one of my favorite things

kassi and brandi asked me to share my favorite thing about my trip. i actually have two (and one may be pretty obvious) and choosing them was a no-brainer! one of my favorite things was visiting pebble beach and carmel. seriously, so beautiful it almost hurts! i took way too many pictures, walked on the beach, played in the water even though it felt colder than ice, and watched sea birds, sea lions and little sea creatures. also, you may notice in my picture posts that i'm the only person, making it look like i took a trip by myself; i did have a travel buddy, amy, but i only have one picture of the two of us, and she basically made me swear on my life that i wouldn't share it with anyone. ever. i really tried to pick out just a few of my favorites, but this is still REALLY image heavy!

i loved those starfish! i've actually never seen a living starfish before then (no, i didn't kill it and keep it), only sand dollars in florida. i told amy that if i thought i had to live my life knowing that i could never visit pebble beach again, it wouldn't be worth living! i LOVED it!

how has your weekend been? do anything fun?

16 comments:

  1. Aww I knew you'd love it! Dani and I are planning on moving to his hometown (Pacific Grove) in about a year. I've completely fallen in love with that peninsula (Monterey, Pacific Grove, Pebble Beach, Carmel). When I live there you should come visit! :)

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  2. I love love love Carmel!!! Can't wait to go there in a few weeks.

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  3. gorgeous photos, snow!
    i especially love the one with the tree in the middle.... ahhh so beautiful.
    the northern cali coast is so beautiful... i dream of living in santa cruz. i can't believe that was your first time seeing a starfish! if i had known you had never seen one before, i would have taken you to the tide pools at creek when you were here visiting - we were only a few feet away from them when we were there...
    can't wait to see more pics!

    trillionmillionbadonkabillion

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  4. Oh wow, beautiful beautiful pictures.

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  5. Great photos! I love traveling along with people on the internet. Those starfish pictures are awesome! I've never seen a live starfish outside of an aquarium. Now I have to add it to my list of things to do ;)

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  6. beautiful photos, danielle! I love them all! I am glad you had a good time!

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  7. I lived there for 2 years. It's where we had our first child. It's very dear to my heart. It's americas secret paradise. I miss it so much it hurts!

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  8. I love the photo of you with the starfish! so cool... looks beautiful and almost more like Florida than California!

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  9. What great photos! That's a beautiful beach.

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  10. marisa, i'm so jealous of you! i'm down for a visit, for sure. i LOVE california!

    kassi, i wish i would have known about the starfish, that would have been so neat to see them!

    kjrsten, that's so neat that you lived there. i wish i could pack chris up and move to the west coast; it's so beautiful!

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  11. Ahhh, these photos make me wish that I was in Northern California right now. I love it there, and I especially love your squirrel-taming photos. I remember camping under the stars north of San Francisco a few years ago...so awesome. I'll make it back someday and I'm definitely going to this beach!

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  12. i love these photos!!! omg i wish i would of been there!
    was it like heaven?!!!!
    xo
    b

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  13. thanks for the encouragement, i am trying to tell myself that :) and your pictures are preeeeeetty!

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  14. i love all your beautiful pictures....except for the squirrel one - ha!

    such a beautiful trip! glad you had fun beautiful girl :).

    xo!!

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  15. I can't believe that squirrel got that close to you. They're usually so skiddish. I love the pics.

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