Outdoorsy

[eregyrn]

Thanks to all for the birthday wishes yesterday. :) We actually had gorgeous weather here, so I took the opportunity to do something I've been meaning to do for a while, which was get out kayaking again. It surprises me to realize that I probably hadn't been out for 2 years, and as soon as I got back out on the water, I remembered how much I just

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[wadjet_theperv]

As always your photos are amazing :) Happy belated birthday! Sounds like you had a lovely time. Kayaking is definitely on my bucket list and I think there's a place around here that does sea kayak training. One of my dreams is to kayak around the islands off Vancouver and see the wildlife a little more close up than I did last time. I'll have to lose a *lot* of weight and be more fit though lol

[jenlev]

Sounds like a great day, I hope your arms will be better very soon though. *Hugs*

And yay for your photos, psyched to see these, they're gorgeous. Oh my gods, that kestrel shot rocks. Looks like a lovely place to hang out and drive to. ::::squints at you because I should::::

Love the 4th and 11th from the bottom, very cool.

PS. Happy birthday again!

[cofax7]

Oh, man, this whole post makes me so homesick and nostalgic!

My family had a cottage on Lake Winnepesaukee when I was growing up, and one of my brothers spent several summers at Squam Lake Science Center. I got to know that place like the back of my hand--the timber mill and the hitch of oxen they used, the black bear pens, the beaver who took a chunk out of my brother's backside. My sister still has scars on her hands from climbing the fishers' cage to free an owl that had gotten spooked and flew into the cage & got its jesses hooked in the wires. I loved that place, and every once in a while my brother could bring an animal home, like a fox cub, or once even a baby skunk! SO CUTE.

And we used to spend hours on the Kancamangus in the hot summer weather, splashing in the river. And hiking in the Whites. One of the sad things I got rid of when I left New England was my trust White Mountain Guide from the AMC, with all the fabulous maps and trail directions....

Thanks for the memories, and I'm glad you had a great safe time!

[rednikki]

Pretty!

[elishavah]

You said nothing about birthday-ness! I should bring you cupcakes or something.