Navigating through is a special four-part she explores mini-series made in

partnership with Subaru. Brew.

With our eyes in the rear view, as much as they're looking out at the road ahead.

Through this four-part series we'll tell stories about

finding adventure locally, reconnecting with those close to us, and taking the side

roads that bring us back to what drives us. Connection, purpose, and creativity.

I'm Gail Straw, your guide for navigating through.

This is episode two, building bonds with family.

In more ways than one, our circles have tightened in the last year, and while for some, family have been out of reach, for others, it's been a constant.

In this episode, we'll talk about some of the ways the importance and concept of family

time have shifted during the pandemic for two women and how getting out in

the outdoors together away from the everyday routine helps to strengthen those

bonds.

Before we jump in, I want to acknowledge the staggering number of lives lost to COVID,

over half a million in counting here in the United States.

Each person, a member of a family, whether chosen or by blood.

And while these losses may have in part crystallized who and what we hold dear, these losses deserve to be honored in equal measure.

So I just want to take a moment to do that. First we'll hear from Ali Nicholas. Entering motherhood is kind of a shocking thing or it was for me. Like I had all these ideas of

around what it would look like and how it would feel and then it happened and it was so much

more incredible and chaotic in a lot of ways.

Ali Nicholas is a filmmaker and photographer in the Pacific Northwest of Oregon.

She and her partner, Corey Corey are parents to a little boy

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