To say the least, school has owned my life the past two weeks. I'm not the only one whose life has been taken over by literature reviews and presentations, so a group of us were beyond excited for our trip to the coast this past weekend.
My good friend R.D.B. spearheaded a plan to rent a beach house on the coast way back in Winter and the much anticipated weekend finally arrived! We left Rainy City, U.S.A. Friday afternoon after the 2nd year graduate students finished their final research presentations and embarked on a near three-hour drive to the coast.
After weaving through the dense forests, we finally saw ocean and turned north on the 101. With the sun hovering over the Pacific and the fact that I left my computer and all books school related back at my house, I was at peace with the world. No conceptual frameworks to mull over, no readings, no work. Heaven.
In total, twelve of us went to the coast, with a few more who joined us for the day on Saturday. We made family-style dinners, drown our stress in the sounds of the Pacific, relaxed in the hottub, played catch on the beach, read FOR FUN(!) and drank a choice adult beverage or two.
Needless to say, we're already planning next year's trip! I'll leave you with a few photos from the weekend:
(the house)
(the view)
(the coastline)
([some of] the group)
(playing catch)
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