Overdue Key Largo Photos
Archive for the ‘Nature’ Category: Monday, June 21st, 2010
I finally got the film developed from the roll I took with a disposable waterproof camera in Key Largo. My cousin, Sara, works down there in a kayak shop right on the beach and quite frankly, it’s amazing.
I was lucky enough to go on a four hour kayaking trip across the water and through the mangroves with her and one of the regular kayaking guys. Honestly, it was incredible and these photos don’t do the whole ride any justice at all. The water was crystal clear, there were thousands of little fishes under our boats the whole time, and we got to get out and go for a swim mid-way through the trip.
If I already didn’t want to move down there and try to find a job already, this makes me want to move down there even more. Don’t know where I would end up in Florida, but the beaches and weather there make me an extremely happy person.
And apologies for the awful quality of the digital images – the film ones aren’t that great either. Thanks Walmart for royally effing up my photos. I guess I should look into a waterproof point-and-shoot, eh?
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Wednesday, June 9th, 2010
I got a new bike for my birthday last week, and I must say, it’s a pretty awesome bike. It’s called a Caramel (or something of the sort), changes through it’s gears like nobody’s business, and is basically the most awesome bike I’ve ever had. Of course, it’s one of those cruisers so it’s super comfortable to ride around on.
A few days ago I decided to go on a ride for as long as I could. Granted, I forgot food and water back at my house, so it didn’t go on for nearly as long as I wanted it to… but the photos that are posted are little excerpts of what I got to see along the way. I live right down the road from the Erie Canal so it’s quite a convenient place to go to when you want to spend a nice afternoon outside.
Of course, since that day I’ve wanted to go on another, longer ride with food and drink and possibly a book or something but I’ve either been too busy with stuff I absolutely HAVE to do around the house or it’s been raining. Welcome to north-western New York people. Seriously, the rain and the clouds have been annoying the hell out of me. Not to mention the mid-50s to upper-60s temperatures IN JUNE. Guh! Hopefully it all ends soon as I would like to go outside and bask in the sunshine doing whatever.
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Thursday, March 18th, 2010While I’m in Florida right now trying to get warm, only not really get that much warmer, I promised some Spanish Moss photos from Savannah. Here they are.
We’re going camping tomorrow and then I will most likely update after that.
And just a random photo of the swamps that I’m quickly falling in love with.
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Wednesday, July 8th, 2009
Before I took off to north western Virginia for a week, I went through a lot of old photos that I had stashed in one of my dresser drawers. When I started taking “real” photos in the 6th grade, I never really realized just how many photos of mine were of trees.
After doing a hell of a lot of hiking in Europe and now a little bit in the US, I feel as though nature calms me… soothing like those stupid eye drops on dry eyes. And no matter how many times you go out in the same place, there’s always something new to notice.
Ever since my family started meeting in Massanutten, Virginia, we’ve gone on the same hike… every two years. Today was the first time, I at least remember, looking up rather than straight ahead or down. The time of day and the way the light shone through the tops of the trees was simply cool. So I took a photo of it.
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