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photos: harper’s ferry

October 15, 2005

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harper’s ferry, west virginia
hike: limberlost trail, shenandoah

October 10, 2005

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hike: limberlost trail, shenandoah
photos: skyline drive

October 10, 2005

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skyline drive, shenandoah n.p., virginia
Travel: York Beach, Maine

October 8, 2005

Went up to visit my Godparents in New Hampshire, and we did a driving tour of my parent’s old haunts. My mother’s favorite (“no trip is complete…”) is Nubble Light near York Beach, Maine. Cold, wet, blustery. It was hard to see where the water stoped and he horizon began.

York Beach, Maine
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Travel: Rye, New Hampshire

October 8, 2005

One of my favorite spots in New England is my cousin’s farm house in Rye. It is a wonderfully old structure in a beautifully lush farm plot. Green as far as the eye can see.

Rye, New Hampshire
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photos: monterey bay

September 24, 2005

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photos: monterey bay, Pacific Grove, California
whale watching in the pacific

September 23, 2005

it’s pretty rare that i’m too terrified to take a photograph, but — we went out into the pacific on a whale watching expedition this afternoon and the seas were so high that i never once got out my camera once we broke the harbor.

we did see a pod of whales. they were beautiful. but when i should have been taking the picture, i was instead hanging on for dear life, trying not to throw up, and watching a dear friend come one hand-hold away from going overboard.

nature is exciting.

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moss landing, monterey, california
photos: coast guard pier, monterey

September 23, 2005

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coast guard pier, monterey, california
monterey bay aquarium

September 22, 2005

the work thing that has me out in California rented out the Monterey Bay Aquarium for the evening. i’ve heard tons of good things about the aquarium, and it was pretty great — but, when you’ve grown up going to the national aquarium in Baltimore the bar for a great aquarium is set pretty high.

i’ve also realized that my point and shoot camera takes crappy pictures in low light. i took dozens, but the only photos that (mostly) came out were of the aquarium’s iconic jellyfish tank.

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monterey bay aquarium, monterey, california
travel: monterey, california

September 21, 2005

work has sent me out to Monterey, California for a marketing conference. as is usual with these things, we don’t have a heck of a lot of time to wander, but it’s such a beautiful location they have to let us out of the conference center at some point, right?

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travel: monterey, california