natgeotravel | INSTAGRAM | NOV 13

Photo by @elnaz555 // #sponsored by @llbean // The #BeanOutsiderContest is in full swing! This week we are sharing a peaceful autumn moment on a lake in Canada. To enter, upload your best photos showing how you live to embrace the outdoors. Tag with #BeanOutsiderContest and include a caption with the location and a short description. The contest, sponsored by @llbean, runs through November 22. For more information, visit nationalgeographic.com/be-an-outsider // I’ve come to realize what “breathtaking” means after visiting Muskoka, Ontario, during the peak of fall. Surrounded with mist on a rainy fall morning in Bala where this shot was taken, I was so captivated with the beauty of nature that at times I could forget to even breathe. Nature is a mirror to my identity, and I find myself daydreaming, wandering, or mesmerized in the landscape, every day.