Writer's Block: Coast Range

[bookaddict88]

[Error: unknown template qotd] The mountains, most definitely. I mean, just look at these pictures from the trip to Scotland I took over Thanksgiving weekend:







The ocean is pretty, and I wouldn't mind having an ocean near the mountains, but if I had to choose between the oceans and the mountains, the mountains definitely would win.  Then again, maybe I'm just slightly biased against the ocean because the sand and sea irritate my skin (though not as bad as they used to), and I'm allergic to sunscreen so I have to be careful not to get burned.  I do love the ocean at night, though...

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[danceswithwaves.livejournal.com]

The ocean. It's barely a choice for me. And yet, when choosing terrain I love the most, mountains come second. I'd love to live somewhere there are cliff edges to the sea. I think because I love most the feeling of freedom both places give me. The ocean is so open and vast and yet also personal with its changing colors and movement by the weather and season. The mountains have the same feeling of openness, but their closeness comes from the valleys and the places the sky doesn't touch.

I spent a week and a half at sea a couple years ago on an oceanography program. I thought I'd miss trees and stuff while at sea, but when I came home I missed the smell of brine. And the waves at sea are calmer than the waves on the shore, even if the swells themselves are higher -- the sea surface appears flatter and more still at sea than on the shore.

[bookaddict88.livejournal.com]

Cliff edges to the sea would be really cool. And I do love being at sea, where all you see around you is water, though I'm not sure I could stand being at sea all the time.