nam-i island

teddy and i ventured out of the big metropolis last weekend. my compromise for getting out to the beautiful countryside of korea was taking the scooter. yikes! we traded teddy's, powerful but a little too compact, scooter with his friend for one that is bigger and more comfortable for two. wasn't my favorite mode of transport for the 2 hours it took to get there (and up and down mountains!!).....but it definitely was worth it. man, do i ever miss living in the country! we had planned on taking photos on the way back of the beauty we saw on the way to the island but the camera battery died while on the island. we did manage to get a few though.

this was our first of two fantastic meals. i love korean food in the country! it tastes so much better!

this is me enjoying that deliciousness!!


here we are waiting for the ferry.


getting on the ferry.....


me on the ferry.....


nam-i island is small enough that you can walk around it or rent a bike. this is what some of the pathways looked like.


there were free-range chickens running around.


me.....next to a park---with grass!!! doesn't happen often in korea. (funny enough, when we travelled to taiwan last summer they told us that a certain park there had special grass---korean grass!!! too funny!)


teddy and i in the park.


this was one of the public bathrooms on nam-i island. it was next to a glass art shop. the walls had flattened glass bottles in it.


a close up of the wall.


flowers.....


more of the tree-lined pathways.....


another of the chickens running around.....


this was a mistake shot of teddy helping me set up the camera for a timed shot. the battery died just after this one. you can see the mountains in the background though. it was so nice there.

some photos from home.....

i only have a few photos from my trip home. there are gaps in the activity that ensued from the moment i got there, but here are a few of the high-lights....

this was on canada day. we are out having brunch, in saint john.

just look at that face!! isn't she just the cutest thing you have ever seen??!

and sometimes tired too!

mallory always has a smile for us. she is such a pleasant girl.

on my first camping trip around southwest nova scotia, amy and i visited 10 beaches in 24 hours! this has got to be the best beach i have been to. it's called carter's beach. it is actually 3 crescents together and hardly a person in sight. the water is crystal clear and there are live sand dollars moving about in the water! it is so beautiful!

this is another of the crescents taken from where you park. there is a path over those rocks and i only wish we'd had more time to spend there.

here we are at our campsite, in rissers park, cooking up a gourmet breakfast of sauteed asparagus and mushrooms, fried potatoes and bbqed haddock! it was so yummy!

this is a photo from the wedding amy and i helped her friends plan. the bride, karla, is a good friend from mexico and the groom, adam, is amy's best friend's brother. it was a wonderful wedding and we had lots of fun helping them plan for their special day.

adam and karla, july 25th, 2009.

mallory is literally packed and ready to go! we are taking her on her first camping trip.....and it was in prince edward island.

what a trooper! she had a great time.

here she is supposed to be napping but she's content to just hang out.

our campsite in north rustico, near cavendish.

this is how mallory enjoys the beach.....sleeping!

and here she is just after a feeding stop, right before leaving the island.

that was just a sampling of the fun i had this summer. hope you enjoyed it!