We’re back today with another “literally just pictures” post, this time featuring blue things!
There is a lot of water and sky in here but I did my best to find a variety of blue things from around the world.
This is just a fun post/series that I use to share some of the thousands of pictures that I have accumulated over the years.
It’s also a fun way to share pictures of places i haven’t written about yet because my backlog is.. horrifying (but I’m working on it!).
As usual, I’ve added thoughts in the captions of the pictures throughout.
The first sneak peek of our New England road trip! This is a seagull with sea hair (the seaweed under the water) in Bar Harbor, Maine.This is the view from the shore trail in Bar Harbor, which was actually one of my favorite towns we visited on our trip, despite its touristyness.I had my second lobster roll ever here and it was so good! It was significantly better than the first one. Warm with butter is the way.More Maine ocean. Probably in Acadia this time.This is the Firehole River in Yellowstone, right by Old Faithful in the Upper Geyser Basin.A little thermal feature along the boardwalk in the Upper Geyser Basin in Yellowstone.This isn’t Old Faithful, but it is in the same Upper Geyser Basin. We got lucky and got to see this one erupting behind us while we waited for Old Faithful!I didn’t see Yellowstone Lake on my first visit but we stopped this time and it’s beautiful!I mean, how cool is that!? A giant hot spring right on the short of Yellowstone Lake!? I love it.The lake (Yellowstone Lake again) is obviously the majority of this, but I love how the mountains and hills meet in the middle.A close up of the hot spring and the fragile crust around it’s edge.This was at the historic village.. thing.. where we saw the world’s largest bison in North Dakota!This is a giant sculpture at the beginning (or end, depending on the direction you’re going) of the Enchanted Highway just east of Teddy Roosevelt National Park in North Dakota. I loved the drive. I.. don’t know what this is. Ice? Yellowstone? I’m guessing Yellowstone.This is the view from Little Niagara in downtown Eau Claire, Wisconsin. Not too shabby!Forget Me Nots along the Putnam Trail in Eau Claire. We just saw a few but they were beautiful!Lake Menomin in Menomonie, Wisconsin. I don’t remember which month we went, summer for sure, but it wasn’t smelly or particularly buggy (except bugs in one spot). I loved this trail so much.We got to see this oozy mushroom on the Lake Menomin trail! I’ve never seen a blue mushroom like this, let alone one oozing anything!I love the Tetons so much.It’s easily one of my favorite parks, no matter the season. I almost love it more in the winter than other seasons!Throwback to this beautiful door in Quito, Ecuador! I think we need more doors like this all over the US.I just love this picture.And how cute is this little guy!I know this isn’t directly blue, but I’m counting it. This guy is in Puerto Ayora on Santa Cruz in the Galapagos Islands. And a bit (a lot) further west we have the ocean at the end of New Zealand! Or pretty close to the end. This was at the Waipapa Point Lighthouse (I believe) and it was SO cold and windy.New Zealand gave us a lot of rainbows and this is just one of them.It’s also just.. so blue! Like, the water, the mountains, everything was shockingly blue here.This is the Blue Pools in New Zealand and this is the normal color of water not just here but like, all over New Zealand.A different blue but a just as beautiful blue lake along the road in New Zealand.And here we have a different side of New Zealand, some city scenery in Dunedin.Now we’re moving over to Central America. This is the view of Volcans Acetenango, Fuego, and Agua from Volcan Pacaya.This is actually one of my favorite pictures from Guatemala, in the hills of San Pedro La Laguna on Lake Atitlan.Now we’re off to Japan with this extremely cute little car crossing a bridge in Kyoto!And finally Taiwan! I don’t know exactly where this is but my guess is in Kenting in the south of Taiwan.This is part of the temple in Jiji that was destroyed but left in place after an earthquake. I really loved getting to see this while I was there.Some palm trees over Sun Moon Lake in central Taiwan. It’s a bit like Lake Bled, but with palm trees. And in Taiwan.I love love love all the beautiful details in the temples! I could spend hours just looking at the ceilings and walls and tiny little details.I can’t remember exactly where this was but it was at a shrine along the road, I believe, on the east coast of Taiwan.And here we have the Ci-en Pagoda, overlooking Sun Moon Lake. You can climb all the way to the top for a beautiful view of the lake.Does this count? I think this counts. This is one of the food stalls in one of the many night markets across Taiwan.And finally, we’re ending back in Ecuador with these lovely pastel buildings in Quito. I know Quito is generally seen to be somewhat unsafe (a lady did try to sneakily get into my purse) but I really liked it and would definitely go back.
Wonderful photographs!
Thank you!