installment of our show The Detourist Guide To Travel. Enjoy!

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Gear Review: Sony Alpha a6000 Mirrorless Digital Camera

In 2015 I picked up the Sony a6000 from Amazon. It came with the standard kit lens, and with it I also bought the the Sony 10-18mm. Previously, I had been using a Canon T2i and while I didn’t have any major complaints with the T2i (other than being old), I decided to see what all the fuss was about with these new Sony mirrorless cameras.

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Gear Review: Zamberlan 1025 Tofane NW GTX Hiking Boot

The Zamberlan 1025 Tofane NW Gore-Tex Hiking Boot is a big, burly, badass hiking boot. They’re built with a beautiful hazelnut colored full-grain leather upper thats complimented on the inside with a Gore-Tex lining that provides amazing waterproofing. The soles of the Tofane boot are made with Norwegian welt construction, meaning the Vibram soles are stitched to the upper instead of glued, ensured maximum durability, as well as giving you the added bonus of being able to easily replace the sole down the road.

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Gear Review: REI Half Dome 2 Plus

If you’re currently looking for a tent and you haven’t already stumbled upon the REI Half Dome Tent Models, then it is clear that you live so far under a rock that it’s almost impossible for you to have found me here. If you have already seen the Half Domes then you already know there are many different models and variations. The exact tent model I’m reviewing today is the REI Half Dome 2 Plus.

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Gear Review: The North Face Basecamp Duffel Bag

Being that traveling is kinda my thing, bags are an absolute necessity. They have become a piece of my life that I really can’t live without. Since nearly every trip I go on is to a new place that I haven’t been to before, I usually find myself having different wants and needs from the luggage that I am going to bring with me. Over the last few years I have grown to love the process of preparing for a trip. It involves researching the place we’re going, deciding how we’re going to get around, finding the activities we might be interested in doing and then planning out the gear we’re going to want to bring accordingly. Once we get all that info then I begin investigating the bags best suited for the trip, comparing them with their competition and then finally trying them out on a trip.

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