The smell of the air near the ocean: salty, a little fishy maybe, but so evocative of freedom and summer days... I wonder if I lived by the sea if my nose would grow accustomed to the smell, and I wouldn't notice it anymore...? That would be a shame... Well, today I got to smell that sweet ocean scent: among the sand dunes of Plum Island and on a fishing vessel off the shores of Gloucester. Here are a few highlights of my ocean adventure:
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| Hellcat Trail, Parker River National Wildlife Refuge, on Plum Island. What a beautiful place! |
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| The common reed: uncommonly beautiful, but unfortunately an invasive pest in this brackish marshes. |
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| Enjoying my hike through Plum Island.... |
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Then from there it was off to Gloucester, to meet David and go fishing for Mackerel!
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| David cutting up Pollack to use as bait... |
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| Me fishing! This was fabulous! The weather was unbelievable, a little windy but the waves weren't bad at all... and I managed to not get sea sick! |
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| This is the actual boat from the movie "The Perfect Storm".... cool... |
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| Our catch for the day: 12 Mackerel and 2 pollack. Not exceptional, but pretty awesome for my first try! |
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| And a close-up view of one of our captives... they're so beautiful~! |
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...and so ends another happy adventure....
I <3 Gloucester. Victor never smells the ocean b/c he grew up there and is so used to it but i find it thrilling when we are driving up the 133 towards town and i can smell the sea in the air! i've been there quite few times now but never to plum island. it's now on my list ;)
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