About Me

Hi guys!

My name is Niki. I'm 21 years old and I’ve lived in a small town just outside of North Cascades in WA my whole life, explaining my love for the outdoors. I always find myself making time for adventure whether it's taking a couple weeks off for a roadtrip, backpacking over night, doing a quick sunset hike or just randomly getting in my car to explore forest roads. The mountains are home.

I picked up a camera a few years ago not knowing it would put me where I am now. I never dreamt that I'd see as many places as I have, want to share my adventures as much as I do or that I'd meet so many amazing people along the way.

I work almost full time at a coffee stand where I’m lucky enough to get time off to do what I love most. Which is sharing my travels here; through blogging, photos, short films, vlogs and story telling.

Here you’ll find all of it the remnants of my heart and soul left along the road.

What to expect here, on Lost in a Dream:

I love sharing my own trips as a source for inspiration, providing helpful guides/tips to make your travels happen, photo diaries, thoughts from the road and more.

I’m humbled to have this little corner of the internet to call my own. So thank you for being here and being Lost in a Dream with me!

You also might be wondering..

**What is “Lost in a Dream” - Where did You come up with it?**

When I first started my blog I had a different brand (Still really love that name so I don’t want to share it lol) But I remember describing my experiences out in nature and on the road to someone.. I stumbled upon my words since I couldn’t describe it with anything in me. All the words I’ve accumulated in my 21 years of life and still not enough to describe my travels, connection with nature or the freeness I feel.. I just remember closing my eyes replaying all my own memories back in my head. Saying “It’s like I’m just Lost in a Dream out there”.. I went home that night and changed my whole blog. It’s the closest description I’ve ever come up with to explain my feelings while traveling.

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Life

LIKE WE WERE YOUNG AGAIN.

I’ve felt like more childlike wonder these past 2 months than I did all of my last year total. You see, I always have a young spirit and I love spontaneity, adventure, always being on the go, you name it. But with that, also comes an old soul in me; the worrying and figuring out of the future. I sometimes forget the slow down period. The period of looking around and taking in everything that this moment offers. I forget to scream to the world just how happy I am when I feel like it, to laugh out loud to the point someone could mistake it for a dying seal, to cry when I feel something. Sometimes I just forget to really live. Like how we did when we were young.

A YEAR OF LESSONS

Here we are again. End of December looking back at everything that happened throughout this whole year, that bittersweet reflection of everything you’ve done throughout the past 365 days. That sort of painful sit down of looking back knowing it’s about to be nothing but memories in the past. Knowing all those moments were literally once in a lifetime. It’s so bittersweet.

WINTERTIME BLUES.

Some days are better than others.. I’m sure if you suffer with depression or anxiety like I do, you know that sometimes you’re on top of the world and it feels like you could scream to it just how happy you are and how great life is.. Sometimes the world feels like it’s crushing down on you instead. To a point you just want it to suffocate you, to take away the uninvited thoughts and feelings. Right now it feels a lot like being suffocated.