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For me, it's the Queen Charlotte Islands/Haida Gwaii but also Pender Island for one specific experience.
>12 y/o, family vacationing at rented cottage
>Get out of the car and immediately run off to explore
>Arrive at the beach, notice it has one of those rocky outcrops with a little isthmus that breaks the beach into two arcs
>"Ok, I think I'm gonna need to get up on top of that"
>Clamber up, look over the other side, maybe 20ft above the water
>Whole pod of Orcas gliding past
>One half rolls to look up at me (or more likely down at another member of the pod, in retrospect)
>they're out of sight after 5-10 seconds
>Realize I only got to see them because I followed my instincts 100% from the moment we had arrived.
Chasing that moment is all there is to /out/ for me, could not possibly give less of a shit about any of the "lifestyle" elements beyond taking good advice when it's offered.
