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    • ewoldsen trail: big sur

      Posted at 8:00 am by jasminedesirees, on January 23, 2017

      Since we ended up spending the whole Christmas break in California, we decided to sneak away for a few days to Big Sur. It was honestly even better than I thought it would be, I had been planning for subzero temperatures, but it was actually gorgeous out during the day, though it was a little chilly sleeping in a tent at night.

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      We spent our whole second day there exploring the different hiking trails, including Ewoldsen Trail and McWay Falls, which isn’t really a hike at all, more of a quick saunter down a paved sidewalk, but the view at the end is stunning.

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      Ewoldsen Trail took us about 3 hours total, but at the top there is the option to take a detour onto Waters Trail, which is about 200 yards straight uphill, but leads to the most gorgeous views of the entire coastline. We were pretty tired and sweaty by the time we got to the top, not to mention dehydrated since I hate carrying water with me when I hike, so we stayed at the top for almost an hour, just enjoying the view and recuperating.

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      The colour of the water is absolutely stunning, so we laid in the grass, soaked up the sunshine and listened to a little boy in the only other group at the top counting the whales surfacing along the shore. He got to somewhere in the 50’s before his parents dragged him back down the hill, although I’m pretty sure he counted the same whale more than once.

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      I would definitely recommend all of these trails, although they do get busy later on in the day. We got there at 8:30, and were one of the only cars in the parking lot, and we only saw a few other people on the trail, but by the time we got back to our car we were passing huge groups of people on their way to the trailhead, and people were parking for miles along the highway on either side.

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      Posted in California, travel, USA | 1 Comment | Tagged beach, big sur, California, ewoldsen trail, hiking, ocean, travel
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      Posted at 7:53 am by jasminedesirees, on June 26, 2014

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      This is a photo I couldn’t take of swimming in the ocean with phospholuminescent plankton last night.

      We watched the sunset from the boat and then pulled into a little bay to wait for it to get dark.

      About half an hour later we started seeing little glowing spots in the water.

      I jumped in to swim with them, the more you move and splash the better you can see them.

      It was pitch dark outside, the ocean was inky black except for the plankton, but the water was tepid and inviting.

      For once in my life I wasn’t worried about sharks.

      The air was warm and there were thousands of stars in the sky.

      It was truly lovely, and I hope I never forget it.

      Posted in Thailand, travel | 0 Comments | Tagged ocean, phospholuminescent plankton, swimming, Thailand, travel
    • dark side of the lens

      Posted at 10:13 am by jasminedesirees, on February 19, 2014

      A beautifully shot video of the ocean, with a beautiful message. If you love what you do, even if you never get rich and famous, you’ll live a life you will enjoy remembering.

      Posted in life, love, thoughts, Uncategorized | 0 Comments | Tagged life, love, mickey smith, ocean, photography, surfing, video
    • bolinas

      Posted at 4:49 pm by jasminedesirees, on February 18, 2014

      This last week was kind of a strange one, I just couldn’t muster up the energy to do anything, and I’ve been really tired. The long weekend helped a bit, especially since we got out of the Bay and went for a day trip to the Marin county coast, touring around Olema, Bolinas and Point Reyes. It was kind of cold to be out at the beach, but it was so nice to just be outside and to be surrounded by trees.

      One of the things I noticed when I lived in Honolulu was that sometimes I would just get really grouchy and lethargic, without a real reason why. Then we would jump in the car and leave the city, head to North Shore or Lanikai for the day, and I would instantly feel better. Being surrounded by people and buildings and cars all the time is just not great for me, and sometimes I need to  get away from all of those things and recharge.

      We stopped for lunch at a cute little restaurant in Olema, did a bit of wandering around on the cliffs at Bolinas, and made our way to Limantour beach, which was gorgeous, but freezing. We finished off the day in Point Reyes, with a visit to the Cowgirl Creamery.

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      Posted in art, exploring, life, travel, Uncategorized | 0 Comments | Tagged beach, bolinas, Cowgirl Creamery, exploring, hiking, limantour beach, Marin county coast, Northern California, ocean, Olema, Point Reyes
    • pipe

      Posted at 12:39 am by jasminedesirees, on January 14, 2014

      This video of the Bonzai Pipeline on Oahu makes my heart hurt. Hopefully I get to go home soon.

       from Eric Sterman on Vimeo.

      Posted in beach, Hawaii, travel | 0 Comments | Tagged beach, Bonzai, Hawaii, North Shore, Oahu, ocean, Pipeline, surfing, waves
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