One of the great things about writing is that it makes me go out and discover stuff.
For example, when I was writing 60 Hikes, I walked the whole Willamette Greenway Trail and found out Portland has a Butterfly Park. Bet you didn’t know that. So now I get to explore and learn more about it, so I can put it in my Peaceful Places book.
Here’s the chapter, with a few photos, that I just did about it.