This is the first in what I’m hoping will be a series of ten posts about single images from the past decade – this first one is from a trip to the Toronto Zoo in 2010. A little background story to the image and why it is important to me. In September of 2010, I …
This is the first in what I’m hoping will be a series of twelve (or so) posts about single images from the past year. A little background story to the images and why they are important to me. It’s the time of the year and the decade (depending on the definition you choose) when we …
Caution is preferable to rash bravery. Falstaff. King Henry the Fourth, Part One, William Shakespeare. The Adirondacks can be relentless. Then at the same time, rewarding. Like life sometimes they can throw myriad challenges towards you in just hours, even minutes. Decisions have to made, setbacks built upon, plans changed and new routes forward accepted …
Tired of feeling lost, tired of letting go.Tear the whole world down, tear the whole world down.Failure. “Failure” – Breaking Benjamin Failure. It’s an ugly word. From the Anglo-Norman French failer it’s one of those words in our language that needs no definition, it’s self-explanatory. If Yoda was providing the breakdown it would simply be …
Climbing in the ADK or it’s all fun and games until someone loses an eye or in my case a contact…. Of the Adirondack 46ers (mountains with elevations of 4600 feet or greater – some people collect them like hockey cards) the Cascade / Porter trail is considered one of the easier hikes and is …
Just outside Prince Rupert the Butze Rapids trail is a 5.5 kilometre loop trail that offers a little bit of everything. Temperate rain forest? Check. Seaside vistas? Check. Towering cedars and pines? Check. Reversing tidal rapids? Check. You get the picture. This is a trail that gives you your hiking’s worth. A gravel path throughout …
Summary – Time of Departure: 0700hTime of Arrival: 1500h Distance: 411 km The quickest way to turn a less than five-hour drive through the mountains into an eight-hour drive? Bring along a photographer. This section of the Trans-Canada starting near South Hazelton is one of the most beautiful stretches of highway I’ve had the joy …
The greatest things about photography and driving adventures are the same. The unexpected around the corner. Or in this case alongside the road. Just west of South Hazelton on an otherwise nondescript stretch of the Trans Canada highway this suddenly appeared in the corner of my eye. One u-turn later and the unexpected became a …
Summary – Time of Departure: 0700hTime of Arrival: 1600h (+1)Distance: 681 km Another time zone under the belt. The drive from Jasper to Houston very quickly becomes a drive through rolling foothills, pasture land and farms but before that, it offers up two of the most spectacular views on the drive. Up first, just through …
Summary – Time of Departure: 0700hTime of Arrival: 1500hDistance: 608 km After spending a couple of days with the grandkids it was back to the road and a trip to four of my favourite places all within one day. Elk Island National Park, Jasper, Athabaska Falls and Pyramid Lake all must stop points for me …
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