Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.
- Albert Camus
The Kancamagus Highway and North Conway as photographed in the Autumn of 2013.
2 Comments | share this! | in Nature, New Hampshire, Outdoors, Season, Travel | tagged Kancamagus Highway, New England, North Conway, White Mountains, autumn, fall, outdoors, pet, season, travel Posted on Thursday, October 2, 2014 at 11:35AM 3 Comments | share this! | in Beach, Massachusetts, Nature, Outdoors, Rockport, Season, Travel | tagged New England, Rockport, Rockport MA, boston, cap, cape ann, cape cod, ocean, sea, travel Posted on Monday, March 31, 2014 at 12:11PM 
“Consider the subtleness of the sea; how its most dreaded creatures glide under water, unapparent for the most part, and treacherously hidden beneath the loveliest tints of azure. Consider also the devilish brilliance and beauty of many of its most remorseless tribes, as the dainty embellished shape of many species of sharks. Consider, once more, the universal cannibalism of the sea; all whose creatures prey upon each other, carrying on eternal war since the world began. "
― Herman Melville, Moby Dick
I've never been whale watching before, so when my sister got all of us tickets for my birthday in July, I was BEYOND thrilled about the prospect!
It's incredible that we're able to venture out, far out, into the Atlantic ocean, where deep, DEEP waters hide these wondrous creatures and if you're lucky you get to hang with the whales for a bit. How awesome is that? I can't even...
They.are.amazing.
Smooth, gentle, ENORMOUS. I felt very small. We all did.
Come with me to Gloucester, Massachusetts where we set off from Cape Ann one early morning...
5 Comments | share this! | in Black and White, Boat, Nature, Outdoors, Pets, Travel | tagged Whale watching, atlantic ocean, cape, cape ann, gloucester, ocean, sea, summer, whale Posted on Thursday, August 22, 2013 at 12:57PM 
I used to be terrified of heights, but have been overcoming my fear with rollercoasters, rock-climbing and now, traipsing over the Capilano Suspension Bridge in British Columbia (also the longest and highest suspension bridge in the world)!
It was a lot sturdier than I thought, and our little introductory tour of the site helped...especially knowing that it's no longer made out of hemp rope and cedar planks!
The Capilano (First Nations name Kia'palano, meaning "beautiful river") bridge crosses over the Capilano River, 70 metres (230 ft) above and 140 metres (460 ft) across, and has since been rebuilt with steel cables anchored into 114 tons of concrete. They say it can carry 1333 people.
But it still sways. Very much, so.
(Too bad Instagram video didn't exist a couple of weeks ago, that would have been perfect!)
The new edition to the other end of the bridge is the Treetop Adventure, various smaller suspension bridges created in 2004 that allow you to trek through the trees with a birds-eye view of all the beautiful age-old greenery that Vancouver is known for. It started raining a little, but we couldn't even tell for the lush canopy overhead.
6 Comments | share this! | in Canada, History, Nature, Outdoors, Travel | tagged Bridge, Capilano Suspension Bridge, Nature, Vancouver, canada, history, outdoors, river, suspension bridge Posted on Thursday, June 27, 2013 at 10:16AM 
If you follow me on Instagram, you may recall that we were in Vancouver a couple of weeks ago.
I had never been before, and had always heard how beautiful Vancouver is, how green, how lush, how the mountainsblahblah blah.
You guys, SHE IS A THING OF BEAUTY!!
MIND. BLOWN.
Here's a 2.5 hour walk to and from Stanley Park.
2 Comments | share this! | in Architecture, Boat, Canada, Nature, Outdoors, Photography, Travel | tagged Boat, Stanley Park, Vancouver, canada, mountain, travel, water Posted on Wednesday, June 26, 2013 at 10:00AM 
