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I have uploaded most of the Israel/Turkey trip pictures to Flickr, so check out the entire story in images there!

You can find Chris’s pictures on his Facebook page too.

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Point Reyes 11/15/2009

Last weekend we drove north for an hour into the Pt Reyes National Park. It was a crystal clear day, perfect weather with that crisp fall essence but California sunny-blue skies.

Eric asked, as we walked a long the shore just few feet from crashing waves, if this ocean was a familiar and comfortable presence for me, having grown up with Big Sur and Monterey Bay (and the Puget Sound before that), compared to his very distinctly different New England coastline. Interesting question, since I feel a deep love for the ocean but often take it for granted. I don’t visit it or swim in it regularly, don’t participate in water sports (anymore) and only rarely dig my toes into the sand. But when I lived in the middle of a country, far from the ocean, I missed it desperately. Madrid felt dry and claustrophobic without that great expansive infinity stretching into the blurred horizon. That day at the beach however, we were so close to the mighty Pacific and I was barely glancing in its direction.

The more fascinating sight was the detritus that littered our path just out of reach of the waves. Kelp and shells and skeletons of sea creatures. Doomed visitors from a close yet foreign land, marooned on the beach.

Here are some of the best pictures of the day:

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Next Stop: BOSTON, MA

Eric and I are headed to the east coast, his homeland, for Thanksgiving. I am really looking forward to meeting his family and seeing the home where he grew up…the backyard where he scouted for insects and reptiles, the photo albums with baby pictures…lots and lots of juicy stories and memories!