The rest of the family went shopping, so I slipped out and got some shots of Burlington in the snow.
Burlington, Vermont
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Tag: Travel
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Travel: Essex Junction, Vermont
Up in Vermont at my brother’s house for Thanksgiving. For a New Englander trapped in the deep south, it’s nice to see snow when you go back home.
Essex Junction, Vermont
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Travel: York Beach, Maine
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
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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whale watching in the pacific
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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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photos: coast guard pier, monterey
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monterey bay aquarium
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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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travel: monterey, california
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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?See Slideshow of the Photos on Flickr:
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Travel: New River Gorge, West Virginia
Two hikes around the New River Gorge. The weather was pretty hot and hazy, so the pictures sadly aren’t much to look at. hiked two trails — Tunnel and Castle Rock Trails and the Long Point Trail.
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photos: monterey bay, Pacific Grove, California