I enjoy the great outdoors.I am also an avid amatuer photographer. So I spend a lot of time traveling in the area that I live in at the time with my dog. We take day and weekend trips to go hiking and I shoot a lot of nature pictures. I also like to take pictures of lighthouses and abandoned farms here in North Carolina. The weather is great here in this area. I have been known to go camping in the mountains  during the winter. For relaxation I like to garden or kick back and read a good book or just sit and listen to the sounds of nature. I have been known to go to the cemetaries and sit there an read for hours when I lived up north in Massachusetts.