ABOUT WINDWARD ADVENTURES
Windward Adventures is a mix of chefs, woodworkers, event planners, artists, musicians, adventure guides, and wine lovers who have joined forces to combine outdoor adventure with impeccable dining in the Pacific Northwest. We believe that slowing down, eating well, exploring the outdoors, and connecting with our community is what makes life special.
Let us show you what Washington State has to offer!
Ashley Morford-Haines / Head Chef & Owner
Opening in 2021, Ashley has built Windward to become a one-of-a-kind Washington State experience company. After training at The Culinary Institute of America in New York and working around the world for over eighteen years - including several years at Chez Panisse in Berkeley, CA - Ashley brings her favorite parts of the culinary experience to the PNW. She believes that creating lasting memories is the most important part of living.
Eric Fisher / Design Advisor
Eric is a Seattle-based designer and artist specializing in graphic and interior design. Eric created the Windward logo, is on call for any of our freak out website disasters, and is the man behind a lot of our company’s products and designs. Basically if we need anything to look great, his advice is our North Star.
Elizabeth Pachaud / Resident Guide
Liz is our resident BADASS . Based in Ellensburg, Liz is a member of the Kittitas County Search and Rescue Backcountry Ground Team! She is certified in advanced first aid, wilderness firstaid, and CPR. She is currently working towards her EMS certification as well as her helicopter pilot’s license. Liz is a competitive ultra-runner, a four-season backpacker, and one hell of a cook. She will be guiding all of our Camp Muir trips and Intro to Backpacking courses.
Stephanie Eburah / Lummi Island Trip Advisor
Stephanie is an incredible Seattle-based chef and photographer. After working for 16 years in the Bay Area, Stephanie moved to Seattle and in 2020 opened Ebb & Co, a little natural wine bar and gathering space in Ravenna. Ebb & Co has become a sought-after wine club and event company. Stephanie splits time at her home on Lummi Island where she hosts dinners and culinary retreats focused on what grows on the land and lives in the sea. Stephanie is our Lummi Island Trip Advisor and Saturday night beach dinner chef.
Taber Turpin / Event Chef
Taber has been a chef for ?? years. He owned and operated Tacos Gringos, a sought-after taco shop in Capital Hill, was Head Chef at Copal and Pacifica in Pioneer Square, and is currently Operations Manager at Vin2U - a wine import company - that he runs with his wife. Taber has cooked with Ashley since Day 1 of Windward and has seen it all. Whether we ask him to grill chicken in a field in full sun or pass appetizers a top a mountain, Taber is the best of the best of the best and possibly the coolest guy we know.
Kate Perry / Vashon Island Trip Advisor
From the coast of Maine to the Puget Sound, Kate brings over 25 years of hospitality experience combined with a deep love for the outdoors. She sees nature as a core value of the human experience and can often be found in the forest with her dog Loki. The pandemic tacked her course and brought her to Beautiful Vashon Island where she reconnected with Ashley and has been a familiar face at Windward events ever since. Kate is a certified yoga instructor, runs a spirits import company, and our Vashon Island Trip Advisor.
It may be that the gulfs will
wash us down.
It may be that we shall touch the Happy Isles.
Though much is taken,
much abides.
And though we are not now that strength that in old days moved earth and heaven,
that which we are, we are.
One equal temper of heroic hearts
made weak by time and fate,
but strong in will.
To seek, to strive, to learn,
and not to yield. -Tennyson
