Showing posts with label nanaimo. Show all posts
Showing posts with label nanaimo. Show all posts

17.5.11

fresh air: vancouver island

jamie and I looking for whales, coast mountains in the background




jamie and jeff




One thing that I love is getting out of the city. Visiting other cities is fun, too, and I've shared some photos with you trips to New York, Seattle, and Portland, but I really like spending time outside and in more remote places, too. In fact, every time I go away on an outdoors-y kind of vacation I remember that I probably like that kind of trip more. I like sleeping in, making delicious breakfasts, reading all day, going on hikes, and spending zero money on junk and zero time with technology. It just feels really refreshing, and that's absolutely what I needed right about now.

Luckily, Jeff and I have a very good friend who invited us to come along with him on an island adventure. These photos (and one video) are from our first part of the trip, the ferry from Horseshoe Bay in Vancouver to Nanaimo on Vancouver Island. The last three photos are from the second ferry terminal and I'll share more of island number two tomorrow. It was so great getting away from the city for a few days that I know I'll be trying to do so again really soon. Please excuse all of my sunset photos, it was just so freakin' beautiful. For real, it really felt like a summer night on that ferry...windy though it was.

Do you have any camping trips or hikes planned this summer? Where do you go to get away from it all?

15.5.11

come to my island, everybody come to my island

nanaimo


I just got home after a four day, three island vacation with Jeff, Lola, and our very good friend Jamie. Perhaps you had no idea I was gone. At the end of last week I found the time to schedule some blog posts before Blogger went crazy and wouldn't let anyone post/comment/get on with their lives. Here's a teaser photo from our trip. This one was taken as our ferry approached Nanaimo on Vancouver Island. I'll share a lot more through the week. Check back tomorrow for an awesome Day in the Life guest post by Jihee from The Soaktree. Can't wait to share it with you! Hope you all had a great, relaxing weekend, too. Being computer free was soooo nice, but now I'm excited to be back, setting up new posts, looking at my photos and catching up with all of you. Have a great week!