a thing in 104 photos trees I love the cool vines and trees you have to walk through to get to the beach. ...as we walked through the thin-treed forest! Ever since I did magic mushrooms, tree bark looks....DIFFERENT. One last view of Lake Rangley before heading back down the mountain.
we grab a few beers and a rain jacket and get ready to make our way through the woods.
Headed back to the RV... Cool intergrown roots from overturned trees. ...and hit the woods with Maddy to do some exploring. ...took the dog for a walk, did some grocery shopping in the RV park grocery store and then it was time to... Blossoms on the trees! I love the spring. The leaves were just starting to change. The city contractors had come to remove one of the giant willow trees that had been damaged by salt water flooding during Hurricane Sandy. Took Maddy for an evening walk. Smoke Trees in lovely mauve bloom. Love me some falling petals. So sad. See ya later trees! 5:30pm sunsent vibes on the drive home! Admired all the discarded trees on the sidewalk on my walk over to the West Village... Spanish Moss. Dino trees. By the time we got down there, Max was conked out! ...about an hour down to the waterfront to see all the cherry blossoms. We loaded up the stroller and walked... Above the tree-tops. Check out the size of this tree's massive seed-pod, um, thingy! ...then left me to walk the rest of the way up hill... ...in the park at sunset. ...through the pine barrens! Sometimes you can't see the forest. After the bus dropped us off, we had a 25-minute walk through the forest to get down to the raft launching area. Spent thirty minutes sitting in the woods. Green yard. Damian was working at a beautiful vineyard up there! This tree has teeth! Bahn mi likey. Mer. These are my favorite. So Dr. Seuss-y. To the park. Blamo! Spring time! I snapped these pictures riding home from work... ...all the trees on my block in bloom! My favorite willow weeping over us on the walk home. (This guy's actually no longer with us!) On Sunday Mer and I walked through the blossoming Tompkins Park over to... Still light out after 6pm means spring is on that way. *whew* Grass park next to the ocean. Somewhere in the swamps of Jersey. I love the pink blossoms so much. They look like Dr. Seuss trees! Detail. Whistler is SO BIG. When you sit down to take a break, sometimes you won't see another person for ten or fifteen minutes. Grant leading the way through. Riding through the trees in deep snow is sort of awesomely terrifying. You have to try to keep your speed up so you don't sink and get stuck, but you also don't want to go too fast, because, duh, trees. It snowed overnight and the trees were dusted in white. I love the way the snow clings to every branch. Fall. After the museum, we did a whole bunch of walking around... Things started to get foggy and then we realized, "Oh, it's foggy because we drove up into the clouds." After we were done taking pictures, we headed back up to the parking lot to finalize the paperwork for our certificate of marriage! Another awesome tree. ...Lake Tahoe in all it's glory. Christa led us from the parking lot down to a lovely pathway that went through the forest and down to the lake. You can always tell when you down near the shore in Jersey because the soil gets all sandy and the only trees that can grow are pine trees. Stuytown goes a little overboard with the landscaping every year, but the flowers do look nice. Flowers and ConEd. Nothing makes me happier than seeing buds on the trees. WINTER IS FINALLY OVER! I'm so glad you're back. The trees had just bloomed. It's Christmas in Florida! The weather was perfect out. It was like sunny and 80. Pine swamps. ...to deciduous trees... ...and enjoy the California trees. Stuytown landscaping in full summer effect! Took Edie for a walk all through Stuytown. Stuytown's spring bloom is beautiful at night. Lean on me. Mid-month: the Stuytown blossoms in full-effect. After spending a month between the Dubai desert and the tropics of Thailand, coniferous trees looked strange. It's always surprising how little time away it takes to make the familiar seem foreign. On the walk back to our scooter, we took a slightly different path and walked along the beach. It was really pretty. We left Chaweng and drove about 40 minutes to Lamai Beach to see Hin Ta and Hin Yai (Grandpa & Grandma). They are two natural rock formations that are supposed to look like male and female genitalia, respectively! When you come out of the tidal pool, there's a path that leads you past a bunch of beautiful mangrove trees that grow in the estuary. Right after we crossed the river, we were walking through the forest on a bath and we started passing all these funny, skinny trees that had cups nailed to them that were collecting some kind of weird, milky-white sap. Our guide explained to us that they were rubber trees! And they were collecting sap to make latex! Check out the scenery on the way. So amazing. ...and the countryside was lush and green. The sprawling estates of Faisal's house also include... The air in the parking lot was a smoky haze for the next twenty minutes. Hahaha. And here's Vin with his bonsai tree cake! ...all over the place! Pretty! And then after we left the museum, we walked around the grounds and admired the blossoming cherry trees... There were icicles on the trees... ...and we were drunk enough to eat them. Hey look! It's me in front of a tree again!
But somewhere along the way we missed the turn that loops you back and accidentally ended up doing the much, much longer 7 mile version. About 90 minutes into our hike I was like, ""Uh, shouldn't this trail be heading back towards the car by now?" Doh.
We looked at the trail map and decided to do one of the hikes through the forest that was a 3 mile loop.
We go so tired we almost called it quits and just moved into this little hobbit house tree.
Me standing next to one of em.
Here are a few of the smaller trees that I was actually able to get in the frame. Even the littler ones are awesomely massive!
Okay, this one might give you a little bit of an idea. See how tiny Meredith looks? (Keep in mind the tree still goes on for like another 70ft!)
After we were done standing around gawking at the fog for almost an hour like two half-wits, we hopped back into the car to the check out the redwoods at Muir Woods National Park ! I don't think I managed to get any photos that truly capture how massive these things are. The meth-lady the previous night had shaken my confidence in my ability to adapt to the west coast, but the palms swaying in the morning breeze made me feel a little better. He felt the need to climb into one of the trees and express... The beauty turned out to be too much for Frank. The trees looked right out of a Dr. Seuss book. Every time there was a breeze, the trees would rain down mauve petals.
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