About Me

How the Trail Mail Club came to be

We live in such a digital world... everything is about being efficient. This rushed society has drawn me to slowing down and connecting to a more analog life. Phone free days, hand written notes, poetry, getting outside, art. Being an adventurous wedding photographer, I’ve always loved adventuring in the outdoors. Now more than ever I’ve gained even more gratitude for experiences with no service that allow me to disconnect from the internet and become fully immersed in nature. 

Being in my late 20s, most people my age are getting married or starting a family. All these celebrations made me realize one thing… I barely get any real mail anymore! When the occasional wedding invite peeks through the pile of junk mail, it’s so much more fun to open than a typical text or email. It reminds me of how my parents used to receive handwritten letters and getting their news from a paper. So I started to think.. why did we stop sending mail?

So that’s where the idea was born. A monthly mail club for women who love the outdoors.  Nothing too complex, just a way to inspire and share my love for adventure with women who feel the same. 

Even though we have the ability to be connected through apps now more than ever, I hear discussions about the lack of community people feel. The loss of third spaces, and people craving connection with others. So instead of Trail Mali Club solely being me talking to other people, the idea evolved into a way for everyone to hear from each other. The community section of the letter is a fun way to see what the community is up to, get some gear recs, and hear their stories. I plan to read members' feedback to see what they want to read, and evolve the mail based on that. I want this to be a safe space for everyone to connect, to feel inspired, to share their voice. 

So if you want a fun piece of inspiration & connection in your literal mailbox (not your digital one), join us! I’m excited to share this journey with you. 

About Me

I’m a 29 year old photographer who recently ‘retired’ from photographing adventure weddings and is falling back in love with just adventuring. I am based in a small city in northwest Washington, but I didn’t grow up ‘outdoorsy’. It was something I learned I loved once I graduated college and started to experiment with hobbies and interests. One thing I’ll never forget is the imposter syndrome when I first started hiking and getting outside. But with enough research and fake confidence, I learned that the biggest part of being ‘outdoorsy’ was just getting outside, and I want to encourage other women to do the same!