In a word...

Empty beach, quiet morning, serenity... #amurderofbeachcrows #stopandsmelltherosarugosa 🌺#toesinthesand👣 #bringmethathorizon #MeigsPoint #Connecticutshore🌊 #beachdaze🧜🏻‍♀️ #outdoorsyisall🌲 (at Hammonassett Beach Meigs Point)

Empty beach, quiet morning, serenity... #amurderofbeachcrows #stopandsmelltherosarugosa 🌺#toesinthesand👣 #bringmethathorizon #MeigsPoint #Connecticutshore🌊 #beachdaze🧜🏻‍♀️ #outdoorsyisall🌲 (at Hammonassett Beach Meigs Point)

Empty beach, quiet morning, serenity... #amurderofbeachcrows #stopandsmelltherosarugosa 🌺#toesinthesand👣 #bringmethathorizon #MeigsPoint #Connecticutshore🌊 #beachdaze🧜🏻‍♀️ #outdoorsyisall🌲 (at Hammonassett Beach Meigs Point)

Empty beach, quiet morning, serenity... #amurderofbeachcrows #stopandsmelltherosarugosa #bringmethathorizon #MeigsPoint #Connecticutshore #beachdaze (at Hammonassett Beach Meigs Point)

Watching the sun rise through the tent flaps... #happyTuesday #needcoffeenow☕️ #campinglife🏕#backtothebeachday🌊🧜🏻‍♀️ #outdoorsyisall🌲#puttingthelonginlongweekend (at Hammonasset Beach State Park)

Diana Fritillary blue butterfly came to hang with us at our camp last night... #kindofblue #flutterbys #flybynights #bluebutterfly #Arkansasstatebutterfly #campinglife #outdoorsiysall (at Hammonasset Beach State Park)

Beautiful night camping with a lovely niece @abbylarson03 #summernights #crescentmoon #beachcamp #perfectsummer #lovinlife #ohtheshore #Connecticutbeaches #outdoorsyisall (at Hammonasset Beach State Park)

Summer evenings and puppies at play... #yellowdog #playfulpups #dogsofinstagram #handful #nodiggingplease #stopeatingeverything #labsofinstagram (at Torrington, Connecticut)

Lakeside morning.... #Cowisland #Sailaway #lakewinnipesaukee #summerfun #idyll #havingaheatwave #5thofjuly (at Winnipesaukee, New Hampshire)

Lazy lake days... #outdoorsyisall #lakelife #sailaway #campiscool #getoutside #findyourwild #winnepesaukee #cowisland #friendsforlife (at Moultonborough, New Hampshire)

And just like that, we became a family with a dog... Sonny will join us on 6/29 from Petfinder.... we’re going to call him Sunny cuz he looks so darned happy all the time... 🌞🌞🌞#hellosunny #kidsneedadog #rescuepup #petfinder #newadventure #lifeisgood #dogsofsummer #dogsofinstagram (at Torrington, Connecticut)

Best friends are boat friends.... #coldwater #winnepesaukee #memorialdayweekend #outdoorsyisall #lakehairdontcare #bobblehats #NHLakesregion #sailaway (at Wolfetrap Grill & Rawbar)

Top of Red Hill!!! Great hike for a gray morning! #MemorialDayWeekend #Lakesregion #getoutside #hiking #hikingwithdogs #NHhikes #hikingwithfriends #allthewaytothetop #firetowerchallenge (at Red Hill Fire Tower)

Family road trip to Fenway with four die-hard Red Sox fans and a lone Baltimore holdout! #baseballfamily⚾️ #Fenway! #teens😂 #Boston #firstroadtripofthesummer #lookingforasunnyday🌞#rainrainstayaway #lovethislife #lovethesepeople❤️ (at Boston, Massachusetts)

Just as I started my hike thru the bird sanctuary where my Mom’s ashes are scattered, this little guy came to greet me... #cardinalcompanion #hikingformom #whiteswoods #outdoorsyisall #happymothersday (at White Memorial Foundation)

Leaving a little trail magic on the AT... #atthruhikers #trailmagic #ATdaytrippers #hikingwithfriends #photobombed (at Sherman, Connecticut)

So much fun today with great friends! Came across dodgeball playing Pakistanis and ballerinas dancing on the lawn before climbing the falls... #hikingwithfriends #greatoutdoors #takeahike #waterfalls (at Kent Falls State Park)