Thursday, October 4, 2012

White Pass and Yakima

It was a perfect day, so Samantha and I decided to take a little trip to White Pass to do some hiking. We then thought it would be fun to go to Yakima for the night to pick some apples. It was a great little trip. Here are some photo's from the trip.

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Amazing view of a lake as the fog was clearing

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Stumbled across this old tree

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Lunch at the Huff and Puff cafe

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Samantha playing in the very cold stream

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Looks like fall is here

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Rainier

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Apple picking in Yakima

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Samantha in the orchard

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Samantha and I

Tuesday, October 2, 2012

Morocco and Spain

In May I was lucky enough to get to go to my Friends wedding in Marrakech Morocco. Since I was half way around the world I figured I should also visit Spain. My good friend Missy who is currently living in Amsterdam decided to fly down and join me. We met in Madrid and rented a car for our little adventure. Here are some photo's from the trip. To see more photo's click here.

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The lovely bride and groom, Gretchen and Josh

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Rooftop of the Riad that the wedding was at.

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The Souks (market) are amazing

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Hanging in the Souks

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Cool archways

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View from the restaurant we ate at the first night

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Jemaa el-Fnaa at night

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Dinner in the square

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Mosque entrance

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Mountain home

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Mountain Village

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Walking down the streets of Toledo Spain

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Spanish mountain pass

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The Alhambra Granada Spain

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Inside the Alhambra

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View of Granada from the Alhambra

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The Alpuharras Spain

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Nerja Spain

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Malaga Spain

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Seville Spain




Saturday, May 12, 2012

I recently took a month long trip to New Zealand to meet up with my girlfriend Samantha who was there  for four months. We rented a car and took the most amazing road trip around both the North and South island's. New Zealand is the most amazing place I have ever been, the scenery can't really be described. I have put up some photo's for you to see our adventure. Some of the more memorable things we did were, bungee jumping, backpacking, hiking, tubing through glow worm caves, and a boat trip through Fjord-land. We drove about 3000 miles in four weeks, and I can't wait to go back to see even more of that gorgeous country. If you would like to see more photo's click here.

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Waihiki island was the first stop, this was about a 10 minute walk from our little cabin

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Samantha walking on the beach, Waihiki island

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Cow and amazingly green hills

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This is what I woke up to our first night camping, there were dolphins jumping out there as well.

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Path from the tent to the beach

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Road to Raglan

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The beach in Raglan

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Sunset picnic in Raglan

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Mossy rocks

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Samantha enjoying the best hot springs I have ever been to.

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Lake Toupo

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Hiking to Mt. Doom

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This area looked like a different planet

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Ferry from North to South island

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Backpacking the Abel Tasman coast

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Samantha and her gear for the four day trek

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The beach near our campsite

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Our little campsite, beware of sandflies (the only thing worse than mosquitoes)

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This place looked like Pandora, Northwest coast of the South Island

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Pancake rocks, my favorite thing I saw the whole trip. Photo's don't do it justice.

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More pancake rocks

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Bird checking out the view

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Best sunset of my life, and that's saying something I've seen some good ones.

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Wanaka is the best little town.

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Samantha and me before we get on an over night boat trip around doubtful sound

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Doubtful sound

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Early morning Doubtful sound

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view from the boat

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Words not needed here

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More Doubtful Sound

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My friend the Sea lion

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Checking out the view

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Pretty decent campsite