Hi, I'm Lauren

midwest Outdoor
adventure guide:
Nature Photographer
Dog Mom
Hiker &
Disc Golfer

The Midwest has been my home for the past 40+ years. I have a big heart for the outdoors and all the adventures it has to offer.

The Midwest has been my home for the past 40+ years. I have a big heart for the outdoors and all the adventures that come with it.

MY TIMELINE

Hello World! What a time to be alive before the web. So grateful to have those analog years mesh with the current. 

1985

The disc golf years. I found disc golf in 2004, and it led to a lifelong passion playing disc golf and photographing the pro tour for over a decade.

2004+

Let the adventure blog begin! In 2026 I started this adventure blog as a way to blend my passions (photography, hiking, nature and disc golf) to give you a guided experience for the Midwest outddors.

2026

2018

Columbia College Chicago
B.A. Photography

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2018

Kombucha street art tilde shoreditch celiac taxidermy bushwick palo santo cloud bread yr bicycle rights hell of sartorial ethical butcher.

2016

Kombucha street art tilde shoreditch celiac taxidermy bushwick palo santo cloud bread yr bicycle rights hell of sartorial ethical butcher.

2013

wild places

Galien River County Park

goose lake prairie
state natural area

West DuPage Woods

Shore Acres Township park

INSPIRATION FOR YOUR NEXT ADVENTURE STARTS HERE

• Learn how to expose for the highlights
• Learn the basics of the Exposure Triangle
• Get comfortable using manual mode 

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