Super Duke

In the early summer, my fiancé picked up a semi-impulse vehicle purchase (i.e. he thought about it for a few weeks, a short timeframe by his standards) in the form of the KTM 1290 “Super Duke.” I thought this was a lovely coincidence since the nickname for my car, a Lexus coupe we brought home from Oregon that spring, had been nicknamed “The Duchess” for months.

Here’s the Super Duke at golden hour, shot sometime October 2021 among Cascadian farmland.

Mount Rainier National Park

What a quintessential northwest drive — always another vista, another surprise around each mountain road bend.

Rainy Roadtrip

There’s something beautifully soothing about a winding road, towering evergreens, and the patter of raindrops on a windshield. A couple weekends ago, we drove out to Rainier and back (although the mountain didn’t want to show itself) and got our fill of that trademark Pacific Northwest mist.