Costa Rica 10.03.201

 
This was kind of a last minute decision, but I'm leaving Friday for Costa Rica. One week of surfing, rain forests, volcanoes, wildlife and exploring! I couldn't be more excited! It's my dream to travel the world and my goal to go to 50 countries before I turn 50. So this will be # 9, which I realize isn't much but for the most part I've done many road trips across Canada and USA. Regardless, I will be taking a million photos and possibly come back with a tan :)

Shadowing

Pretty excited to get a chance to shadow in surgery!

Summer Among Us

I love when summer starts creeping in, it's not hot enough yet that you'd rather be in AC, but it's not too cool either. Not to mention the sunsets. I'm glad to spend another summer in SLC, possibly the last so lets make the best of it!!

Mammoth Road Trip

The end of winter is among us and its time to take a trip. I drove with two lovely ladies to Mammoth California to meet a with even more ladies. The drive was quite exciting having a pit stop in the middle of nowhere for a beer during the rise of the blood moon. Ms. Superpark is my most favourite time of the year. It is the time when Snowboarder Mag puts on the event to bring some of the best female boarders together in one perfectly built park. I always have so much fun because I'm around friends as if it were a contest, only theres no pressure. This year I took the role of a rider and photographer and got one of my best shots.

Leaving SLC

Pit Stop, Middle of Nowhere

Blood Moon

Boardslides for dayzzz p:Veroniki

Veroniki, my best shot

Goodbye Cali, thanks for the cone

Neck Gaitors

This post is a bit late, but better late than never! I've created a fundraiser for myself by selling my homemade neck gaiters. For $10 each you can pick any colour you want (permitting it exists) and I will made and send it to you. Money goes toward my education (which by now is looking at about 7 more years of Pre Med, then Med School. I need all the help I can get, but I refuse to be a begger, so I decided to sell a product.

You can check them out at www.gaitorsforschool.com

Thank You!

More from Canada

In light of the Olympics on their way, I thought I would get into the spirit and get some Canada gear. It turned out to be a perfect day to take some pictures of my new mitts when it was dumping snow. Besides the flight delays the next day, it was so amazing seeing that much snow fall in such a short period of time.

 

Before the huge snow fall, everything was covered in ice. Although it was knocking over trees it was very pretty and I couldn't stop taking pictures. Hopefully the City of Toronto has recovered from this ice storm.

Home for the Holidays!

The SLC smog is killing me (literally I'm pretty sure) so it gave me the final push to go home for Xmas. I'm excited to be with friends and family, moms new dog Molly, my kitty Moka and to sleep in my own bed again. So Merry Christmas, or Miley Christmas, if you're into that ;).

Our small tree :)

I made this Miley for my friend Chelsea

Moka by the fire

Molly is still so scared of me

Molly, Santa's Reindeer

It's beginning to look like Christmas!

It's finally snowing here in SLC and in thr mountains. I couldn't be more excited! When the ground is covered by a thick white blanket I can't stop taking pictures and dressing up in my warmest clothes. The trees are covered in Xmas decorations and not to mention snowboard season is in full swing.

My Photos Lately

Skate Chicks

1971

Scarf

Corinne Hike

K Scott

Inspired

My favourite blogger Mariannan has been posting a lot lately, so I was inspired to make a post myself. I recently altered my H&M dress to be sleeveless, which I like much better. I try to dress up for this shop I work at because it's a cute little boutique with nice clothing, so I can't be looking like my regular snowboard bum self.

Hat/ Forever21

Dress/ H&M

Boots/ Aldo

Film

Over the past few months I have been taking photos with my film cameras rather than my digital. I bought the cameras on eBay for under $30 and they are so much fun. Nothing has been developed yet so I'm not even sure if they work or not but I'm excited to see the results.

Canon AE-1 with 50mm FD 1.8 lens

Canon Canonet Rangefinder with 40mm 2.8 lens

Weekend Surf Trip

After almost a month of no rain in Salt Lake, I couldn't handle the heat anymore. My roommate Corinne and I decided last minute to drive to the beach. A 9 hour drive got us to SoCal where although it doesn't rain there either, it is only 75 degrees rather than 100. It was Corinne's first time so we visited the Roxy HQ, Transworld and anything else I felt she needed to see. Visiting friends, surfing and eating tacos were the highlights. I could have done without the bad sunburn on my backside and the stab wound from a stingray, which was quiet possibly the worst feeling I have ever felt. The antibiotics I'm taking for my traumatic experience are keeping me indoors, so here are a few pictures from our days in Cali.

Stingray Stab wound. Gettimg the poison out in hot water.