tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2593256949311598537.post899526030278206697..comments2023-05-28T02:05:07.525-07:00Comments on The Wilder Coast: VisitorMelinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16957983479473967228noreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2593256949311598537.post-4989809768994239322011-10-12T08:34:54.296-07:002011-10-12T08:34:54.296-07:00There aren't many things in this world prettie...There aren't many things in this world prettier than Central Park in the fall.Lindseyhttp://www.atinypiece.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2593256949311598537.post-74596602272153226902011-10-11T21:09:19.689-07:002011-10-11T21:09:19.689-07:00I have lived in the same 20 miles radius in southw...I have lived in the same 20 miles radius in southwest Iowa my entire life. Iowa is in the "amber waves of grain" phase now. The corn fields and soybeans are really pretty in just the right sunlight. To make up for the fact I've always lived here and never flown anywhere, I pretend I'm a visitor and try to see my world with "new eyes." I also like to pretend the ocean is just a couple blocks away. I can also imagine the mountains at a distance by looking at the clouds. I know it sounds silly but in the winter I imagine I'm Laura Ingalls Wilder snuggled up in a log cabin in the Wisconsin forest. So, I'm in Iowa and wherever else I choose to be which is why I love this blog. It is food for the imagination. I think tonight I'll fall asleep on a mountain in a tent.Syriahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14977725030869387676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2593256949311598537.post-86280705903321276542011-10-11T21:08:31.771-07:002011-10-11T21:08:31.771-07:00I have lived in the same 20 miles radius in southw...I have lived in the same 20 miles radius in southwest Iowa my entire life. Iowa is in the "amber waves of grain" phase now. The corn fields and soybeans are really pretty in just the right sunlight. To make up for the fact I've always lived here and never flown anywhere, I pretend I'm a visitor and try to see my world with "new eyes." I also like to pretend the ocean is just a couple blocks away. I can also imagine the mountains at a distance by looking at the clouds. I know it sounds silly but in the winter I imagine I'm Laura Ingalls Wilder snuggled up in a log cabin in the Wisconsin forest. So, I'm in Iowa and wherever else I choose to be which is why I love this blog. It is food for the imagination. I think tonight I'll fall asleep on a mountain in a tent.Syriahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14977725030869387676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2593256949311598537.post-69346105483100218002011-10-11T19:07:15.453-07:002011-10-11T19:07:15.453-07:00So, don't necessarily need another hat, but I&...So, don't necessarily need another hat, but I'm always up for commenting. I've lived all over the Western states, desert SouthWest, Alaska, and Texas, but my family "center" has always been Oregon and Washington. When I ended up in the Willamette Valley after bouncing around every year or so, it just felt like home. Granted, after getting back into mountaineering its a bit of a drive to anything over 5,000', but it is very centralized for everything I love to do outdoors. It's also close enough to Seattle, Portland, or my friends to the South in Northern Cali and Nevada. I still holds the small town feel here, but within a comfortable distance to city life.Jeff in Oregonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02177735455158758213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2593256949311598537.post-76977524796660733072011-10-11T18:23:03.165-07:002011-10-11T18:23:03.165-07:00I live in the mountains outside of Choteau, MT. I...I live in the mountains outside of Choteau, MT. I have two daughters and today the youngest(3) and I, while the 5 yr old was in kindergarten, went up the road and collected all different colored leaves for our fall mobile. Also, yesterday while driving said older daughter to school we had to stop and watch a herd of cow Elk being fought over by two bulls about 25 feet from the road. Migratory birds are stopping by as well and it's always fun to try and find different species with the help of the littlest. <br /><br />Also, I think I'm as far away from New York as one can be...at least in terms of surrounding population.<br /><br />Love your blog by the way...Jaimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03203428135506900006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2593256949311598537.post-55247846848238357022011-10-11T16:52:23.223-07:002011-10-11T16:52:23.223-07:00I have 2 days left in Washington, DC and I think t...I have 2 days left in Washington, DC and I think the only thing I love about it is the freedom to buy injera in the corner stores. Not because I love injera, but because it brings back sweet memories of food sickness in Ethiopia. In about 12 days I'll be in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, and I think my favorite thing about that place will be the mockery--or is it envy?--of people who wear cowboy hats. And snowmen armies, of course.Megan O'Brienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00196562653865191414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2593256949311598537.post-61609221127741215642011-10-11T15:40:22.678-07:002011-10-11T15:40:22.678-07:00I currently live in Middlebury, Vermont, and I hav...I currently live in Middlebury, Vermont, and I have to say coming from New Orleans, I almost hated it actually I did intill this year, but it is growing on me. There is something about waking up to a crisp chilly sunny morning. The mosquitos have gone away, and every day there is a flying-v of birds heading south. The leaves are starting to change, its pretty magical to look at a mountain and have specks of color especially when you are driving past it on a windy road. Its perfect weather to go apple picking, or just eating apples and drinking cider. Or just be outside. I never grew up with this, I grew up with no seasons and they are wonderful. I am just realizing I like it. A lot.Emerynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2593256949311598537.post-28778770633518431362011-10-11T12:27:25.509-07:002011-10-11T12:27:25.509-07:00I live in Baltimore, MD. I grew up here. For a l...I live in Baltimore, MD. I grew up here. For a long time it was home. Now it has become more of a base, but still a home base -- like in capture the flag! My exciting forays into the world might always be punctuated by a dead sprint back to Baltimore. Right now we're lazily drifting through an Indian summer. At the end of summer proper the air was abuzz with the kind of energy that comes from trying to get the last of something. Every minute had to be spent, purposefully, on something summery. Now kids are back in school and the weather is a treat, not an expectation. I really like that. I've been all around the world and I'm back here, but I don't know why. I'm getting ready to move to Jackson, WY and what I do know is that I'm going to miss knowing the rhythm of the year.nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02503528307946601401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2593256949311598537.post-78103607953863921902011-10-11T09:46:18.536-07:002011-10-11T09:46:18.536-07:00I love Spokane in the fall in part because I thoug...I love Spokane in the fall in part because I thought that I could never love Spokane ever. I've lived in much cooler cities (Seattle!!) and thought that Spokane was just that conservative stepchild of Washington. It turns out that there are many great things about this city that I love, which makes me love living here. The best part about the fall in Spokane is dusting off my ski gear and the anticipation that ski season is only a month away!Lindsaynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2593256949311598537.post-84735120823427371442011-10-11T00:56:35.955-07:002011-10-11T00:56:35.955-07:00Although I live in Seattle, fall is one of the bes...Although I live in Seattle, fall is one of the best seasons to head for the east side of the Cascades as the storms don't quite have the umph to fully saturate your weekend plans. I love land of larches, the rocky alpine regions, such as the Enchantement lakes. This past weekend while running through this beautiful string of lakes surrounded by precipitous granite and small alpine glaciers, I found myself fascinated by the small larches precariously perched on Dragontail's cliffs, imagining the small bird that carried seed many years ago that somehow managed to survive in this beautiful, but harsh landscape. Now these few dispersed trees are bright yellow--their final hurrah before winter's ferocity returns.photohydraulicturbinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03168242908956807245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2593256949311598537.post-3811346664127145942011-10-11T00:03:07.945-07:002011-10-11T00:03:07.945-07:00Well, truth be told, I don't have a great use ...Well, truth be told, I don't have a great use for that hat. I live in Maui - 5 years now. But I grew in Montana. (I lived a year in Vermont too! LOVED IT!)<br />I fiercely miss fall though; every year around this time my heart yearns for home, for football season, for fleece and a good pumpkin beer.<br />What I love right now in Maui is the North Shore swell picking up and all the buzz around that, that there are no gardening seasons and maybe, just maybe, it will be cold enough to wear a hoodie at night soon!T-Dubyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16445022414135075582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2593256949311598537.post-8598138261890961342011-10-10T18:35:21.427-07:002011-10-10T18:35:21.427-07:00I live in Washington DC and damn proud of it, any ...I live in Washington DC and damn proud of it, any season!<br /><br />Okay, that's not entirely true....I miss the West Coast.<br /><br />That's why I read your blog.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2593256949311598537.post-10534413540848651912011-10-10T18:31:47.082-07:002011-10-10T18:31:47.082-07:00Also don't send me the hat. But I must say the...Also don't send me the hat. But I must say there is little better than a warm bright blue fall sky and the contrast of the bright orange trees. Eating an apple picked only moments before. The crunching underfoot. the smell just after the sun has gone down. that first magical snowfall.<br /><br />Fall is indeed a feast for the senses.Adrianenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2593256949311598537.post-78674020473472726222011-10-10T18:19:48.615-07:002011-10-10T18:19:48.615-07:00Ah, man. Cincinnati in the fall just makes me pine...Ah, man. Cincinnati in the fall just makes me pine for Vermont (get it? get it?). The colors are pretty but limited and the weather is far too warm at the moment (70s-80s) to think about proper fall activities like maple sugaring and unpacking the sweaters. Cincinnati's major season is spring, especially early spring - the entire city is planted with gorgeous flowering trees that all seem to bloom at once and change the entire place colors of white, pink, and light purple. But: wrong season!<br /><br />Hat to Erin B for evoking 1-89 (though I'd take Route 4 over 98 any day - 4 leads to Sugar & Spice!).akpavlickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04318604160763565758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2593256949311598537.post-19611718191992657642011-10-10T18:19:01.070-07:002011-10-10T18:19:01.070-07:00LOL Lina!! When I was at UVM, I remember it snowin...LOL Lina!! When I was at UVM, I remember it snowing as I stumbled home from a Halloween party. Perhaps I-89 should just be avoided as soon as the leaves fall until they reappear. <br /><br />We should have an ILOVERMONT party soon. We can all wear ten layers under our snowsuits, drink maple syrup and listen to Phish. FTW!!Erin B.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2593256949311598537.post-17749207394603134512011-10-10T16:44:27.566-07:002011-10-10T16:44:27.566-07:00Revelstoke isn't the most inspiring place to b...Revelstoke isn't the most inspiring place to be come October. Being the only inland temperate rain forest in the world... well it rains a lot!! But I love living here because when the sun does peak through the clouds you can see the snow starting to accumulate high up in the mountains with the promise of winter right around the corner. The air is crisp, clean and clear. You can go out for a mountain bike ride and come home with fresh chantrelle's for dinner. And finally, I love living where I do because today is Thanksgiving and I spent the weekend eating turkey with friends and family and I didn't have to wait all the way til November :)Michuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08305732165485237483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2593256949311598537.post-17151479405943709802011-10-10T16:23:55.460-07:002011-10-10T16:23:55.460-07:00SJJ...I think fall colored clothings swaps are the...SJJ...I think fall colored clothings swaps are the best reason to stay in the NW ever. Stay with me forever.Melinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16957983479473967228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2593256949311598537.post-25035377681119497252011-10-10T16:19:37.992-07:002011-10-10T16:19:37.992-07:00Erin B is right-I should win it all. In everything...Erin B is right-I should win it all. In everything, not just the blog hat contest.Sabertoothalihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06005364297671337071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2593256949311598537.post-88858090813337045252011-10-10T13:02:56.293-07:002011-10-10T13:02:56.293-07:00Yesterday I woke up to wet pavement and what looke...Yesterday I woke up to wet pavement and what looked like another downpour to come. <br />It was a nice welcome though. Yes, I love sunshine and warm weather but I love the grey misty Pacific Northwest fall — optimal running weather. <br />I ran the trails at the Redmond Watershed and there wasn't anything else I would have rather been doing that morning than kicking up mud and being surrounded by the tall trees. It's that fall-running feeling. Everything (seems) calm. The leaves are changing colors. And it can't get any better than here.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2593256949311598537.post-46989323415348361412011-10-10T12:59:46.298-07:002011-10-10T12:59:46.298-07:00Seattle and I have a tumultuous relationship. You...Seattle and I have a tumultuous relationship. You see, there's nothing better than a bunch of great girl friends sharing fall colored clothes (bring your boots tonight), and local organic food, conscious people aware of their impact on this earth, people striving to be better athletes, musicians, professionals, friends, yogis. But it's no secret that I really don't like Seattle in the fall. The tomato plants are begging to be pulled because the fruit will never turn red, and the basil is yellow, the clouds are as so thick you forget there is anything else, and my hair is constantly a rats nest because there is no need to dry it or straighten it or even wash it. But.. I do love mushrooms, and even more than eating them, I love hunting them, and they only come with the rain. So, I love the Pacific Northwest right now because it is the world's epi-center for wild mushrooms, and the mycelia are pushing up the dirt somewhere right now.SJJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09850139721100292407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2593256949311598537.post-61529286225941071842011-10-10T12:44:27.557-07:002011-10-10T12:44:27.557-07:00Don't send me the hat. I'm all the way in ...Don't send me the hat. I'm all the way in New Zealand (and I'm plenty warm). Just had to respond to this question anyway. :) <br /><br />Because for the first time I won't be in the States for Fall season. New Zealand is in its Spring. And while reading friends' Facebook updates on the season changing, I get a little homesick and I start to reminisce about Fall in New England. The distinctive smell of leaves falling, apple-picking (pie making) parties, mulled wine, mulled cider, layers and layers of comfy sweaters, and the bright red, orange, yellows and browns that never disappoint. Miss that I-89!Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00180462290811257014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2593256949311598537.post-12642590820053438132011-10-10T12:35:26.193-07:002011-10-10T12:35:26.193-07:00I love Seattle in the fall--soup, coffee, tights w...I love Seattle in the fall--soup, coffee, tights weather. I love it.kiridahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04951040791543997033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2593256949311598537.post-26095264455496215242011-10-10T12:34:42.664-07:002011-10-10T12:34:42.664-07:00Oh I love Seattle at this time. It's cold eno...Oh I love Seattle at this time. It's cold enough for tights and coffee and soup but not too cold. Yet.kiridahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04951040791543997033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2593256949311598537.post-21244282877645801552011-10-10T12:29:28.360-07:002011-10-10T12:29:28.360-07:00I live in the Lake City neighborhood of Seattle. ...I live in the Lake City neighborhood of Seattle. It's pretty nice, but I aspire to live in the Wedgwood neighborhood, north of 75th.Chris Burkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17518534777541600347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2593256949311598537.post-40174852456009535322011-10-10T12:15:50.912-07:002011-10-10T12:15:50.912-07:00I want that hat.
What can I say about Boston. It&...I want that hat.<br /><br />What can I say about Boston. It's got the New England thing going. You get it.<br /><br />I want that hat.<br /><br />AlexAlexnoreply@blogger.com