tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40346398040370369622024-02-07T15:37:19.193-08:00Toronto or bust!me and my 2 moms navigating the Transcanada in a U-Haul...homeward bound!mannyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12664228630524505531noreply@blogger.comBlogger69125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4034639804037036962.post-76619116787832999142012-04-30T06:53:00.000-07:002012-04-30T06:53:13.719-07:00day 5 - Sault Ste Marie, ON to Toronto, ONso this is it. the end of the road...for now.<br />
our last day started a bit slower and more relaxed, knowing that it was a relatively short day (clocking in at just under 8 hours)...we even had time for a shopping stop for new mocassins in Espanola.<br />
...and then proceeded to drive right into hwy 400 traffic (welcome back to me!).<br />
nice to find the road rage was still buried deep inside...it attempted to surface but so far i'm holding strong in my northern mentality. that's my goal with moving back to the city. keeping the Smithereen alive inside!<br />
there are no photos from our last day on the road...mostly because there wasn't much to take photos of. southern Ontario isn't exactly the most photogenic place in Canada...but am happy to report that the packing job in the truck was extraordinary and everything found its way across the country in its right place. and also excited to report that my first night back in the city was marked by take out from Jean's Vegetarian Kitchen awaiting my arrival.<br />
best. husband. ever.<br />
and as for my fear of Lucy forgetting who i was...let me tell you, it is such a warm-and-squishy-inside feeling to have a pooch go ballistic at your arrival.<br />
best. dog. ever.mannyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12664228630524505531noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4034639804037036962.post-76054748493917367162012-04-27T05:42:00.001-07:002012-04-27T05:42:45.784-07:00day 4 - Dryden, ON to Sault Ste Marie, ONi cannot believe we made it from saskatoon to the soo in 2 days. seriously.<br />
i am an AWESOME driver.<br />
plus the sun finally came out. and north of Superior is my favourite part of Ontario (aside from maybe Manitoulin Island). so vast. so blue. so crazy beautiful. <br />
and had an awesome dinner with Aunt Carol and Uncle Rob. so nice to have a home cooked meal after 4 days on the road....so delicious!<br />
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<br />mannyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12664228630524505531noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4034639804037036962.post-33106236035246887112012-04-25T21:07:00.002-07:002012-04-25T21:14:24.673-07:00day 3 - Saskatoon, SK to Dryden, ONa long haul today. 1189 kms!<br />
no photos. blew right past Regina and the 'Peg.<br />
totally on a mission: to get to the Soo to have dinner with Aunt Carol and Uncle Rob tomorrow night.<br />
we could have stretched out the trip until Saturday, but the consensus was to plug along to get home by Friday night.<br />
i'm just happy i made it through the dark without hitting a moose.<br />
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ps - it's cold here in Ontario. what's up with that?mannyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12664228630524505531noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4034639804037036962.post-21877424381468223552012-04-24T21:54:00.000-07:002012-04-24T21:54:42.327-07:00day 2 - jasper, AB to saskatoon, SK<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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major disappointment this morning when the little man at the jasper national park booth at the start of the icefields parkway wouldn't let us on. apparently uhaul trucks are commercial vehicles that are well over the weight restrictions of the parkway, despite mine being much smaller than the two ginormous RVs with F350s in tow being allowed on (apparently they are "personal vehicles" so they are an exception despite their weight...the logic mystifies me)...i felt really bad at getting the moms super hyped up and being unable to get through to the little man in the booth, so i tried to argue with him a second time, and then even went back to jasper to speak to park administration...no go.<br />
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it was pouring in jasper when we left, and of course all the mountains were covered in cloud...by the time it cleared there were no mountains left. mom #1 declared the drive "very boring".<br />
but we found herds of caribou everywhere and stopped in the palisades to take a few pics of these guys:<br />
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and then we booked it all the way here to saskatoon along hwy 16 (the 14 footer with small trailer handles the prairies at a nice 120kms/hr with no problem!), in the hopes that we may now actually make it to toronto by friday night instead of saturday night.<br />
a couple of days of long driving ahead...but after my two full days of driving, tomorrow it's a baileys in the coffee for me--moms' turns to drive!<br />
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<br />mannyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12664228630524505531noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4034639804037036962.post-28134963509823692322012-04-23T23:20:00.001-07:002012-04-23T23:20:32.411-07:00day 1 - Smithers to Jasper<br />
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mom #1 came wednesday. mom #2 came thursday.<br />
friday they packed my house. <br />
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then a super swell party at Kirsty's cabin on Lake Kathlyn.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the moms on Lake Kathlyn</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Anthony, Nelsie, Marianne</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Teena</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> </td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> </td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> </td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Anna</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nelsie, Marianne, Julieanne, Connie</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid3j6x1I7Jrm81eCdgPDyV5PaMqNw66hlVGSIrsOr7gz1xsCKp0rXdqMfQoRDOycK3LevtuYlpzdXJ_OU31oAgYwvIxIdIOlijoCYnQoonJ0IrTvU6-aHOq4xB7V10swN6IuByusebOCo/s320/group1.jpg" width="320" /></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kirsty, Breann, Anthony, Nelsie</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ashton</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sarah, Dave, Breann, Mike</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Anthony directing Sarah and Bonnie in fire building skills</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxNEF7vYeRK_YMYAsFmwDLJ2bQf0rGYHMTkMhWW-pPfzfJWzIlh_T7Wa3msbUofO3ApAin4OtKYSZUY-FxiU2g7J9GZF2zOmLyAVe-25wXOmmLhelt8ZjeXBLBSmF6euK99ZoChtYOLyo/s320/anthony_lakekathlyn.jpg" width="320" /></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Anthony supervising the ladies</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1sDKLFE2Vvyc_TC31EhgJ0-9ZWnTfZNUtHB7hJDcQcLBvU859LsIm2PUfVM3UP95kNyu8GUuu-E42RNBLdEeXAMohp8T7F2l291um6jPt2ZComcrFDuneX_mLLeqGmhhPBK1TJhLFQaY/s320/anthonylogs.jpg" width="320" /></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Anthony makin up for it by bearing logs</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mike, Ryan, Kat, Anna, Julianne, Anthony</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip2V0-BaMOManyxgVUoEriy_5CrcnwCb292tDMDLqfbny9aw6qS7dEU5KOdi95iCz8kIUaMwoZl10AE2V8nAhzCv8mw_R3YxAzew8o2Pu_rkIJ0yNs6Tl8drPNNgJ-Wkfxn4VB6ENuQC4/s320/group4.jpg" width="320" /></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzfLRrH4BWr-SCGWKPJgYUHuruvI4qiMTnHJVxXVlE6jBxblypQSZCI3s4jL03NJvkWHGBhSht2SzAn1qlSAm9mKFmF3sB2oAgAODq-HigB6r89JQ1W2ItANaYhJ3pSFZjAuNAOchbjBg/s320/nelsiestory.jpg" width="320" /></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nelsie, Sarah, Marianne, Ki</td></tr>
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then a day of packing the 14' Uhaul only to find not everything fit.<br />
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made it all better by calling it a day, relaxing with some beers for the last time on my front lawn, followed by a nice dinner at the aspen. <br />
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ended up having to get a small trailer to tow prior to leaving monday morning, which i had to quickly (read: haphazardly) pack without the advice of my jenga-minded packers, and ended up with a cooler full of hummus. didn't see robson in the rain and cloud (big surprise) but we made it to jasper, chillin at the super sweet tonquin inn.<br />
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the moms got a taste of the rockies today but are excited for the icefields tomorrow!mannyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12664228630524505531noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4034639804037036962.post-740451498333309932012-04-14T10:18:00.010-07:002012-04-16T23:03:56.767-07:00it's time for change<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiltIXo7tDG3lxXaHtcs_AzryeNYuCmP6NAr58K-t1A0ODuaN8U1eSQMMnVh5oBjh63OHu4vhjc2TsSbf_JtEEln8J3YAjCiTiuh_eEK0YjalcdtyjCgc4WbwR5E6ZZvAknpzl_N9XfCAQ/s1600/malkow_apr.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiltIXo7tDG3lxXaHtcs_AzryeNYuCmP6NAr58K-t1A0ODuaN8U1eSQMMnVh5oBjh63OHu4vhjc2TsSbf_JtEEln8J3YAjCiTiuh_eEK0YjalcdtyjCgc4WbwR5E6ZZvAknpzl_N9XfCAQ/s320/malkow_apr.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731315429253671170" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">the view from Malkow (never tired of this view)</span><br /><br />so...wow. with all the stuff going on in our lives lately, this blog here has been seriously neglected.<br />let's see...an update (our life in point form):<br /><br />- Jon left in our car...with lucy and thespa...the day after Christmas (i joined in a mini road trip as far as saskatoon then got on the bus back home)<br />- i filled my time sans husband with working and a ton of snowboarding through january<br />- february came and i really started to miss my hubby and dog and cat; put the house on the market<br />- march: a well needed vacation...hung out for a week in Vancouver with Lindsay; a good transition city to get myself back from rural life to Toronto mode...rode Linds' bike all over, had a lot of alone time and thinking time; picked up Jon and Gillian and Jordan at the airport and headed up to Whistler to meet Mary and Toby for 3 days of riding and 4 nights of eating and drinking with friends (and a well needed visit with my hubbers!)<br />- got back and most of the snow in town has disappeared, spring is in the air and i realized how quickly time goes by. i leave this town a week from Monday!...i should start packing, really.<br /><br />a few photos:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcR9JRvvFwGbu57Xt6jsYIlJ_hdH6sQzE-qgtcH1pXRwZHSOq899gswTNVabX0XgSqs-qq3XwFvBvA9EkcJdrTf0gQxwgx0S6r_DMBL6zZ6zsBgRXBdCknBoZDPc5oZI-IIsgZ_AFK3YY/s1600/ashton_linds.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcR9JRvvFwGbu57Xt6jsYIlJ_hdH6sQzE-qgtcH1pXRwZHSOq899gswTNVabX0XgSqs-qq3XwFvBvA9EkcJdrTf0gQxwgx0S6r_DMBL6zZ6zsBgRXBdCknBoZDPc5oZI-IIsgZ_AFK3YY/s320/ashton_linds.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731315165613088226" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">ashton and lindsay (two of the awesomest roommates ever)</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9kn-ok3gthmaLcm9EQfw2ptbhm9EaQz8vREGtAZDaBX8_Bx0F3G3fqb2tX60qQ6pKTr3zHcphuOR-uuEa9oxQp8HtHEokPOYe_ygO1Cyqq6VXUqr6pkV6lstwGXZqRA-9jpeedNK0XvM/s1600/sunnyvan.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9kn-ok3gthmaLcm9EQfw2ptbhm9EaQz8vREGtAZDaBX8_Bx0F3G3fqb2tX60qQ6pKTr3zHcphuOR-uuEa9oxQp8HtHEokPOYe_ygO1Cyqq6VXUqr6pkV6lstwGXZqRA-9jpeedNK0XvM/s320/sunnyvan.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731315637566924322" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">surprisingly, it was mostly sunny for my time in van</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt5PxJ6J4zJl7rw73gZw__y-rYTHh9MbqWKrAIqrBzZp52HQ_2fxATSlh2w2wpnrUAdM9eqy8zXYwYOkGrOjh3ORVCzYSDH41w4QDxAKlSvEaQphytEv9N1SDHOR3dxqka7-IaCAuNW_w/s1600/rainyvan.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt5PxJ6J4zJl7rw73gZw__y-rYTHh9MbqWKrAIqrBzZp52HQ_2fxATSlh2w2wpnrUAdM9eqy8zXYwYOkGrOjh3ORVCzYSDH41w4QDxAKlSvEaQphytEv9N1SDHOR3dxqka7-IaCAuNW_w/s320/rainyvan.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731315437538496498" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">this is what i pictured myself to be doing most of the time </span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">(having coffee during a rainy day in </span><a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.gastown.org/">Gastown</a><span style="font-style: italic;">)</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmbkiM67UhKMnBWLrObSgX2JFBkaYe5a-3sV5dqTrNOdPRO8bUbeaywiJ1aq4eY_zQVbArklcz42F_Os4HwPQrUJMQDp4TdHqQdMikDMEz-az1B42bw5tW3Zc71zIuaplG0ElidF_4iE4/s1600/laughingmen%253Ejpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmbkiM67UhKMnBWLrObSgX2JFBkaYe5a-3sV5dqTrNOdPRO8bUbeaywiJ1aq4eY_zQVbArklcz42F_Os4HwPQrUJMQDp4TdHqQdMikDMEz-az1B42bw5tW3Zc71zIuaplG0ElidF_4iE4/s320/laughingmen%253Ejpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731315198307649042" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">sculpture in English Bay...these are just too cool. </span><br /><a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/artists/yue_minjun.htm">(laughing statues by artist Yue Minjun)</a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">one of the nurses at work has always said she wants one of these on her lawn because they make her happy. i concur. if i ever win the lottery i'll be sure to buy one for Marianne.</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizdA99PHRzxFrVqDcrMXmQiOgHGYEKhE8-Kaaonxppe7r_D3yaJG-WCLseFuHNiBK5536BiCk40nqht9a8xkcEUzDfKulzJAtVMvYwK76njYXOSfQPQ0tGT98I5SxnCKbM6vXScMDw-_0/s1600/stanleypark2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizdA99PHRzxFrVqDcrMXmQiOgHGYEKhE8-Kaaonxppe7r_D3yaJG-WCLseFuHNiBK5536BiCk40nqht9a8xkcEUzDfKulzJAtVMvYwK76njYXOSfQPQ0tGT98I5SxnCKbM6vXScMDw-_0/s320/stanleypark2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731315451282575906" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">i rode the trail that goes around the perimeter of </span><a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://vancouver.ca/parks/parks/stanley/">Stanley Park</a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipD9EligjKUvEyPGiKEeoNWDdIElliMp3c8SEYhYyWsY8pOjq3SfaA051z0wGvmoUFNlTZ1TSuKKyjyGsWQAn96JQqs2rCm0aUSW5yZqcvhHWscqCx53c0h02_L8XvO5_mB0rq4PNwUTY/s1600/stanleypark1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipD9EligjKUvEyPGiKEeoNWDdIElliMp3c8SEYhYyWsY8pOjq3SfaA051z0wGvmoUFNlTZ1TSuKKyjyGsWQAn96JQqs2rCm0aUSW5yZqcvhHWscqCx53c0h02_L8XvO5_mB0rq4PNwUTY/s320/stanleypark1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731315448990130242" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOFEZyuLd-DJ7GhW2G1JB1juGvMmJUYvvSaLv3aHXzoVOR2M_5wUufAfR0-GEvI3ksgD7y4sQEQHeedD6p7pYhIY6s9SDRnOBmTfuxNklJeokNw0CUTqG4kYi3qyktNQ-9Vly9ilBMnok/s1600/underlionsgate.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOFEZyuLd-DJ7GhW2G1JB1juGvMmJUYvvSaLv3aHXzoVOR2M_5wUufAfR0-GEvI3ksgD7y4sQEQHeedD6p7pYhIY6s9SDRnOBmTfuxNklJeokNw0CUTqG4kYi3qyktNQ-9Vly9ilBMnok/s320/underlionsgate.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731315639821174978" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">under the Lion's Gate Bridge</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPV7PfQ3ek7vj5FAvtsvUq9dFze2Ri4FjoROLPcSHOcY2qTyE2BpEFgEhSvc0DP1lhgOy6CkfP1DBxlgiqoo_aAdzCn6PskAdu2rWyvLPZvP2qLLNLfxDaa-09pUhDbhsUx4dB14OQ7EE/s1600/blackcomb_group.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 190px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPV7PfQ3ek7vj5FAvtsvUq9dFze2Ri4FjoROLPcSHOcY2qTyE2BpEFgEhSvc0DP1lhgOy6CkfP1DBxlgiqoo_aAdzCn6PskAdu2rWyvLPZvP2qLLNLfxDaa-09pUhDbhsUx4dB14OQ7EE/s320/blackcomb_group.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731315165804120946" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">the group at the top of the Blackcomb glacier</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">(L to R: Jordan, Gillian, Toby, Mary, me, Jon)</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz6PtIgCmlBOkfkFg5JgjhQBSeQTeX-3OM4NSHhjsixniy4eUFba7gEY9whH1hrBSRlmnkXWU7b1LTuMczY8h_VRowgNMcA3R27DDcx7y2noAS6DUkIM_xx2MtAa_Dl73sWB3YfsywYTk/s1600/joninblackcombglacier.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz6PtIgCmlBOkfkFg5JgjhQBSeQTeX-3OM4NSHhjsixniy4eUFba7gEY9whH1hrBSRlmnkXWU7b1LTuMczY8h_VRowgNMcA3R27DDcx7y2noAS6DUkIM_xx2MtAa_Dl73sWB3YfsywYTk/s320/joninblackcombglacier.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731315180350743458" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Jon waving from the glacier (it was so much fun the first time we hiked up and went again...the bluebird skies disappeared the second time, making for a fun time navigating the spring conditions)</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsuNcuwMmhBPvcMjqO9LGT_brGnhdkcgSa91bjkjvNrNBxqhSqAaSlEjcW4S37mM_mv-NFnABbPF0ortjEO8op0B77u8z8LOaohl3A82PTGz8MZ9jehXaYmGT_VvIzvv3gGgxIIDU6RUw/s1600/jonandi_peak2peak.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsuNcuwMmhBPvcMjqO9LGT_brGnhdkcgSa91bjkjvNrNBxqhSqAaSlEjcW4S37mM_mv-NFnABbPF0ortjEO8op0B77u8z8LOaohl3A82PTGz8MZ9jehXaYmGT_VvIzvv3gGgxIIDU6RUw/s320/jonandi_peak2peak.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731315170207293234" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">on the <a href="http://ww1.whistlerblackcomb.com/p2pg/?int=peak2peak_redirect_030608">Peak2Peak</a> gondola...seriously a feat of engineering!</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrQt3rN1SYRpFQGWpG_hYzv2RXO2YfOul-H4ypoqZY7xf3ZETmxDj7cwqzj4gQQEkpdrt0bQirepSx4XQoKRnzSZYi8R0nv5DDxanNcYgTAA-cWRhT3DQnQERJ8oaEUb1bwVnORz5v_N4/s1600/whistlerinukshuk_friends.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrQt3rN1SYRpFQGWpG_hYzv2RXO2YfOul-H4ypoqZY7xf3ZETmxDj7cwqzj4gQQEkpdrt0bQirepSx4XQoKRnzSZYi8R0nv5DDxanNcYgTAA-cWRhT3DQnQERJ8oaEUb1bwVnORz5v_N4/s320/whistlerinukshuk_friends.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731315648147755074" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">the inukshuk at the peak of Whistler</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyfBgqSeMyYphCzDVB4LS1M6H_FPkYVHpQjI0ePAAG4KjFwEWvXyv3tad9t2K3XnBAjjEmD9qcqMGs0qWSm3m-839bfkscN55u_Zo9rRT5K1ktdNG9T0EKQLYYIC0saxtUEqywrOdhLVk/s1600/whistler_us.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyfBgqSeMyYphCzDVB4LS1M6H_FPkYVHpQjI0ePAAG4KjFwEWvXyv3tad9t2K3XnBAjjEmD9qcqMGs0qWSm3m-839bfkscN55u_Zo9rRT5K1ktdNG9T0EKQLYYIC0saxtUEqywrOdhLVk/s320/whistler_us.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731315644310335618" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">us at the Whistler peak</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-QLEG8RpnotpnQiCHafkeEqN12jFXXzat3Ir3aOiuncu-f8O0LAa0R5-lNWL3G5380uiyDTpK8n7aq-liGTtEw5yXOEGl6yKJ3iS0_whOdlAkdbxrPl2od49slkOzN0aKkeV7p1B9ju8/s1600/malkow_connie%2526i.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-QLEG8RpnotpnQiCHafkeEqN12jFXXzat3Ir3aOiuncu-f8O0LAa0R5-lNWL3G5380uiyDTpK8n7aq-liGTtEw5yXOEGl6yKJ3iS0_whOdlAkdbxrPl2od49slkOzN0aKkeV7p1B9ju8/s320/malkow_connie%2526i.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731315433033420066" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">got a spring hike up Malkow in before leaving...and spent some quality time with Connie and her pooch Burma. i will definitely miss working with Connie (one of the smartest nurses i know!)</span><br /><br />so I am officially changing the name of this blog. and once back in Toronto I will be laying it to rest.<br />Mom and Sue are flying in and driving back across country with me. I'll fill you in each evening until we make it back home.<br />just another awesome adventure in the life of J&A.<br />we are so lucky.<br />-a.mannyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12664228630524505531noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4034639804037036962.post-19172959520710903192011-11-29T22:55:00.001-08:002011-11-30T11:43:38.348-08:00the big news<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4PPmjn6w_k7yQfBQv8dbK5bkldHZ7mKqJ7m2WD4FqvoazTIsDwi8iBkyJAtJEX8jNJ7nMKd8T3-yJUp6Ul-PR9L0Zc6B4PAxWafX9VIK8_45MPK2BP-PpZtkA6M6zgn3Tx37f9ZBcbCs/s1600/winnipegavesunset.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4PPmjn6w_k7yQfBQv8dbK5bkldHZ7mKqJ7m2WD4FqvoazTIsDwi8iBkyJAtJEX8jNJ7nMKd8T3-yJUp6Ul-PR9L0Zc6B4PAxWafX9VIK8_45MPK2BP-PpZtkA6M6zgn3Tx37f9ZBcbCs/s320/winnipegavesunset.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680845207416379010" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">winnipeg ave sunset</span><br /><br />as some of you may know by now, we've had some big change of plans as of late.<br />jon is the soon-to-be EDITOR of beach metro news!<br />this, of course, means we will be moving back to toronto...believe me when i tell you that this decision did not come without a lot of thinking and huge amounts of time spent deliberating.<br />the way the story goes is that the editor of the paper jon used to work at in toronto is retiring...we knew this when we left toronto, but jon was expecting his senior colleague and friend to take this position when the time came...when his old editor called to request that jon apply for the job, it took some time for jon to even send his resume...we truly thought we were going to be smithereens for quite some time...<br />this was a very difficult decision to make--it is beautiful here in Smithers and we have made some truly wonderful friends...while we are ecstatic at the idea of jon being the editor of the beach metro news, and happy to be returning to where our families are, there are definitely aspects of the rural northern lifestyle that we will miss (i write that after 3 consecutive days of snowboarding in november, with sunday having 35cm--!!--of fresh powder for our riding pleasure)...<br /><br />so, enough jabbering, a collection of pics from the last couple of months here in beautiful BC:<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">an october hike up to crater lake with the girls and the pooches...the first of the snow on the mountain (still no snow in town at this point)</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl4DLwDdTD4DXc-1w4nbgCMo5DvNHJyjrjnS4LSce6uENN1uqyh0fOjm4uUjvCBLBFqLXHWpeZz6gw8buCnG248U7CezU7CsgnC6o_aSKEqiCknVUI8Sir5aBrg_HO6leF4UcGkilgl98/s1600/craterlake_casey_lucy.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl4DLwDdTD4DXc-1w4nbgCMo5DvNHJyjrjnS4LSce6uENN1uqyh0fOjm4uUjvCBLBFqLXHWpeZz6gw8buCnG248U7CezU7CsgnC6o_aSKEqiCknVUI8Sir5aBrg_HO6leF4UcGkilgl98/s320/craterlake_casey_lucy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680843123968448402" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxrJ8G9xbTB8pYuwNhO7Hu-zW8HLIyB0izQkknlEC3eC0rN92YBuzwceOZW0SeAMfWTGKuCmUAyv3eAyppdVShyH4GHEV-OMlKM1-6ip1bRl6VaGCS7nNgcO2ixZQSJNqN0skTqCveu3Y/s1600/craterlake_lucycaseysnow.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxrJ8G9xbTB8pYuwNhO7Hu-zW8HLIyB0izQkknlEC3eC0rN92YBuzwceOZW0SeAMfWTGKuCmUAyv3eAyppdVShyH4GHEV-OMlKM1-6ip1bRl6VaGCS7nNgcO2ixZQSJNqN0skTqCveu3Y/s320/craterlake_lucycaseysnow.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680843129429827282" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">lucy and casey playing around in the snow</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6trVvU7-ablaeHVwwvFMwBvWzZW9gWMYbnq30iKRTKoEF08-0bOWdHAla_d7VqlL5HtH4v8dnzuYUQSVs54aFsSMfLiJewA9G6sozSSKaEw8MymxkT4S1VU8VeDgOKOMI7EskkN-gBl8/s1600/craterlake_lucy.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6trVvU7-ablaeHVwwvFMwBvWzZW9gWMYbnq30iKRTKoEF08-0bOWdHAla_d7VqlL5HtH4v8dnzuYUQSVs54aFsSMfLiJewA9G6sozSSKaEw8MymxkT4S1VU8VeDgOKOMI7EskkN-gBl8/s320/craterlake_lucy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680843131104034402" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">jon and i did one last fall (read: no snow) hike...mccabe trail (in the Babine Mountain range)</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfqhbRN5cG4FgkKgUZkqWljPplJ7CAyXF2qE9WSdpqrZ03rAQ4CE_MDgqDheOjmw-NgqXj-3xs16O_P51N7EowoDwUIh-uRn6rUZxkwWuuJbn0vUmsGfw6GGSWCIw2LQXFqdU8ve7Madw/s1600/mccabe.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfqhbRN5cG4FgkKgUZkqWljPplJ7CAyXF2qE9WSdpqrZ03rAQ4CE_MDgqDheOjmw-NgqXj-3xs16O_P51N7EowoDwUIh-uRn6rUZxkwWuuJbn0vUmsGfw6GGSWCIw2LQXFqdU8ve7Madw/s320/mccabe.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680844622407999122" border="0" /></a><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-style: italic;"></span><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;">the view on the way up</span><br /><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib-GsMnkK1rggmPXzoqKHzJ3-QDWazhHc36DtG2ph3mEQ-QsVjSrAGz2T-nnrjOv8l__cBDOH0sMqm8cnLe9dU_JSwu22C-KK_AzIiZ_129wvEffQuBAvfanmgizy2Cfwe3QWaLIDT_rQ/s1600/mccabe_jonlucy.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib-GsMnkK1rggmPXzoqKHzJ3-QDWazhHc36DtG2ph3mEQ-QsVjSrAGz2T-nnrjOv8l__cBDOH0sMqm8cnLe9dU_JSwu22C-KK_AzIiZ_129wvEffQuBAvfanmgizy2Cfwe3QWaLIDT_rQ/s320/mccabe_jonlucy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680844607217876946" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">jon with lucy</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT2hzOPJIsqTdm7kQ0zwCEuNOq-NmpUmU2Fpx8sItmusrnsf-uNv-0Fw_1TFmCKlE5TG_sPf2KrTz8i10sMDcrtj6brmK8ray8GxLKP-1Td9QnaPx-ujhz8_F8tH4p09gLJziPquFguHE/s1600/mccabe_jonalpine.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT2hzOPJIsqTdm7kQ0zwCEuNOq-NmpUmU2Fpx8sItmusrnsf-uNv-0Fw_1TFmCKlE5TG_sPf2KrTz8i10sMDcrtj6brmK8ray8GxLKP-1Td9QnaPx-ujhz8_F8tH4p09gLJziPquFguHE/s320/mccabe_jonalpine.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680844174266838338" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">jon at alpine</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid-_u7WO_eJ_MsqWEy3Br7zQsbcgBpRujQrFxvNMFgJEH148_iQLaeboggUGsh5SFLHB2J8jjUcldBQQ_IIZAveLm8XnA7CcSdIy4_7cScbG9AISe78a0K11RjmWV8NgVhDQrtf2G5bwM/s1600/mccabe_lucyatalpine.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid-_u7WO_eJ_MsqWEy3Br7zQsbcgBpRujQrFxvNMFgJEH148_iQLaeboggUGsh5SFLHB2J8jjUcldBQQ_IIZAveLm8XnA7CcSdIy4_7cScbG9AISe78a0K11RjmWV8NgVhDQrtf2G5bwM/s320/mccabe_lucyatalpine.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680844613075992642" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">lucy at alpine</span><br /><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiIiS67lRXmJ9CZiO6wwQ1a1cqwQh5cMxK6mlSj-3p6gU8tQRtMbNY-Onqfv5kJywnTbP7qo5MvwPkXyI4tBWR3iPhGCT8jeE4ey0Zy0RkRmIedfPIYaO0aqtabA2t3iERgazfE3orhHo/s1600/mccabe_alpine.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiIiS67lRXmJ9CZiO6wwQ1a1cqwQh5cMxK6mlSj-3p6gU8tQRtMbNY-Onqfv5kJywnTbP7qo5MvwPkXyI4tBWR3iPhGCT8jeE4ey0Zy0RkRmIedfPIYaO0aqtabA2t3iERgazfE3orhHo/s320/mccabe_alpine.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680844166338995538" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">alpine amidst the Babines</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil8xu3Q2_hkHldx1EB9o1BpSNaqn0jFM6zu-FD2quUfygXwSJNNWiFUV3xrB0xURl3XilpWk7Ukw7s7NCqBaEYpV1PI3L4VTTQ5gYSHbnq4r4i3CFFuq0VElsgKEuOPYVcecnbb_e1Btg/s1600/mccabe_lucy.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil8xu3Q2_hkHldx1EB9o1BpSNaqn0jFM6zu-FD2quUfygXwSJNNWiFUV3xrB0xURl3XilpWk7Ukw7s7NCqBaEYpV1PI3L4VTTQ5gYSHbnq4r4i3CFFuq0VElsgKEuOPYVcecnbb_e1Btg/s320/mccabe_lucy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680844609297632722" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">lucy on the way down through an old avalanche path</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">our friends dave and damien opened up <a href="http://dawn2dusk.net/">their new shop</a>...very exciting</span>!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQGJeNRuZFjI2n2QgVftmR7wPTCG0Z31oFCuI9Wp1FETMGHgtE2hi8dXI0eFIPwV4NFwo_oFC5nd5-LgJXj376zJZkCEQ76vMNBX9K28bCn_Sj26C2n-HksPH1GVkDnU6RmNKMvx0hw4s/s1600/dawn2dusk_9.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQGJeNRuZFjI2n2QgVftmR7wPTCG0Z31oFCuI9Wp1FETMGHgtE2hi8dXI0eFIPwV4NFwo_oFC5nd5-LgJXj376zJZkCEQ76vMNBX9K28bCn_Sj26C2n-HksPH1GVkDnU6RmNKMvx0hw4s/s320/dawn2dusk_9.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680844844385885074" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY52qCONos7OkjmFebbK_a35WCyDIlOqLmR_8YT4LMEbTrfi08av-wNLllhAfratVpvq6qWBWGiMwN9iivInx1AHJVVC_9onZPiaOErfPE4OzWpjzNzIfR3A95vOeV0HdlhfIGzsQ-P9U/s1600/dawn2dusk.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; 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width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr-Nv5aBQCfb1l1-a39vKfal7i00kocvXa_WT5FTFgBEDI15PbJWp0yiAe8UuCZvtPhZ6cJJcWS_2OHFtflEKedUfke-SsjmKhRan74XJ2GJhHpnFzu4LJhzFEohYT0yLKb4jHoThkb4s/s320/dawn2duskparty_2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680843132588119266" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-style: italic;"><br />being silly with Breann and Amy at the Hilltop for Dawn2Dusk's grand opening</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg1i0-kxT8YWvsblrICbOi8Fonpsr0BNkFyqa3U4LmY39T-cQ_3xaND31A63VC6RmMsfFgkgcMiBnRQJvxFBJHCRY18BtiJMlBljmHT7iZklG_Bo-6BTSNZ1O2x-ld8JfgHtSSptfbC7k/s1600/dawn2duskparty_5.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg1i0-kxT8YWvsblrICbOi8Fonpsr0BNkFyqa3U4LmY39T-cQ_3xaND31A63VC6RmMsfFgkgcMiBnRQJvxFBJHCRY18BtiJMlBljmHT7iZklG_Bo-6BTSNZ1O2x-ld8JfgHtSSptfbC7k/s320/dawn2duskparty_5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680843137660544642" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><a href="http://nascentstate.bandcamp.com/">nascent state</a> played to a full house</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsSDAdM9bAiUGU5ORpwr_U91aolSpQYI1TFA0ugd12W8bVNwltTqyTNfjXoXjYEHy5E1CUTrFdnNyiborFwma0IQzaSAGKgso0Hy98tm0JZV2sPL7btEcV7-loB8VMQ60c-B0dGwW5ZIY/s1600/lucyinthecar2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsSDAdM9bAiUGU5ORpwr_U91aolSpQYI1TFA0ugd12W8bVNwltTqyTNfjXoXjYEHy5E1CUTrFdnNyiborFwma0IQzaSAGKgso0Hy98tm0JZV2sPL7btEcV7-loB8VMQ60c-B0dGwW5ZIY/s320/lucyinthecar2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680844167028913954" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">took a road trip to Terrace to get halloween supplies</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilAWuCY4plLsEsrAOkRcLa4NY1lRxKvjG3OU-pL4vvdTjcjHdIWo9IHyiH1krqE-06D3WGBzpaLubMlHBxgK5ncF8EmmUzXFQjJczcssBbgWFyaSjHOqG2ScVR_svgg7mY7eTzZOhVgXg/s1600/lucyandme.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilAWuCY4plLsEsrAOkRcLa4NY1lRxKvjG3OU-pL4vvdTjcjHdIWo9IHyiH1krqE-06D3WGBzpaLubMlHBxgK5ncF8EmmUzXFQjJczcssBbgWFyaSjHOqG2ScVR_svgg7mY7eTzZOhVgXg/s320/lucyandme.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680845073201861986" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr2lDBj3Nu6WJKZCK8Q09_1KtJag3yseMSt7KOm8CRO3kskCHPP9ofwahkM1D-0q46Wo1KHpFgFiN0Mv4ZtJcTlAL_EeyD8HStF-uTHTBQuL1N0AkhsRtj5Dmnc1bG-N9D00kWICin4GM/s1600/lucy%2526me.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr2lDBj3Nu6WJKZCK8Q09_1KtJag3yseMSt7KOm8CRO3kskCHPP9ofwahkM1D-0q46Wo1KHpFgFiN0Mv4ZtJcTlAL_EeyD8HStF-uTHTBQuL1N0AkhsRtj5Dmnc1bG-N9D00kWICin4GM/s320/lucy%2526me.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680844158198629106" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">stopped for a short hike to let Lucy stretch her legs</span> <span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span><span><br />halloween is kind of a big deal in Smithers...people go all out...definitely our kind of town</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEPxCx0Vy921AOlNp1hSTX_Ek_4hJmnC7wHIBfzDkems7adQFNhpOsXMrge_Rs-e6gXPEQULcQxlcxhlTd6oq7g3339K9-AlxzBOHAaSJF5teicdlLqyIjV3nU-bfuRHvlS7TZnD7Cs6w/s1600/pumpkin2011.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEPxCx0Vy921AOlNp1hSTX_Ek_4hJmnC7wHIBfzDkems7adQFNhpOsXMrge_Rs-e6gXPEQULcQxlcxhlTd6oq7g3339K9-AlxzBOHAaSJF5teicdlLqyIjV3nU-bfuRHvlS7TZnD7Cs6w/s320/pumpkin2011.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680845076291382098" border="0" /></a><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;">jon's jack o' lantern</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzDfjg5jOv2rXDc6ckRjNfhTspe9mqHQ0CEbjCPGb_eXL21eETxEyFdgK1Ry-cw0Ks1Ct19Tdf5pFdfzdSjFAMvtYLIHytJ5ZloaURzo77wwotrK7mWxPXZ5GaGJWFdh53Jrww91M7QVI/s1600/blackswanwhiteswan.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzDfjg5jOv2rXDc6ckRjNfhTspe9mqHQ0CEbjCPGb_eXL21eETxEyFdgK1Ry-cw0Ks1Ct19Tdf5pFdfzdSjFAMvtYLIHytJ5ZloaURzo77wwotrK7mWxPXZ5GaGJWFdh53Jrww91M7QVI/s320/blackswanwhiteswan.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680844621337548754" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0947798/"><span style="font-style: italic;">black swan, white swan</span></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">(based on the movie by darren aronofsky...a personal favourite)</span></span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkuLIbjDfAj988xhkr5k0eYGU3WSYnuaoWtf_2rwS2x3EJtJkKTyAHSewrXhXxXKpotIA-SMY8gyeHMiL7J8jzh15XGEewCLcKfg5n0NRMTYIIFe5A8s7W6c9r5Hv3AxSSXCMN7eIm5zI/s1600/dave%253Ebre.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkuLIbjDfAj988xhkr5k0eYGU3WSYnuaoWtf_2rwS2x3EJtJkKTyAHSewrXhXxXKpotIA-SMY8gyeHMiL7J8jzh15XGEewCLcKfg5n0NRMTYIIFe5A8s7W6c9r5Hv3AxSSXCMN7eIm5zI/s320/dave%253Ebre.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680844840404078306" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">dave & breann</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNpQn0nPEJ4zIjq50H0le0Pv4d2RJXemeMj2zWcBRHP3trnCerwfBdEZJ5IN8LJmuEQntEx-HsNKKyPfarddALs5HyvBghXEA5y-PsuZziHbJEwwfIOrUWUM8pSjrSDSXk1GsMAsPYIL8/s1600/jondavewayne.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; 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width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJRf_mrucKUCiyV7tt7Hbx8Rf-4WZbIJKGcnWy6gdIjRF4vUhvSSWeymMJbeZ7pRkTzrAkkHLw5pNa_F4hTZvd0wxs1fiVCJJvdN_R-7oLJbhj1r06Bxm3ElRR51OEOKnDsJ5TllqAoXA/s320/snowlucy3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680845206058679426" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">shoveling the driveway mid-november with lucy on the sidelines</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4USaU1v7AOUjuwg9mdigfV_PLrIcGxacK877haOr0kjOqgqJyKZ-u8YR0ekYL58rUzz8Dq6knQ2eMOHUSfrddqylGrPpfzViL5fQrDUpwNv4yRx-YQ-3BbSnoMFECAFk_rdOY5uyeUO0/s1600/snowlucy4.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4USaU1v7AOUjuwg9mdigfV_PLrIcGxacK877haOr0kjOqgqJyKZ-u8YR0ekYL58rUzz8Dq6knQ2eMOHUSfrddqylGrPpfzViL5fQrDUpwNv4yRx-YQ-3BbSnoMFECAFk_rdOY5uyeUO0/s320/snowlucy4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680845208544122578" border="0" /></a><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK6IykLk8FKt-3rk24SLspCCSMZU8DQSuTMa_9aiX5sTbbiL5l6qyL6yNwqT0vKd5qDyU3T7E60ytlGOgEXAD_Taj2aQcyDvIituna1x-HE24vV7E3QmmSGXSAZHzblOvh6kBUYLdHDD0/s1600/snowlucy1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK6IykLk8FKt-3rk24SLspCCSMZU8DQSuTMa_9aiX5sTbbiL5l6qyL6yNwqT0vKd5qDyU3T7E60ytlGOgEXAD_Taj2aQcyDvIituna1x-HE24vV7E3QmmSGXSAZHzblOvh6kBUYLdHDD0/s320/snowlucy1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680845080231171074" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">lucy closed her eyes for the first pic...too funny!</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6PKnyTRfokYSH6_wnMst1WQ0BPzLaXzePpZsQ9QZ4BKL6GCGwazdQUDVWYNF4FK4M-IEUpc8jaaoIfyIudu9YtquBFprBPhegh-yePhci1ej-k4IA-G-ERXAKEMc31ltuC0wjsliVsDU/s1600/snowlucy2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6PKnyTRfokYSH6_wnMst1WQ0BPzLaXzePpZsQ9QZ4BKL6GCGwazdQUDVWYNF4FK4M-IEUpc8jaaoIfyIudu9YtquBFprBPhegh-yePhci1ej-k4IA-G-ERXAKEMc31ltuC0wjsliVsDU/s320/snowlucy2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680845083123556514" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp7TUBfqT4eAqnRK5vfmNUaMxlEpbFKTIg9eraSCSDUMzY7MBQjpWlliUEwkKslGmarBJhimxlgCr4nTL9Bo4iyEJZY4s-M5QOSDpKHtih5my6kuYbFILITQNcl3py_pDZMRx87J9HXmk/s1600/lucy%2526thethespian.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp7TUBfqT4eAqnRK5vfmNUaMxlEpbFKTIg9eraSCSDUMzY7MBQjpWlliUEwkKslGmarBJhimxlgCr4nTL9Bo4iyEJZY4s-M5QOSDpKHtih5my6kuYbFILITQNcl3py_pDZMRx87J9HXmk/s320/lucy%2526thethespian.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680844162448769138" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;">lucy and the thespian have been getting closer...</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmTnyqgtA5a9MYt85tbtXYbjcuXq5geJj7R_Y73GOEp4iuJb3fsNj0_bV3CJfBi93KCinVHitKUalycPHqgCn3RT0E8DSEqC_ipfOPiIojRL3Wdmz7wdWdECcl0Fe1_r1L89v7QLb6GYQ/s1600/thespa.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmTnyqgtA5a9MYt85tbtXYbjcuXq5geJj7R_Y73GOEp4iuJb3fsNj0_bV3CJfBi93KCinVHitKUalycPHqgCn3RT0E8DSEqC_ipfOPiIojRL3Wdmz7wdWdECcl0Fe1_r1L89v7QLb6GYQ/s320/thespa.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680873749502570402" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">the thespian</span><br /><br />naturally after the first real snow in town, a hike up to ride down the hill is in order<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIAbcppCFbjOyq5zpua-A8-Az2q5NoBwGE9yWTjkoKrhIoFhQ5Lm9ihKaCY1R4EuI7IqHbSwbhRQm40eoAgzr9wPSGVa6ej8VEMnWFabsoHCxhCk7b_i5-shT4dRoZgZJduOMP3Y8uhyQ/s1600/firsthike_a.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIAbcppCFbjOyq5zpua-A8-Az2q5NoBwGE9yWTjkoKrhIoFhQ5Lm9ihKaCY1R4EuI7IqHbSwbhRQm40eoAgzr9wPSGVa6ej8VEMnWFabsoHCxhCk7b_i5-shT4dRoZgZJduOMP3Y8uhyQ/s320/firsthike_a.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680873736047750866" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">i don't look too happy, despite all the fresh pow, but really, i was laughing inside</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMGf9jGG9dk9VRuaZhSHcwdupiBJYykMSwUst8DiF37k1xOH2EP1AF0QrdvFCzS1qbNw9hjZ3MGfBU4Hgin35bYAbmqGEZgAy__tjQHCP6A7FGUqesVSBYLdfuNJUn8d9zqQM_CXW_KMs/s1600/firsthike_j.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMGf9jGG9dk9VRuaZhSHcwdupiBJYykMSwUst8DiF37k1xOH2EP1AF0QrdvFCzS1qbNw9hjZ3MGfBU4Hgin35bYAbmqGEZgAy__tjQHCP6A7FGUqesVSBYLdfuNJUn8d9zqQM_CXW_KMs/s320/firsthike_j.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680873745507855474" border="0" /></a><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZQly8fQ0MwetEQWYEETLW_yr-NxuvG3t60b73sdKFKwysqugVq0ImXlQvdrpa5K-LVCTKyHMPrCzcgT1LjLFj0LmTidgp6p5IFqCZHKy69x2dMnTouLx0tpJkIz9urszCEG-cbw2BQiY/s1600/firsthike_a2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZQly8fQ0MwetEQWYEETLW_yr-NxuvG3t60b73sdKFKwysqugVq0ImXlQvdrpa5K-LVCTKyHMPrCzcgT1LjLFj0LmTidgp6p5IFqCZHKy69x2dMnTouLx0tpJkIz9urszCEG-cbw2BQiY/s320/firsthike_a2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680873737479702930" border="0" /></a><br /><br />the second time around we brought lucy....and bre and dave too!<br /><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2_IQS4XKxVsKn-nW41uAV7C3vqZJUs8SYuZ_OFQhB15DGkkZL2dZqyQhSsDEPnMhtOJoGWgKThte1YVAHhpIKdvuRQxJJLUqpZsgJAadQdpeg7PR8mjvCKiX0D84ezzm4NDs0RCTOSA0/s1600/2ndhike_abd.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2_IQS4XKxVsKn-nW41uAV7C3vqZJUs8SYuZ_OFQhB15DGkkZL2dZqyQhSsDEPnMhtOJoGWgKThte1YVAHhpIKdvuRQxJJLUqpZsgJAadQdpeg7PR8mjvCKiX0D84ezzm4NDs0RCTOSA0/s320/2ndhike_abd.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680873478061413666" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP_cMtzf5UwAEgIxjCrFyD7UtmMfR1zdgQWY6L5LDG_uO97lYuZBKR1qQOvDfsvOdw0OfSVGGCxy_VeXVRCgIdcQ5GB2tSaFYeVdehtjhb3-IOdEp2aK27uESQKPcknWEnyW_u2c0Rs5w/s1600/2ndhike_jon%2527sshot.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP_cMtzf5UwAEgIxjCrFyD7UtmMfR1zdgQWY6L5LDG_uO97lYuZBKR1qQOvDfsvOdw0OfSVGGCxy_VeXVRCgIdcQ5GB2tSaFYeVdehtjhb3-IOdEp2aK27uESQKPcknWEnyW_u2c0Rs5w/s320/2ndhike_jon%2527sshot.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680873484701909314" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">jon's awesome shot</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsdF8U83UZhrFVKfTzS9YbmdfirpK8bffdOAul1HFcNourvSXsE3vmvPG5orKwBdm74icjfTgiy_WTp16_bZScxum9bXtkRdseRYCdRAxgiMDG8IefTjW96f9Vz5EMP0a8YvKFVwR6OsE/s1600/2ndhike_davebre.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsdF8U83UZhrFVKfTzS9YbmdfirpK8bffdOAul1HFcNourvSXsE3vmvPG5orKwBdm74icjfTgiy_WTp16_bZScxum9bXtkRdseRYCdRAxgiMDG8IefTjW96f9Vz5EMP0a8YvKFVwR6OsE/s320/2ndhike_davebre.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680873483627405810" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">our lovely skiing companions</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ0oWyWV6fnzAzauF5hMv8tYW1SLh30ydFFZHFGPwI1TSWLE_Ndr9s3KIwak89zbVcA2D9P8H3TvlkQFj2bfzDhboIPMy561Tj82Os-CXjt2FvhealwVCqj10vnSB23iQab02ZwxggfGk/s1600/2ndhike_lucy.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ0oWyWV6fnzAzauF5hMv8tYW1SLh30ydFFZHFGPwI1TSWLE_Ndr9s3KIwak89zbVcA2D9P8H3TvlkQFj2bfzDhboIPMy561Tj82Os-CXjt2FvhealwVCqj10vnSB23iQab02ZwxggfGk/s320/2ndhike_lucy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680873493885567266" border="0" /></a><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgcCoXqhvS7VGfSf0BOynic1a7Uj4IkBpKo24scKrIHyIKqRUhfpTiMkKTaCCUF0YCdW2P1SY6c113bN5b-oVbVZXilzV6Juu1Q5vJubaH3k8V8MxcTorQqtTYpwdPjaB1GeOx2odttg4/s1600/2ndhike_jonlucy.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgcCoXqhvS7VGfSf0BOynic1a7Uj4IkBpKo24scKrIHyIKqRUhfpTiMkKTaCCUF0YCdW2P1SY6c113bN5b-oVbVZXilzV6Juu1Q5vJubaH3k8V8MxcTorQqtTYpwdPjaB1GeOx2odttg4/s320/2ndhike_jonlucy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680873497289432162" border="0" /></a><br /><br />lucy loves the snow! she had a blast hiking up with us then running down beside us as we rode...amazing snow dog...she will miss the mountain, i'm sure....as will we.mannyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12664228630524505531noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4034639804037036962.post-7960062282311772322011-11-02T00:24:00.000-07:002011-11-02T00:24:47.437-07:00Some warm photos from Jon<div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMsZgQhx7BDfnOU1iXhxHNqnBMjQcgf_HlD0x9AdyEE-z0jtYFhFj_BzqHWClmutSVofc5iSuKhejRZ-hst_2bv16GUm17kLotW4WYNzu7GYitJMHAOTo88Xt1RepvXV_eBe6yAaYi-98/s320/snorksnork.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664183025010374466" border="0" /></a><br />snorkel with giant sea turtles, a manta ray and a ton of nemo look-a-likes...no big deal<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvdoJpfCIxgfe3xaZCyQTkTSYhWWOQOljkQMKO2DKINOE0kErfobGm2sLJ-ORZL0YIaG6Pm5zocwgPUrmC36KGY0Nf2HkGMWeOgMaN-EDkSbSjyyyvseNvoalbqzPKvewMJ_s1w-9kOek/s1600/manny_snorkel.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvdoJpfCIxgfe3xaZCyQTkTSYhWWOQOljkQMKO2DKINOE0kErfobGm2sLJ-ORZL0YIaG6Pm5zocwgPUrmC36KGY0Nf2HkGMWeOgMaN-EDkSbSjyyyvseNvoalbqzPKvewMJ_s1w-9kOek/s320/manny_snorkel.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664179542937627810" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsXJYzcUhnwJy6MIIL1d_iXrbVX0ooP4YaJWqVwuxUZUcAKkjYFfJZTEIBG0Kw8JaBZKyWGVFl9hA4h8IaL56JYyQ8HfWAO8mfCGens5W4lP0q6ZXPD5zR0WIHJlzEeiySvJo06DHAkW8/s1600/jon_snorkel"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsXJYzcUhnwJy6MIIL1d_iXrbVX0ooP4YaJWqVwuxUZUcAKkjYFfJZTEIBG0Kw8JaBZKyWGVFl9hA4h8IaL56JYyQ8HfWAO8mfCGens5W4lP0q6ZXPD5zR0WIHJlzEeiySvJo06DHAkW8/s320/jon_snorkel" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664178000902002546" border="0" /></a><br />goofed around at the snorkel shop<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX9ruaexOaictnQ-sDZzYlEHrjrOhtnjR7q9JrxoLpVTN_rCp_Q415ye10BDQDqtbb0Hh3PVy6T54MDLBc9P6GMRc8Ywmt2u3fjSl_7G7pGZpX7QRrOVHbjqeGElwoVRKY0h7ZffuHL_k/s1600/lahaina"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX9ruaexOaictnQ-sDZzYlEHrjrOhtnjR7q9JrxoLpVTN_rCp_Q415ye10BDQDqtbb0Hh3PVy6T54MDLBc9P6GMRc8Ywmt2u3fjSl_7G7pGZpX7QRrOVHbjqeGElwoVRKY0h7ZffuHL_k/s320/lahaina" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664178310350304130" border="0" /></a><br />walked around touristy Lahaina<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8uDFawHHdboHD8ScvzYj21d7oPA_4Z9lC9pftvRxTRyjcRTXmU0v7Y3QdWhPhzR4JnydPTazY2KYNF0A1eLjixtiQ2Sbm3Df_PJBSakFhC_YVaHxHZioWKxwszKBO3JmgamI3yIXuOcs/s1600/maui_us1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; 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width: 320px; height: 153px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCRtS6fFctqviIV8bVoXBMxo1l1hpjQPf-vegBJhieN4eX4LSJdeC9BKAwi4jDAPRGIth-al2xsQ4U3DYnIuKl7FkJprtT_dmhFmjqToH_D6USTj8jjZeEjYe-GLkdSV7CYJrnQgPDors/s320/paiahostel.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664180229683425810" border="0" /></a><br />surfed (the hostel in Paia)<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7oyYe5df_ivuvNgSa-m0aFAY2zRM2XZLfE1Q6mjeCIa52d1zOI2BX_QtsI7LyGlKZfBHCzjOQTVP66A_VCb3qWwY_faPrkAlIvT0Afh5LftnE0PHvvUaAbVHVMwb8jvTinxbl4tJ7wZg/s1600/buddha.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7oyYe5df_ivuvNgSa-m0aFAY2zRM2XZLfE1Q6mjeCIa52d1zOI2BX_QtsI7LyGlKZfBHCzjOQTVP66A_VCb3qWwY_faPrkAlIvT0Afh5LftnE0PHvvUaAbVHVMwb8jvTinxbl4tJ7wZg/s320/buddha.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664173817955387250" border="0" /></a><br />saw a giant Buddha<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT3qltE-xOzqTblRhlkSqsr_UqTthhm4wgEUK-dxal4YyD5ZVCFULYtqPJAYzJGUBpidUo1OuqMPN7llQo0-eAtb8mAY2yGr9s5wAoWqyqSiP8_7YZV0MfiX3099BrKkVW6rNHt4QzTvE/s1600/buddhisttemple.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; 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width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi19uXrVKR_Au8CmFciIv5bYemgbMh2fXlRtHjFEa-2nPdSIg7U4jEcQg0w12YqmlCrjeVoH5BXRFDK7vRnSdBMFelhH-dWQwbYODEzFP8uQZrqkxJQHje_fOnVk6ZtL6Mk_q2ZCuiazoY/s320/bikedownhaleakala.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664173813548977522" border="0" /></a><br />the view on the way down<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4uCCvvVI8oMjw9n4ooyHAQCdPV-s_D56_ts8wWUPJrd0gFfZfujn0S4MTrC1cZQF6qxJyzhOXcMTs-NLjXnIWMGLOWavaxomtJSwZ-DJ8Pc1lZ49XSSG4mRJdERbO-zWCRqBOUVo48pI/s1600/bikedownhaleakala2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4uCCvvVI8oMjw9n4ooyHAQCdPV-s_D56_ts8wWUPJrd0gFfZfujn0S4MTrC1cZQF6qxJyzhOXcMTs-NLjXnIWMGLOWavaxomtJSwZ-DJ8Pc1lZ49XSSG4mRJdERbO-zWCRqBOUVo48pI/s320/bikedownhaleakala2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664173817597773346" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmhqgv5sABwX9BHHefBOdzirmQxq_P20V5lrE1wDNi_9eIXLjROizdHpb86RvzN8iHaTAQVbelHxeaWxFtp-ewoUqbuNt6sIafLE_n26Pc0xGh6zQrkDxaZbtuSgP9KmRDHn54vzt1378/s1600/rainbowpark.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; 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width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2DFVfYT7Yd46NnRP8mebjP8_HAOMTVUyJcQQwvxbCmP-Yit7Lg0Lj_LDI4FwmOKfeMaU_PvSkZysaYpK7NA77AI1yrK620PaqBaMUEYSD6bN9tF3mNWmLdoPdj_zk3SNcZmSHBNZp7Q0/s320/slidingsandsstart_jon" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664182427077034658" border="0" /></a><br />the start of the sliding sands trail (12 miles/19 kms) into (and out of) Haleakala crater<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSEbUluTD4IxZfrlgmjpgRJ_7jtnjINc4inI3tnj7oAJRiyrNz3KBik3wve1hyp-1VRbl2fXYF73w-2LilyOu1y5QcARQ1e4xigZUR-AR5-HWBxpFBRJ71HNV9_MC1A7X2WNPubWSTxpo/s1600/haleakala_jon.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSEbUluTD4IxZfrlgmjpgRJ_7jtnjINc4inI3tnj7oAJRiyrNz3KBik3wve1hyp-1VRbl2fXYF73w-2LilyOu1y5QcARQ1e4xigZUR-AR5-HWBxpFBRJ71HNV9_MC1A7X2WNPubWSTxpo/s320/haleakala_jon.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664174868743361634" border="0" /></a><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmL_h-yznEYt-nX97WUeD_ACeLO4IRAYtI8W30aa2nUATgUNC9StOI8SWLqDkFrypuMvqTuZ1emwjkr2vgh03HxUbmRteb-pvhHX5mbKfsTadsbS-qZ7hAbIP-aAsGoQ4hR7mDAFik9Is/s1600/haleakalajunction_marie.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; 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width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6TSi81PqiCl8jb2Ig_jP7dkrJGQbEUqbXZJSP9g5kFfBKcos3meFp_g9RcX66DmKBlJ-omt8NYiB6AWV4yTljp1wGZU39s9qcVrL8xpB8hVAKQpmrGkb8pez4idhCRAkQmhE9puJRXVo/s320/haleakalahike6.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664175997534911026" border="0" /></a><br />the trail<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8VEf2npWN-i7jUjpku5ZQtHATZKjQzmU5XICNmS1mqs9kUriOqK3q1iUK7QCI5w-fBj1n8kY2rG7r6sAncBkyn-1TBUSwzOqKn29R46S2JD9_UhsrKx2ZDQVXkhGExVax2ij4qjJQFnc/s1600/haleakalahike5.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8VEf2npWN-i7jUjpku5ZQtHATZKjQzmU5XICNmS1mqs9kUriOqK3q1iUK7QCI5w-fBj1n8kY2rG7r6sAncBkyn-1TBUSwzOqKn29R46S2JD9_UhsrKx2ZDQVXkhGExVax2ij4qjJQFnc/s320/haleakalahike5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664175996155136258" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_3LHHMJYaH0Z0Gqd4JHLbIkhOIuVMwtn0k7h4bOLyXzmz8vZFPPFjzYOjTU1o70h3d-i6IKzL4xOrj7FN7xJ6sOAF4SpIHbM4rz_MyzF6RUrXS6o0Lnr8jAsuwfVpz5-Bku6zG-yGzNQ/s1600/haleakalahike4.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; 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width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2ub1CvKtCiDBTXChZbWtX8xcMRLaWSDicscqKSxVyB91FR64z-gmDy4J-4NHaeUiN-Ad1DAteXskL3rfZhdBA5IbyW8dkmmGmtBaJ5ULiEqXViClWrDQSJHa8g6oAo5hOUXP9j_7CPBI/s320/haleakalahike2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664175985522119458" border="0" /></a><br />i think this was the point in the trail where jon turns to me and says "i feel like Moses"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_M4U4-0dTUKwPM-BksBoXYcHNjPDDwF3WiE5h5flVvaZrqmT_HcXzqXbBu9qhCzEfZNzrIXIw70czAQO4ObYpVln_0u29el20tQUO_bX5sSkKXzX2UpnEofXaehA6t9a3Is63_lF1eLE/s1600/haleakalahike1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_M4U4-0dTUKwPM-BksBoXYcHNjPDDwF3WiE5h5flVvaZrqmT_HcXzqXbBu9qhCzEfZNzrIXIw70czAQO4ObYpVln_0u29el20tQUO_bX5sSkKXzX2UpnEofXaehA6t9a3Is63_lF1eLE/s320/haleakalahike1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664175636346690386" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx1B0uBOkWt5jmEizKYvP1EEE3NDnt88041D196au3nYloQQatdPEG-OB0Ua5mSkmFa2kosQpUrYthkbdwGoccnOddMYqFtkocRLi1ZLBjonx8zMNPJMwpMJybe9ww6YGw4ZcfDxp8KSo/s1600/haleakala_jonincrater"><img style="cursor: pointer; 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width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkjbttQNIT7bj0RetgudiyhgjFOTJUO2I2R9C-o6bpRgVARyH_AZcOxYayTMv2x4Vt3XtN5fb8QYbFXltaGFl-Ui_9HXcXVgHX1TF49GdVHB4Di459S3UCWgIpv4HE1vbXU9h0Y78oCeA/s320/haleakala_nene.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664175233285409154" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nene_%28bird%29">nene</a> (almost look like canadian geese)<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7s4DcomYtHq4eKCo_XxeqRlv159GmMapJX_d6gkhWLSoplfqqzXuXXQhM2AJGtBtp205SnQ1EZckFarSBigd70ma6A5Uv1lyaGGCqYt2uZF3UW2TCNxyfwyL6RJGibo3BMw9Pv8kRi_Y/s1600/haleakala_mariemelina.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7s4DcomYtHq4eKCo_XxeqRlv159GmMapJX_d6gkhWLSoplfqqzXuXXQhM2AJGtBtp205SnQ1EZckFarSBigd70ma6A5Uv1lyaGGCqYt2uZF3UW2TCNxyfwyL6RJGibo3BMw9Pv8kRi_Y/s320/haleakala_mariemelina.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664175224707618082" border="0" /></a><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><br />our friend Marie yelling "i'm queen of the world!"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMVRVBdApGzxVqQHpAoBXqEVza86c0XRuuZCSMNug3WcL7qDr__gRokUvBT6H7z3qWuIv_hU82boJRw2Iad6_fyDq4ELG0wN8reZFfMCrM2uKHHUU70R65Hi6GRFBQOBTcCxRqKHkAqK8/s1600/haleakala_jon2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; 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width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0H6kI69K0_zpxA2DA0BcAavITUP7XoCrFPZcHLKn_AA1i10lgzLGV2Fel722ijJ7csU4avgg6-fpGb1TmBQlx_0v2mE8nQElj_ca7dnrI_AIl-Tew2o9l9sp00y4QUupEdo2I7tuEJ8c/s320/haleakalaswitchbacks_steep" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664177571181447186" border="0" /></a><br />the (steep) way back up...<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-FUNLcEhI7X2axmfBL4Km3fw35S_onhNx3sMXpXS1s33Y10JIWtySIOa3CDKlLt0G-nvFTM9UnSTTV7MDJv0y0k_oNDoXn7e11GKQbFLg04r7g0Laj7E0zKnYaHTDab8DiqatMVH2Uiw/s1600/haleakalahike13.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-FUNLcEhI7X2axmfBL4Km3fw35S_onhNx3sMXpXS1s33Y10JIWtySIOa3CDKlLt0G-nvFTM9UnSTTV7MDJv0y0k_oNDoXn7e11GKQbFLg04r7g0Laj7E0zKnYaHTDab8DiqatMVH2Uiw/s320/haleakalahike13.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664176894835294866" border="0" /></a><br />the view from the end of the Sliding Sand trail...out of the crater, above the clouds<br /><br />took the unbelievably picturesque <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hana_Highway">road to Hana</a>:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEtAfx6zTu83Q-h2JFIXUzfak_OOF9Tey4Mqf2vQz1985rKVp8sRyxCWI32mRWFzdpi0Mq7pixt-7-6FFx6unxh0qoMU6gesG-4Tx6tu9LCRX8V_juO_-3OsMCZAk_K_orB6-SjEfHiVk/s1600/roadtohana5.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; 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width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLsvmZXMY0GmQiQa7iyctDzqNKcxjBXDDViF5QsNmfUX9WdI1d05fqlkjGiXwKTBIMN7POuspGN_gnl7isljyKYxJdDUGRq99TXdnCd5u3fLOE-BILnGCTv6pibKyioTyk6EYwpd_5AB4/s320/crazybanyantree_us.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664174104540305170" border="0" /></a><br />and at a certain time of the day all these squealing birds come and roost in it's multitude of branches...pretty amazing<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5yuRH1CR2CDrzLdFSPUIUH9UQZLWF1Ys76LCyNsDK6YYXZhPbyJo6jM2gT8YxF6npW-JWVRuHqLZugpENZjlMaTbNKiTW98oXxWjhCiKBiupRDrC8_Vpz2Vs7dF_72A2hmfg2xhYKu3A/s1600/haleakala_silversword.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5yuRH1CR2CDrzLdFSPUIUH9UQZLWF1Ys76LCyNsDK6YYXZhPbyJo6jM2gT8YxF6npW-JWVRuHqLZugpENZjlMaTbNKiTW98oXxWjhCiKBiupRDrC8_Vpz2Vs7dF_72A2hmfg2xhYKu3A/s320/haleakala_silversword.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664175233717548690" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haleakal%C4%81_Silversword">Silversword</a> in Haleakala crater...these cool looking plants only grow between 2100 and 3100 metres of elevation<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpW-oisJp1mHfjF5djy0ebUXXI3e0DV9Xb7QNAog2DUnySHSIQclppKZCVviDl6hsRkzJ464_j9LLyO2ZNhhNHyaVVQ8uKoipMemykpFAFiVcBXW6B-f7ZVP3q1YybWfCdX8Dzh-Pkcew/s1600/silverswordbloom"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpW-oisJp1mHfjF5djy0ebUXXI3e0DV9Xb7QNAog2DUnySHSIQclppKZCVviDl6hsRkzJ464_j9LLyO2ZNhhNHyaVVQ8uKoipMemykpFAFiVcBXW6B-f7ZVP3q1YybWfCdX8Dzh-Pkcew/s320/silverswordbloom" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664182424167599698" border="0" /></a><br />blooming Silversword in Haleakala crater<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf724Y4ZggrISOfcAi1Fs-N8LJcqlJyuEtvsbHj2i4D3I3WxrcZOJGSGuXOG3jAoNWejADlDk5b1clVmQXreyqg3-dZCDj4nksPFEVnyDyijrINqrbkaacAA9JTMF3cJ7aEhIlkxyHJbs/s1600/roadtohana7"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf724Y4ZggrISOfcAi1Fs-N8LJcqlJyuEtvsbHj2i4D3I3WxrcZOJGSGuXOG3jAoNWejADlDk5b1clVmQXreyqg3-dZCDj4nksPFEVnyDyijrINqrbkaacAA9JTMF3cJ7aEhIlkxyHJbs/s320/roadtohana7" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664182402528354962" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHB4PHuT6BwHvx4haO1O95LOv58FItjRrl12SWS1PoZLOuYYL99hb952_46XWfXmC0E-inLleWONVJNugHyqYFXtteUEn5TQ3Z_HJytimUES0ehjKwDDRdOCl7EBxN9Rri_HjS1bnefRM/s1600/roadtohana6.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHB4PHuT6BwHvx4haO1O95LOv58FItjRrl12SWS1PoZLOuYYL99hb952_46XWfXmC0E-inLleWONVJNugHyqYFXtteUEn5TQ3Z_HJytimUES0ehjKwDDRdOCl7EBxN9Rri_HjS1bnefRM/s320/roadtohana6.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664182079697059874" border="0" /></a><br />lush green rainforest, road to Hana<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYfyGvByBtVdrZTYoozyP75EWICsdfRV-IUfSbQemC3Bte0NEYXbSaz9oLS5c-N_zKTjZH_1sNJ4GNDrQ2M2EiESsYF3dzxYhhMrSzrgQ3-EUDTPUsRS01Po1gevNIPkuwrVF8fRFTavU/s1600/roadtohana3.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYfyGvByBtVdrZTYoozyP75EWICsdfRV-IUfSbQemC3Bte0NEYXbSaz9oLS5c-N_zKTjZH_1sNJ4GNDrQ2M2EiESsYF3dzxYhhMrSzrgQ3-EUDTPUsRS01Po1gevNIPkuwrVF8fRFTavU/s320/roadtohana3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664182070244318674" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6JF9iTTmOy8S6Mu5iD03EE7IcPW3haLlMSciwT8jHo4mnlP7WPNnp_m5gd8N8dk0atQfoWIxc6LYM0QMFHbLCTp-gF9yNy4kxGcPg60mCGgdP2rTW-dYG1nQ8ojjrv8nq05rv7vADib4/s1600/roadtohana_georgeofthejungle"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6JF9iTTmOy8S6Mu5iD03EE7IcPW3haLlMSciwT8jHo4mnlP7WPNnp_m5gd8N8dk0atQfoWIxc6LYM0QMFHbLCTp-gF9yNy4kxGcPg60mCGgdP2rTW-dYG1nQ8ojjrv8nq05rv7vADib4/s320/roadtohana_georgeofthejungle" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664181413576832706" border="0" /></a><br />all those swinging vines reminded me of George of the Jungle<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMHyl9OI-keAFuZyEeLaqd1N4pbnNdWTruUTsU3judIINHLSVWPc8gNyVD27vAt_OID0Aei7xidLDkvNIvsdIVQnEAN_D9P-NPJvzi5BnVxD19Rq1aRQu32ujhZj5dOyI73RbC_tN_KsM/s1600/maui_hammockview.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMHyl9OI-keAFuZyEeLaqd1N4pbnNdWTruUTsU3judIINHLSVWPc8gNyVD27vAt_OID0Aei7xidLDkvNIvsdIVQnEAN_D9P-NPJvzi5BnVxD19Rq1aRQu32ujhZj5dOyI73RbC_tN_KsM/s320/maui_hammockview.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664179872079189618" border="0" /></a><br />view from the hammock at our hostel<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWKSyJ4N5raRlQA7Z01STPT1O2-5f2U5-570ZMMIy9WuJW8Bz8rqXB5R1LTjnqeoa-8RbAp_dmdRWkz097pqdH8ekUtbW1NECx0nMYKkfIOZIkc_BAuJ1nDOCLJ15uyXQvlHTpvGJ7ixw/s1600/roadtohana_densebamboo"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWKSyJ4N5raRlQA7Z01STPT1O2-5f2U5-570ZMMIy9WuJW8Bz8rqXB5R1LTjnqeoa-8RbAp_dmdRWkz097pqdH8ekUtbW1NECx0nMYKkfIOZIkc_BAuJ1nDOCLJ15uyXQvlHTpvGJ7ixw/s320/roadtohana_densebamboo" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664181376462084722" border="0" /></a><br />dense bamboo forest, hike on the road to Hana<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh18e-kqHUk_mAyINeyiRgiaHuAdb0pHkbQODZzLvX3CVhQFsLr6l-ycRFJKUh3xANbTOv8aOgTFT_jPe99z7cKa2yifNTKs7i3BXd3bHwFJbOWdBus5HKvf4qxCCqQ3cnFwSK_CrQsF0U/s1600/roadtohana_bambooforest2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh18e-kqHUk_mAyINeyiRgiaHuAdb0pHkbQODZzLvX3CVhQFsLr6l-ycRFJKUh3xANbTOv8aOgTFT_jPe99z7cKa2yifNTKs7i3BXd3bHwFJbOWdBus5HKvf4qxCCqQ3cnFwSK_CrQsF0U/s320/roadtohana_bambooforest2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664180996448348002" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP8PMgHca4ReMM3l4Ifr1YuIXiyBcKuSN2AMnnp2K7u7iYF7sLS5QpdYwL1gHzcrJOdl8MZfUcWlzzym48IzdDNijHY7eXKwaWuGLPzdv3GFK1FFkmHx1oTASdZxroFIj_n2oc-A0qapY/s1600/roadtohana_bambooforest.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP8PMgHca4ReMM3l4Ifr1YuIXiyBcKuSN2AMnnp2K7u7iYF7sLS5QpdYwL1gHzcrJOdl8MZfUcWlzzym48IzdDNijHY7eXKwaWuGLPzdv3GFK1FFkmHx1oTASdZxroFIj_n2oc-A0qapY/s320/roadtohana_bambooforest.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664180994173969714" border="0" /></a><br />although bamboo is not native to Hawaii, it's still pretty cool...i've never walked in a bamboo forest before<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVTlwf62IKZ0KIi0dwuoR6SITjp4ZV6FHfX4KA7YtaXnNCpbLS9KvkTmdOTX6cIxHxFcfwPVq-9sl37rnclpFUYSxBqzQqujCdSehrg7N_xmZiSZnQVoLzDvonx-oPW1q4ap62oSvwJnA/s1600/roadtohana_bamboo.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVTlwf62IKZ0KIi0dwuoR6SITjp4ZV6FHfX4KA7YtaXnNCpbLS9KvkTmdOTX6cIxHxFcfwPVq-9sl37rnclpFUYSxBqzQqujCdSehrg7N_xmZiSZnQVoLzDvonx-oPW1q4ap62oSvwJnA/s320/roadtohana_bamboo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664180989800328258" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcLD5xRXP0JArgrgXt_J1jndA-R1yrvoiVmb9Lh1qxdl92NwbTEhLrUvKdr1i6AVeRI6TqJxtAwTa3PxdS86J9WwMUxvlIWAmLvkqjpNctiLbU-sZCtFQc5oDChYyqJDLCUJpFtEJGaqQ/s1600/roadtohana_banyantree.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcLD5xRXP0JArgrgXt_J1jndA-R1yrvoiVmb9Lh1qxdl92NwbTEhLrUvKdr1i6AVeRI6TqJxtAwTa3PxdS86J9WwMUxvlIWAmLvkqjpNctiLbU-sZCtFQc5oDChYyqJDLCUJpFtEJGaqQ/s320/roadtohana_banyantree.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664181001536942370" border="0" /></a><br />another crazy Banyan tree...this one at the Seven Sacred Pools (road to Hana)<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif7HY85nkQw8ob6MLbQSETpjLzsKeFjSEUOCEp6GvatlgiLsLmlb0VsDNgLHOeBijxjiO6sDGRG5pa5vMkUmkzGb7c4wjU5eeJRZMkurTTjHoffAZRFB_9HDKE9u7KWVORyjjGK6J4XKg/s1600/haleakalabike_sugarcane.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif7HY85nkQw8ob6MLbQSETpjLzsKeFjSEUOCEp6GvatlgiLsLmlb0VsDNgLHOeBijxjiO6sDGRG5pa5vMkUmkzGb7c4wjU5eeJRZMkurTTjHoffAZRFB_9HDKE9u7KWVORyjjGK6J4XKg/s320/haleakalabike_sugarcane.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664175622987090850" border="0" /></a><br />sugar cane<br /><br />things we ate...and drank:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOkxvaRLCNA8X-2bC9VopJ-YZq7finTym-9DRX2on-Y2pzMdXUFWrmFXlCmkpyoOUFOYCQTB1Z5avytUwtI62y5R_TtqX8MLdF3onS3nA55oPJeSllD0EEuzNZaifljbaJP086MPf9ZYM/s1600/tastychocolatebar.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOkxvaRLCNA8X-2bC9VopJ-YZq7finTym-9DRX2on-Y2pzMdXUFWrmFXlCmkpyoOUFOYCQTB1Z5avytUwtI62y5R_TtqX8MLdF3onS3nA55oPJeSllD0EEuzNZaifljbaJP086MPf9ZYM/s320/tastychocolatebar.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664183040088547330" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://wowweemaui.com/">delicious chocolate bar</a> made with kona coffee<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI0nXFVDeBF4cJDm1NU_7H0E6xtFgxxmaGQziZqQ_UgUMCMgfSENG5xsWheScvPcKC5qqfnxO0FGLP8YD3yEIM8cijumvpI_okhKJrbjBdRlo-qsiUot-_h1kVS1M-P6jIEE-nFKCnC8k/s1600/shaveice.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI0nXFVDeBF4cJDm1NU_7H0E6xtFgxxmaGQziZqQ_UgUMCMgfSENG5xsWheScvPcKC5qqfnxO0FGLP8YD3yEIM8cijumvpI_okhKJrbjBdRlo-qsiUot-_h1kVS1M-P6jIEE-nFKCnC8k/s320/shaveice.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664182416777924594" border="0" /></a><br />the local specialty: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shave_ice">shave ice </a><br />(like a glorified sno-cone with flavours like mango, pineapple, passionfruit, guava, covered in coconut cream with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mochi">mochi</a> at the bottom)<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ7nSmmBHqpigYS73cLnCilgTO4dwPy9d1GTxf7c2EsRgIRlNUIXfSzpuDAm4INXtDJP7tGXNUZ2kYfZy2L4VWKeQ5YILqa5SgoRnjufR3-OR6IkOJRB97Mj8DrRIcRTsBz16ptwjR4Do/s1600/roadtohana1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ7nSmmBHqpigYS73cLnCilgTO4dwPy9d1GTxf7c2EsRgIRlNUIXfSzpuDAm4INXtDJP7tGXNUZ2kYfZy2L4VWKeQ5YILqa5SgoRnjufR3-OR6IkOJRB97Mj8DrRIcRTsBz16ptwjR4Do/s320/roadtohana1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664181736443997106" border="0" /></a><br />warm, tasty banana bread on the road to Hana<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgor01TMjtYs61nGAJLZds9rsMrRy-cjgLNhyccS6Vw21HaUxElv8i87iQcTGdevXVBQBasOYw8GdK27gz1PiZP2Bi2zxYdX_WweXikNk72Sr0pciopN0vJBIM3Og4xr9DiEWwx455xbl4/s1600/roadtohana_fishtaco.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgor01TMjtYs61nGAJLZds9rsMrRy-cjgLNhyccS6Vw21HaUxElv8i87iQcTGdevXVBQBasOYw8GdK27gz1PiZP2Bi2zxYdX_WweXikNk72Sr0pciopN0vJBIM3Og4xr9DiEWwx455xbl4/s320/roadtohana_fishtaco.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664181382847026690" border="0" /></a><br />lunch stop on the road to Hana: Brudda Hutt's bbq<br />shrimp pasta and best fish taco. EVER. (ahi with mango/pineapple sauce and capers!)<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD2PTIjwjtZTKukgbzKdpK38qV5hm-k4Fs0yM2c7uXkLGXmi6Pp6E8aKZw4lg5YpzXPDc8IfNIroEJrqXLIb3Se6b2m9gROeGqVAWWHRtu0PYCwtm0zV7lNrZeF1JodEukfP8oN7-aPWY/s1600/guava_freshpicked"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD2PTIjwjtZTKukgbzKdpK38qV5hm-k4Fs0yM2c7uXkLGXmi6Pp6E8aKZw4lg5YpzXPDc8IfNIroEJrqXLIb3Se6b2m9gROeGqVAWWHRtu0PYCwtm0zV7lNrZeF1JodEukfP8oN7-aPWY/s320/guava_freshpicked" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664224328908677010" border="0" /></a><br />we picked our own guavas on the hike to the waterfall in the national park on the road to Hana<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyhMDyX-G33PGxpwHyUHHZ5bJAy0H7_VVKS5im1-OlurVQf2cmMnxueZvp4yZRTmSs2Yiu7kPFi0B65nlLGSdFHj1DQMCw3O5VVCikG_eU7BLKQrmTMgnAtumf6tq381e0gVX99I9m_9Y/s1600/roadtohana_freshpickedguava.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; 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width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXg2w54zSrWk5RSyBZk4agWFu4XpwQ3MbtiiamZQUcMAiqYO31vHpiE8IVYWW9dGazYq4_u2HMvuQadOL1XMk9gR-7jI0Rly7pRvrJlfE7IDVkK_C96XJApj726mG_ufXVuZVzHZnx8N0/s320/pineappleguava2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664180586410848146" border="0" /></a><br />so good!<br /><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTPE8FrHrlQRbPhcxIFkeRlZzPvDvyrRN3IVy-4G3vJkSXPEGYSEQqDhTQObMIH9jEYy_MQaH83MAFQkpeksoTzxEznvy_5gSwRvZKpPzbGL7amDBJWTCxnapvCtj6VoTKOg4rv54Iw_o/s1600/localharvest.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTPE8FrHrlQRbPhcxIFkeRlZzPvDvyrRN3IVy-4G3vJkSXPEGYSEQqDhTQObMIH9jEYy_MQaH83MAFQkpeksoTzxEznvy_5gSwRvZKpPzbGL7amDBJWTCxnapvCtj6VoTKOg4rv54Iw_o/s320/localharvest.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664178613403763858" border="0" /></a><br />harvest from the fruit stand<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxo6cmb0HlruVVkMYaaP6C_CKAwOli5m1cOcud0z1yx1L82QJ3KFxjJUMkKowslVxrJNZUO-XvV287rvM2NUlhpIAhgHb0ptjsooN0g7pZkeCtnJEOvFSYAZv6GmYkwM5qxHrRzixGFLQ/s1600/passionfruitale.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxo6cmb0HlruVVkMYaaP6C_CKAwOli5m1cOcud0z1yx1L82QJ3KFxjJUMkKowslVxrJNZUO-XvV287rvM2NUlhpIAhgHb0ptjsooN0g7pZkeCtnJEOvFSYAZv6GmYkwM5qxHrRzixGFLQ/s320/passionfruitale.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664180231967838242" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://konabrewingco.com/">Kona Brewing Company</a>'s Wailua Wheat Ale with passionfruit<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCHvNdpwI-eoeTJ7JFG8NjFpPh2SpRsd42o5dtYnud4rB99exKMMR5Zvo6obp1uC3nd6nG_CwOJ4rwm0rwbicu1TdOeuUucWxdqaFcov02Myb7ZfYVQhV-zdgi_Ey_ENrLcz5UdOMj1a8/s1600/coconutporter.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCHvNdpwI-eoeTJ7JFG8NjFpPh2SpRsd42o5dtYnud4rB99exKMMR5Zvo6obp1uC3nd6nG_CwOJ4rwm0rwbicu1TdOeuUucWxdqaFcov02Myb7ZfYVQhV-zdgi_Ey_ENrLcz5UdOMj1a8/s320/coconutporter.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664173823801294578" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.mauibrewingco.com/mbc/MBCHome.html">Maui Brewing Company</a>'s Coconut Porter<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUlr0Pqhvim71G3Wu0713dbUMH92zV5wmClSoOhcnc17nDzV46b9aJvN7jyy1J6mPCMdVNIDWT8TrKr1coLGqjikiB4TF5OTzqQVSuodir6EEB0L1xVeIhvIJRWCz_25l_U52FVk7s_fs/s1600/maitaisinkihei.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUlr0Pqhvim71G3Wu0713dbUMH92zV5wmClSoOhcnc17nDzV46b9aJvN7jyy1J6mPCMdVNIDWT8TrKr1coLGqjikiB4TF5OTzqQVSuodir6EEB0L1xVeIhvIJRWCz_25l_U52FVk7s_fs/s320/maitaisinkihei.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664179538934728386" border="0" /></a><br />happy hour in Kihei<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkFlarB6GoBO7Dzu_mJuocwMxVTZk5-oDbF8zGmiiN5sRTQwTRrmTO5bfy3_BcOZE_QsTQFf1VcodS7WEe-U-Gi7I_ihoZYHYnqfFzYLT-eWRsQ80jbOqo4lLi-8BLOsxNATRtpgBNqLA/s1600/maitaijon"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkFlarB6GoBO7Dzu_mJuocwMxVTZk5-oDbF8zGmiiN5sRTQwTRrmTO5bfy3_BcOZE_QsTQFf1VcodS7WEe-U-Gi7I_ihoZYHYnqfFzYLT-eWRsQ80jbOqo4lLi-8BLOsxNATRtpgBNqLA/s320/maitaijon" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664179536325372674" border="0" /></a><br />$4 litre mai-tai (!!)...dangerous<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg26p41-Jvni2h28REFRJLVhKwP3XzQQjCwZy2sasoLsF2BD76Vt49BDGUNLTBdymfYdsJSwjq3ZNpQkLQOvp4VHuCJiZ9OfkjE3I82l8xRAkPdWGMpcP2xmVI2qLchAiqIRDjzwyYXWkI/s1600/longboardlager.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; 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width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3GWkqt24-SWz-ZPsa99avqZTEmQ-0wQatbjnch4mms9RxAlhfBnptQFtDe-VJ8wwQ3wzQGFHObgxKDTE7mg27SxVE4G8UJdCvd5Np4oKQ6Y9FQ5JX-3ERSoEZtBEKsrfAbmXAqJX47mk/s320/avocado%2521.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664168999454224706" border="0" /></a><br />found a farmer's market while waiting for the bus...this massive avo was a dollar<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGN2apUrR0ltWN2PQ2ktSQfn8yRIDal0S6B9Cye1ttyP0abAsBy-Iw7YyDv7JqThjPlwtHRS-52AHe7X9GHL_MNAfmK8UxLmJl2BdxKwwitnTZu_igLx6tI8pVddv46C-kX05v9rzE11E/s1600/localharvest4.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGN2apUrR0ltWN2PQ2ktSQfn8yRIDal0S6B9Cye1ttyP0abAsBy-Iw7YyDv7JqThjPlwtHRS-52AHe7X9GHL_MNAfmK8UxLmJl2BdxKwwitnTZu_igLx6tI8pVddv46C-kX05v9rzE11E/s320/localharvest4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664179113169441474" border="0" /></a><br />and so deliciously creamy!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx0ImieCgddU2UO11N-raNDjnWx_W4Eq7YvT_mbWYz0QyE9avyjoeDUESCL4Zm4t1gRwFOGNUsDRD-EsBtyOQodY9-PCyZG0vyrsc-TZTjuuyU3NQaY73RM8lFFWwUGMTfZFoyeLvYL2o/s1600/localsweetpotatoII"><img style="cursor: pointer; 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width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCIl9RvrRyt_Vl614Pbdvc0-85oaKDINItYxQqOLP5e-TcBpkBMHQFhMUOrUiyghvktzL6VgRj1acTr2GavC70OHf1XiPUReer4VGLXPHf7uHE4vFy6lAQrcZRsuPvLx1fpKcu4TF2Y4w/s320/palmtree.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664180232740810642" border="0" /></a><br />post surfing beach time in Lahaina<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi93fWcmG4-xZbubxh4ZjSFnFfnVxBaLsWLvcob1kqRsfSLWISP8sQIKouQ-1V3y0Fz6O9XkFYNnHY6fZEQpc3OqY5ptu5YFC3yji5zF9N0zdX3sYrQo6pp4ptkbF4RrAKVguqM8OssLM/s1600/limeindacoconut.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi93fWcmG4-xZbubxh4ZjSFnFfnVxBaLsWLvcob1kqRsfSLWISP8sQIKouQ-1V3y0Fz6O9XkFYNnHY6fZEQpc3OqY5ptu5YFC3yji5zF9N0zdX3sYrQo6pp4ptkbF4RrAKVguqM8OssLM/s320/limeindacoconut.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664178600560123218" border="0" /></a><br />doing a lime in da coconut dance with a post surfing beer<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMhJ8hl42ZNGD2rQikhhK-D6ETuWsGKimODnZPs52tsCMXQbwVB9SN7h7jE0xZjtnGVNe1pGrFDf_kJ-uWu9ESEjJ16RGkY9uDBJhdy5HPxhA1adXMtpyLJdB0Lx4SCU0EOVf-vmZFguw/s1600/jon_lahainabeach"><img style="cursor: pointer; 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width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD-s8jkoAaZtDjIw6o87WVn9oiCinTdshAlGDTYPve6UbFLTn8LywhEOd4IG74TphUT6oco4rhEL-wCHr_tPmxgfcINOAPaSCKqOKCfvkqk3e-M9JJGfgp-rEJcWVolS44M2CwpRoUDC0/s320/haleakalasunset2" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664177208002004594" border="0" /></a>mannyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12664228630524505531noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4034639804037036962.post-87630026547487872382011-10-11T21:43:00.000-07:002011-10-12T00:34:15.515-07:00vacation from vacation from vacation (aka: why there has been no blog post in more than a month)...part 1soooo....hi. it's been a while. we have been on vacation. and although the few of you who read this blog regularly have seen some of our pics on FB, we usually post more pics here for family to see, rather than post our smug mugs all over there...<br />so the story goes like this....our original plan (and plane tickets) were from here to toronto, then toronto to victoria to embark on a bike tour up the island, through the inside passage ferry (from port hardy to prince rupert) and then home...well, as the day of departure approached for me (read: the night before i left) we realized there were too many logistics for this type of trip that, sadly, it wasn't going to happen. disappointed, i sent jon a link to west jet to cancel our flight to victoria and change it to return home...well...just so happens that when you decide to change a flight on a thursday between 1pm and 4pm, west jet has amazing seat sales! and so that is how we ended up en route to maui....best last minute change of plans ever!<br /><br />enough jibber jabber...but the photos will have to come in a couple of posts...<br />so, part one of vacation (or: why are there so many babies in toronto?)<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgZXbrqdcrFynw3e3mkDV1XJN-9pLL70W-Y8-Lp0FCToRGxR-OX91V4Pg2B3duB3VQm_X62rrsoUPJP5tdaxb9YWUxY85hAiQUSmOVZ6hOYrn7b_DnIQKi3uDX3lVokqHjSdZbeZx4cr8/s1600/1stdayofvacay.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgZXbrqdcrFynw3e3mkDV1XJN-9pLL70W-Y8-Lp0FCToRGxR-OX91V4Pg2B3duB3VQm_X62rrsoUPJP5tdaxb9YWUxY85hAiQUSmOVZ6hOYrn7b_DnIQKi3uDX3lVokqHjSdZbeZx4cr8/s320/1stdayofvacay.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5662478440154883554" border="0" /></a><br />my very first day of vacation (hanging out at the lake in Prince George with Amy and her mum...i left Smithers a few days before Jon and Amy was nice enough to get me from the bus station, take me for breakfast, hang out all day doing absolutely nothing, and then drive me to the airport to catch my flight to Toronto).<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJmvpZlMyl4X6xVWcasqpPqRLKl7XI85fX9aOore89NqbLLAHSaHpD5MxyyKhF7hlG6AcMUPGEJn8ThpYFSFjLXga1y0Yz0EaK2Mt6CY-awcXO926v66TzZ6szpivZqqPWltMdUm8A7h4/s1600/jules3.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJmvpZlMyl4X6xVWcasqpPqRLKl7XI85fX9aOore89NqbLLAHSaHpD5MxyyKhF7hlG6AcMUPGEJn8ThpYFSFjLXga1y0Yz0EaK2Mt6CY-awcXO926v66TzZ6szpivZqqPWltMdUm8A7h4/s320/jules3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5662470574761967698" border="0" /></a><br />i finally got to meet my new niece Juliana Elisa...<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbNJ7gJkzBszNHTJsNQUpQ4mRBtL6A22HRTxUB1NQ4obps5tFmEdVM0GeiMloJUNT0iRfEtoRfEMPo5s0vQaBNSuAlGKFL8y1FJQmrlUiWWS0crLniOtdECO_0sjngHUe0zzQJwrx1BpE/s1600/jacks%2526i.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbNJ7gJkzBszNHTJsNQUpQ4mRBtL6A22HRTxUB1NQ4obps5tFmEdVM0GeiMloJUNT0iRfEtoRfEMPo5s0vQaBNSuAlGKFL8y1FJQmrlUiWWS0crLniOtdECO_0sjngHUe0zzQJwrx1BpE/s320/jacks%2526i.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5662469451274667682" border="0" /></a><br />...and spend some quality time with my nephew Jackson!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYwPuUhxZwl2uSvZDl3lFEvgfxFGjOQ6wdxkSOvB6uFiQiBaEt-QFCXRHJrEsAHhyxDzoGtZczqFnu1VUGaettTFXdU1KJmHln7g3MmixDB0MvDIvnFthpt7oGQGOS1uc0zVvWDC6dgq4/s1600/jacks2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYwPuUhxZwl2uSvZDl3lFEvgfxFGjOQ6wdxkSOvB6uFiQiBaEt-QFCXRHJrEsAHhyxDzoGtZczqFnu1VUGaettTFXdU1KJmHln7g3MmixDB0MvDIvnFthpt7oGQGOS1uc0zVvWDC6dgq4/s320/jacks2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5662469466565068914" border="0" /></a><br />Jacks en route to dinner with mom and pops<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVwcGB_S_GpBkxezoKv1nwCMhd4_4uggKyTUDXMHPFwFwUjkZsWqiuokQUpWUaxHKCYCWiuSZ_0GPUlH_Odj4eA9u3ehF6L8Lgs6zsdPM0cAPbFMKIJxbCgns-xV2WW18OFlmjkLPnUbI/s1600/jules%2526menu"><img style="cursor: pointer; 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width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3lSa8rfHY1Cw-tF1ruau9VlcEBUishIIhBqcNbczDLEPH0Da9K0PucBrnyw1URx-kzYUStwiIL3C-XtOngO0Iq6U-AtkoTyfwnR_krgNN_zapyr-19yrInGseFIJWDw6XuxQrcQl7svg/s320/familyphoto.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5662469073734633474" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT_eJbsuOWps-JsVlg8J2_1-c6q8j6xENPwOb7uivgH0yXIQVgnQZh_yAQ2kpowrhoyQ4MA1gJmOSXT9RdlEOMHJTYj4jjLfAT2N8InhMy7tV5baHNOSMJAUYhfeWiVHKS2i61jaGT2RU/s1600/cousinjustin%2526i.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT_eJbsuOWps-JsVlg8J2_1-c6q8j6xENPwOb7uivgH0yXIQVgnQZh_yAQ2kpowrhoyQ4MA1gJmOSXT9RdlEOMHJTYj4jjLfAT2N8InhMy7tV5baHNOSMJAUYhfeWiVHKS2i61jaGT2RU/s320/cousinjustin%2526i.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5662469066527027058" border="0" /></a><br />my first time meeting Justin...what a cutie.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_NwtLxKVjqK4LFV7tRKsXluLAujSWO080-Pdia5dCjI-8vvmaO3XVtpGyGQoSqiQ1RXrIM079a4jLOeghPgBJ1HkKDbg_BCIbv9ukn55xJY0x8kYOwmyIE48fY9xUr2gebWrzNJrNtvE/s1600/familyshot2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_NwtLxKVjqK4LFV7tRKsXluLAujSWO080-Pdia5dCjI-8vvmaO3XVtpGyGQoSqiQ1RXrIM079a4jLOeghPgBJ1HkKDbg_BCIbv9ukn55xJY0x8kYOwmyIE48fY9xUr2gebWrzNJrNtvE/s320/familyshot2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5662469081476051522" border="0" /></a><br />on Monday we picked up Jon to join in the fun<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKJUbozlpyRsW4uITE533Z88kGPgfFlXdx5-sKwzcmhPIeDvFWHHJ95jEmYRavm7d_7SV2svJS8iNGLsCCj8LgjwVdofiosoHjJ4qL8nICGfFFiRd3eltckHzkDvvFr421yAkAMvtAX7U/s1600/jacks4.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKJUbozlpyRsW4uITE533Z88kGPgfFlXdx5-sKwzcmhPIeDvFWHHJ95jEmYRavm7d_7SV2svJS8iNGLsCCj8LgjwVdofiosoHjJ4qL8nICGfFFiRd3eltckHzkDvvFr421yAkAMvtAX7U/s320/jacks4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5662469806943121090" border="0" /></a><br />Jacks wore his Smithers t-shirt in honour of Uncle Jon's visit...and Uncle Jon's hat<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizvKUr4J4EOBdSAUwLiweAe6AqkRWug8YrTM1hW3JnwwMtf_eJAOdlO1uTORz1odT4tWwXjqrbXwe2yDGiphNInrxpsO7vh_lrIsr6vPgFe232rzKVpAZr3ktn8-HO_cAsbqS_FFtxw64/s1600/stinkydiaper"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizvKUr4J4EOBdSAUwLiweAe6AqkRWug8YrTM1hW3JnwwMtf_eJAOdlO1uTORz1odT4tWwXjqrbXwe2yDGiphNInrxpsO7vh_lrIsr6vPgFe232rzKVpAZr3ktn8-HO_cAsbqS_FFtxw64/s320/stinkydiaper" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5662478601682621170" border="0" /></a><br />Jon took this photo of me changing Jules' diaper...he thought it was funny...obviously it was quite vile<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWaEa1RNS7hmB9g7OJieAeLgstaQeXch-_6Yw-D27R7NawBpZ95PsFN3YCzWTdEPtsESQ6Po4b-4puEZ3JGfTYGYG9vsqpI3WiwoOvYmdQ8m51nqxt5keBbs4L-3JpmwYnKMyGsyxEdTY/s1600/jacksphotoofunclejon.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWaEa1RNS7hmB9g7OJieAeLgstaQeXch-_6Yw-D27R7NawBpZ95PsFN3YCzWTdEPtsESQ6Po4b-4puEZ3JGfTYGYG9vsqpI3WiwoOvYmdQ8m51nqxt5keBbs4L-3JpmwYnKMyGsyxEdTY/s320/jacksphotoofunclejon.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5662469809067065298" border="0" /></a><br />Jacks got a hold of my camera and snapped this pic of Uncle Jon<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIodfU6tpIFjVblgMcVo5gGEZQkv7RJfccrA6UCv5tFDi1XRnwwYWrrKVD_7pTAVSXTOFKidL2yi_a7basqg2zS3fhQrKxSFjkLq0QtAzCGR4fxUMP3rRVXW3TvsDXRhNR_-owPRPWI-c/s1600/jacksphotoofauntiemandy.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIodfU6tpIFjVblgMcVo5gGEZQkv7RJfccrA6UCv5tFDi1XRnwwYWrrKVD_7pTAVSXTOFKidL2yi_a7basqg2zS3fhQrKxSFjkLq0QtAzCGR4fxUMP3rRVXW3TvsDXRhNR_-owPRPWI-c/s320/jacksphotoofauntiemandy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5662469806603742674" border="0" /></a><br />showing Jacks how to take a self-portrait<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd_rfDQexyqQVYyIE38_OZ_TXy33dXezjYLv1vzPH3pSDCqp-LNgdxcFofBXfY8iLhf7bxQqI81TpVYEIFRgYgtcX21knDzNLgbpB6a636xImVZ4Xf3rIFruhCjgY2FZ5-yGUUyuDtF6A/s1600/jacksselfportrait3.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd_rfDQexyqQVYyIE38_OZ_TXy33dXezjYLv1vzPH3pSDCqp-LNgdxcFofBXfY8iLhf7bxQqI81TpVYEIFRgYgtcX21knDzNLgbpB6a636xImVZ4Xf3rIFruhCjgY2FZ5-yGUUyuDtF6A/s320/jacksselfportrait3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5662470137138596418" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF2J0QVberuof4bPgnpuFJSt7RWPUjs8Agcq-Ki1gH9DYbZOB4ldr0fT7fPAP0BYQXXyfIJVUQJzJyxhVx0WGwvKQb1PbFLZ13hDd1ZKaRE8q95xS6ZCJ7ISY6D50w1mayBGGADGyJDWs/s1600/jacksselfportrait2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF2J0QVberuof4bPgnpuFJSt7RWPUjs8Agcq-Ki1gH9DYbZOB4ldr0fT7fPAP0BYQXXyfIJVUQJzJyxhVx0WGwvKQb1PbFLZ13hDd1ZKaRE8q95xS6ZCJ7ISY6D50w1mayBGGADGyJDWs/s320/jacksselfportrait2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5662470137252046786" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4uzxdF8H-QALfpu8CmqKsR3ak3EwymnwtqBfgbT7zD6_lvpkbAWXCGlhPioVAr6PFR_BD4BSz9EMzsFnFD3AY02-vEEcDI7qiEidZNM0uT3yxWwv6Jb_pPXXnQY2hwkzTXXpP4pm55UI/s1600/jacksselfportrait1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4uzxdF8H-QALfpu8CmqKsR3ak3EwymnwtqBfgbT7zD6_lvpkbAWXCGlhPioVAr6PFR_BD4BSz9EMzsFnFD3AY02-vEEcDI7qiEidZNM0uT3yxWwv6Jb_pPXXnQY2hwkzTXXpP4pm55UI/s320/jacksselfportrait1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5662469824592491474" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnPfI87SfFP_kcvrzgtd8hpRb7_CzeEhCt0f-jMot70YV4PoL4Dq_ucGuwF2cxhLUYzbKlP_1ch8vu2dMnvfeQ_d9nNKE3Ra6HmDm3FyZIHn1WNkL4p5ZhyphenhyphenPUXnV7v69ZuTiIuDz_43fg/s1600/jackspicofauntiemandy.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnPfI87SfFP_kcvrzgtd8hpRb7_CzeEhCt0f-jMot70YV4PoL4Dq_ucGuwF2cxhLUYzbKlP_1ch8vu2dMnvfeQ_d9nNKE3Ra6HmDm3FyZIHn1WNkL4p5ZhyphenhyphenPUXnV7v69ZuTiIuDz_43fg/s320/jackspicofauntiemandy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5662469823590972290" border="0" /></a><br />of course then he couldn't stop taking random photos<br />(hmmm...i wonder what he's getting for christmas...)<br /><br />friday night we went to the city for an awesome concert and stayed with our dear friends chris and aleah and got to spend time with their cute kid little johnny...so, naturally, more photos of babies:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3pGnOOQhorgw8kwXiGFwAgAhJywv1s9VjsFumbqpmUWfR_PLakMyHdk6wNevv0POdmoxbID9GakWBLyr28-oU4pevqriC0wioaVfuZX6gJ4oyTwXm4YIH4xCiSmofJftRYvYRfLgqLzE/s1600/liljohnnybigjon2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3pGnOOQhorgw8kwXiGFwAgAhJywv1s9VjsFumbqpmUWfR_PLakMyHdk6wNevv0POdmoxbID9GakWBLyr28-oU4pevqriC0wioaVfuZX6gJ4oyTwXm4YIH4xCiSmofJftRYvYRfLgqLzE/s320/liljohnnybigjon2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5662471358150388546" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0nUyLLVVTdA7nekmj1JzWNeNgQoeX4JNzNNs6Sd2IG43poXh9IyE6hMuhY_M_o0cIdVP_lNjBjEqg3vx_odd-zrf7VSh3AJaCtxyK6xJh-XjtvqXZWZYH7jTnGroXO_86DjVZM2uikgU/s1600/liljohnnybigjon1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0nUyLLVVTdA7nekmj1JzWNeNgQoeX4JNzNNs6Sd2IG43poXh9IyE6hMuhY_M_o0cIdVP_lNjBjEqg3vx_odd-zrf7VSh3AJaCtxyK6xJh-XjtvqXZWZYH7jTnGroXO_86DjVZM2uikgU/s320/liljohnnybigjon1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5662471358177070754" border="0" /></a><br />big jonny & little johnny<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWmyFKKTZWif78IPaU77_PzbBbgcFKQS_Zf_-PgnXl4YQP6eFrdQDNcYdYvtRaSR02CUlJoTZLs1UITVqOk35TCFt3SRzGqDpPIa8R7zBmKWEakrWMklwnht1Jqr84lx1HfzO1m3YqD9U/s1600/liljohnny3.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWmyFKKTZWif78IPaU77_PzbBbgcFKQS_Zf_-PgnXl4YQP6eFrdQDNcYdYvtRaSR02CUlJoTZLs1UITVqOk35TCFt3SRzGqDpPIa8R7zBmKWEakrWMklwnht1Jqr84lx1HfzO1m3YqD9U/s320/liljohnny3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5662471350093187618" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOkVA-tQP7DmfXDS7QXAAO8iiKwrZEbLTJuqm_n6xecJFdPHt-BG7RLZWch51TMDMWAEiYn_SRC-lCmIHUqTG0OWFvMUORvxk58So8bYyq6WURvBkdftZrO3zbsvMVMSYoIX1RRWbRl1c/s1600/liljohnny2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOkVA-tQP7DmfXDS7QXAAO8iiKwrZEbLTJuqm_n6xecJFdPHt-BG7RLZWch51TMDMWAEiYn_SRC-lCmIHUqTG0OWFvMUORvxk58So8bYyq6WURvBkdftZrO3zbsvMVMSYoIX1RRWbRl1c/s320/liljohnny2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5662471349388644130" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcN5S2qDIC6-UAw54kzxaLCHO4rYPnzrMZ3mhGxCLosgtYRWEzLjvdTRRCZaEKoi_MtFgTI_fm6afcMyk2XLBAdl0zUx2MaqbajrDwiVQlAeUSU3NF4zeHHtbDhexDw2UfgWU4xTmARmM/s1600/liljohnny1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcN5S2qDIC6-UAw54kzxaLCHO4rYPnzrMZ3mhGxCLosgtYRWEzLjvdTRRCZaEKoi_MtFgTI_fm6afcMyk2XLBAdl0zUx2MaqbajrDwiVQlAeUSU3NF4zeHHtbDhexDw2UfgWU4xTmARmM/s320/liljohnny1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5662471052202576706" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisbDCHasE_1XReNl7uOkZFeWTDOdJa5CQz-rZaaY-x9aNTYf-6b7hHmDkkyt53p7J4SiULZV4uA_Rfi689WDPrFyzK7BO9StW9aCuc8COipSfOq42rZq6ySNOC5YMXHGxo0Yg4-3bW2ZU/s1600/liljohnny%2526i.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisbDCHasE_1XReNl7uOkZFeWTDOdJa5CQz-rZaaY-x9aNTYf-6b7hHmDkkyt53p7J4SiULZV4uA_Rfi689WDPrFyzK7BO9StW9aCuc8COipSfOq42rZq6ySNOC5YMXHGxo0Yg4-3bW2ZU/s320/liljohnny%2526i.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5662471037488235106" border="0" /></a><br /><br />the next day we had a bbq out on the island with friends whom we miss dearly...and it wasn't until after our time in toronto when i was looking at the photos on my camera that i realized 98% of the photos consisted of kids. the only photo i have our awesome friend time on the island was this one:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo_t_epSRS7zgapZTllT7RP3QbxM-WeKletcTV_pSAl_PQCPjRh7-hlpv8wE7rp8cS_kwrM3Yl5VkqXdRRuv2ywGtIZ4J3ZxQv4LcQ-N41q4JA0cE6P38PsxNR87j8nPkQ8z2og1pE-Wk/s1600/islandparty"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo_t_epSRS7zgapZTllT7RP3QbxM-WeKletcTV_pSAl_PQCPjRh7-hlpv8wE7rp8cS_kwrM3Yl5VkqXdRRuv2ywGtIZ4J3ZxQv4LcQ-N41q4JA0cE6P38PsxNR87j8nPkQ8z2og1pE-Wk/s320/islandparty" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5662502757282768898" border="0" /></a><br />s'more...as part of the s'mores wars<br />(although this is an awesome photo, i really missed out on some pics of a great time with our friends...if anybody has any pictures, please send them along!)<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAFTWi5DDyLzHwpl0MvuFm2pYceBgviOiPQx3cvsdP3I5Vcf3DL7vmgmTP4jO9dChsaF8bU7NSHMU7b4VrIF39p_Tc1d4N5c-Gcip2WBUQ7P7Pgtm1oiw3ZbVVRtaVlBXPRafbQZdOMDM/s1600/anniversarycake.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAFTWi5DDyLzHwpl0MvuFm2pYceBgviOiPQx3cvsdP3I5Vcf3DL7vmgmTP4jO9dChsaF8bU7NSHMU7b4VrIF39p_Tc1d4N5c-Gcip2WBUQ7P7Pgtm1oiw3ZbVVRtaVlBXPRafbQZdOMDM/s320/anniversarycake.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5662469061842109378" border="0" /></a><br />seeing as it was our first wedding anniversary while we were visiting family, mum and mel made this awesome recreation of our wedding cake (and tasty carrot to boot!) and had jon's parents and niece Claire over for anniversary dinner...<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSo7Q-YeEXhcaxuRe8x0sPAYuIR73tekqPUmefKfIrGQBllDCPE8-k5a3Jv2n9pGuy6VyLblMdOwiHU7OuznOqf77duZxfikqvt8eQERCgmJB-BVC2EFt3pf3ar3c-e_m0aKhAtIIBhRk/s1600/claire"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSo7Q-YeEXhcaxuRe8x0sPAYuIR73tekqPUmefKfIrGQBllDCPE8-k5a3Jv2n9pGuy6VyLblMdOwiHU7OuznOqf77duZxfikqvt8eQERCgmJB-BVC2EFt3pf3ar3c-e_m0aKhAtIIBhRk/s320/claire" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5662478451365204626" border="0" /></a><br />i kept trying to take photos of Claire, but this was the best i got...so instead, more babies:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0_KTEblBxl0QLKmwhepTTHwL6uC3wsIutaFNiUDjCgsSVZhKIma1NfF1TQDagPBjCAxNNSgL7P64wbecVrzFh0tk0m-COr4FqbB5KO8IyJu2eR8r9FMBFWoCLHPNqEwt6Lc156bgVsCQ/s1600/julesbaseballbeanie.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0_KTEblBxl0QLKmwhepTTHwL6uC3wsIutaFNiUDjCgsSVZhKIma1NfF1TQDagPBjCAxNNSgL7P64wbecVrzFh0tk0m-COr4FqbB5KO8IyJu2eR8r9FMBFWoCLHPNqEwt6Lc156bgVsCQ/s320/julesbaseballbeanie.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5662471028672571330" border="0" /></a><br />Jules in her baseball beanie<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSjxkbEfjr214UGmQ0DRi5fB1qhL1-ICAxepW0zsFOKoRK0ctG08_NXbjG5WQNYzgmPpfO21irK5rHmrcjHzdoTGv6g9lO55qFoL6xumN3Brodf3MMJZuDeym0vCoLX-AvChaw9HP6Vgg/s1600/julesbaptism_jules.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSjxkbEfjr214UGmQ0DRi5fB1qhL1-ICAxepW0zsFOKoRK0ctG08_NXbjG5WQNYzgmPpfO21irK5rHmrcjHzdoTGv6g9lO55qFoL6xumN3Brodf3MMJZuDeym0vCoLX-AvChaw9HP6Vgg/s320/julesbaptism_jules.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5662470589049106418" border="0" /></a><br />Jules in her Sunday best (her christening)<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSBNk-fNaMc0C8MgTZEOlwahgK57pje0vPUa01EiBpj75rBqJP2dDlwMneLlquKL0uZpgVBbz7Kox_s5WfxL6IpIOXzHWw7X6pOKqS8hWgmfLuenH906CWdYSamwN9MmJRirGm5qdtFO0/s1600/jacks%2526bisnonna.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSBNk-fNaMc0C8MgTZEOlwahgK57pje0vPUa01EiBpj75rBqJP2dDlwMneLlquKL0uZpgVBbz7Kox_s5WfxL6IpIOXzHWw7X6pOKqS8hWgmfLuenH906CWdYSamwN9MmJRirGm5qdtFO0/s320/jacks%2526bisnonna.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5662469447173329954" border="0" /></a><br />Jacks with Nonna at Juliana's christening<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhVbGlcuYAWHFmpPbaSRN3IcUsWhMU7RX5BebJ_fj3n20QfBjnj0_zlCo0jWXXUR8LNXRrqpxoQrVtESBwK6kCGA8G-lwnpuD0z6qvfF4qe6I4bZk53cKyPP0eh785JVO5bT61yfcp9Ck/s1600/julesbaptism_withjacks.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhVbGlcuYAWHFmpPbaSRN3IcUsWhMU7RX5BebJ_fj3n20QfBjnj0_zlCo0jWXXUR8LNXRrqpxoQrVtESBwK6kCGA8G-lwnpuD0z6qvfF4qe6I4bZk53cKyPP0eh785JVO5bT61yfcp9Ck/s320/julesbaptism_withjacks.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5662471020641862930" border="0" /></a><br />Jackson loves loves loves "Jule"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl7cskn0vAHNpQ66yO2fEIDdqR8HcPtvu3BxQz2TfiY8fsBYh6r3qL9ScFchEWG2sPRbsiH-loaI11eKQnWOBos9mZ43yFZHw2g_sVXnrDHlbN0ymakEtT6DHfolD2aOYl2VmNO47wNN8/s1600/julesbaptism_dadmomjules.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl7cskn0vAHNpQ66yO2fEIDdqR8HcPtvu3BxQz2TfiY8fsBYh6r3qL9ScFchEWG2sPRbsiH-loaI11eKQnWOBos9mZ43yFZHw2g_sVXnrDHlbN0ymakEtT6DHfolD2aOYl2VmNO47wNN8/s320/julesbaptism_dadmomjules.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5662470582107299890" border="0" /></a><br />i had to put this pic of mum and dad with Jules here because the funny story behind this otherwise good-looking photo was that although Jules looks like she's smiling she is actually cranky-faced because (unbenown at the time) there is poo all up her back<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIh3-198GMu9Cmf2c056413Tdgb2jHujVVAjVr7A7NYCgfFPJKHk02I1a0PPsePDdCK6Tx8ZEqla2T7uE2FWOD0ocTA9Yy9qyGf1T8Y1f79to5Uq6RKHx2A0ATTq_yG2P-VYtp9-t0PPA/s1600/austin"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIh3-198GMu9Cmf2c056413Tdgb2jHujVVAjVr7A7NYCgfFPJKHk02I1a0PPsePDdCK6Tx8ZEqla2T7uE2FWOD0ocTA9Yy9qyGf1T8Y1f79to5Uq6RKHx2A0ATTq_yG2P-VYtp9-t0PPA/s320/austin" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5662478440966561810" border="0" /></a><br />on this visit we also got to meet Tanya and Billy's new kidlet, Austin....another cute kid!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyNZckbSHSSpGubw7Szg9Sd1oaCod2r8IY5n-FUZCkCDWcS5jRJ1Du9852qeFng3D7ACvHXaA8vZRWEcV0etNEYooIoew81PKHUtU0bxWMPIYhaz11ReuvSgNibTaQDe2TxuOzDViOGYE/s1600/jules%2526unclejon.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; 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(aka a trip to alaska!)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW2TlT0JVkHQ8OrJg3QcdqT_K0k8LzV4B7ZjRKzsUediN5DEfkrkS2eqelASyE-vGuN0pxbGKL19DOcFC7c-N9dsUvjM0tjJsPB3u-_w5zUgppz2ztWEq1RHlvjfvhCX1FyUvc9e5l0cA/s1600/welcometostewart.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW2TlT0JVkHQ8OrJg3QcdqT_K0k8LzV4B7ZjRKzsUediN5DEfkrkS2eqelASyE-vGuN0pxbGKL19DOcFC7c-N9dsUvjM0tjJsPB3u-_w5zUgppz2ztWEq1RHlvjfvhCX1FyUvc9e5l0cA/s320/welcometostewart.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646882122397678962" border="0" /></a>
<br />needing a little trip out of smithers we did a random road trip (just like old times!) and ended up in stewart-hyder...stewart, bc is a tiny town of about 500 pop....hyder, alaska (pop. 100) is right beside it, with a small border crossing...both towns are on the portland canal, the most northernly ice-free port...
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<br />the road to stewart...we both agreed it has made our top 5 drives in canada list (and we've had some pretty nice drives!)
<br />the stewart-cassiar highway to alaska starts at the junction in kitwanga (about halfway between smithers and terrace)...once you get to meziadin junction, you can go left to stewart-hyder and the end of the road, or you can go right to continue to alaska's major cities.
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<br />play break on the road to stewart
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<br />we brought all the camping gear with the full intention of camping in stewart for the night but the rain, although made for misty cloud pics like this, really put a damper on our camping spirit.
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<br />we made the decision to stay in this quirky little hotel...
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<br />the owner is an architect who bought a few of the old buildings in stewart and converted them in to an eccentric inn riddled with antiques
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<br />very cool place, for sure...except for the fact that the toaster museum (yes, a museum dedicated to antique toasters) was closed...
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<br />we walked around in the unrelenting rain to check out the town...
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<br />the (closed) toaster museum beside the inn, main street, stewart
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<br />there is a long boardwalk off the main street of stewart that leads into this estuary, just beside the canal
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<br />portland canal
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<br />about 5 miles from the border at hyder is fish creek...full of salmon, it's a tourist attraction with a boardwalk built for viewing grizzlies feasting on all the fish...
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<br />grizzly claws!
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<br />and paws!
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<br />waiting for grizzlies at fish creek...in the rain...
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<br />we were all soaked and so decided that our decision to stay indoors for the night was the best decision ever.
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<br />we didn't even want to go out to eat...but we did want tasty coastal fish...lucky for us, we came upon Dash Mobile Kitchen...the chef is Shawn Ackerman, who used to be an executive chef at a few restos in Whistler and Pemberton...
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<br />he left the city life to move north...his fiancee is american so part of their requirements for a northern community was a border town...they found what they were looking for in stewart-hyder, and now he cooks wonderful food out of a bus...
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<br />locally caught rockfish with cherry butter and garden veggies, a goat cheese brulee salad and a fresh baked loaf of bread (he bakes them in the bus!)...
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<br />enjoyed in bed, with some beer and jon stewart on the tele
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<br />the morning started off somewhat greyish but the rain had let up...we decided to go to the end of the road...
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<br />hyder is essentially a ghost town...the only way to go via road is to BC...the road past hyder only goes into tongass national park...to the glacier...and then ends at a mine.
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<br />the crystal clear fish creek without so much rain
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<br />remnants of an old mine
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<br />jon and i in old tyme colour
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<br />our first look at salmon glacier...completely covered in cloud...bummer after taking 1.5 hrs to ascend 40 miles because of the road condition (temperature went from 13 degrees to 4 degrees!)...
<br />the bear man told us to keep going to the end of the road to see the blue ice and look for grizzlies...so we did.
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<br />and saw this.
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<br />and jon found this.
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<br />gross tailing pond from mine
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<br />man made river to divert the water flow for mine function
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<br />the end of the road...there's a functioning mine hidden down there...helicopters are used to transport containers out of here...
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<br />by the time we got back to the glacier, the clouds had lifted...
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<br />salmon glacier is the 5th largest in the world, 4th largest in north america
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<br />but still half the size it once was...
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<br />checked out the "town" of hyder before we left for home...
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<br />the building to the right was a church
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<br />and although we didn't manage to spot any grizzlies, we saw a ton of black bears on the road, like this one walking down the street in hyder, only about 50 feet in front of us (!!)
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<br />the sun was shining for the ride home...here's jon working his camera magic
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<br />the smaller bear glacier on the road home (which we could now see without all the rain and low lying clouds)
<br />mannyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12664228630524505531noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4034639804037036962.post-22672282265381091012011-08-30T00:47:00.000-07:002011-08-30T01:07:41.040-07:00more from the gardendespite our wet and cool summer, our "experimental" garden (first northern gardening experience) has produced an abundance of greens and other tastylicious veggies...the only thing that hasn't really worked is the garlic--but that's only because the crows dug them up...before lucy came in to our lives, of course--she's a great crow (and squirrel and chipmunk and random running critter) chaser
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<br />beet
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<br />daikon!
<br />i wish i had taken this photo in scale to show the size of these behemoth radishes...i was almost tempted to enter them in the fall fair...
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<br />the first potatoes...i learned that picking potatoes when they are little is what classifies them as "new potatoes"
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<br />most delicious brunch...jon fried the first of the potatoes with some beautiful red spring onions from the farmer's market...and i made a farm fresh egg omelette with the beet greens folded inside...yum!
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<br />in anticipation of the brussels...
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<br />first of the summer peas (at the end of summer?)
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<br />the first of these peas made a tasty road trip snack...yes, we took a mini road trip...post to come!
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<br />another warmshowers guest who hung out for a couple of days...<a href="http://bicibirloque.blogspot.com/">jorge</a> and i and lucy at malkow
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<br /><a href="http://bicibirloque.blogspot.com/">jorge</a>, jon, me and lucy
<br />mannyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12664228630524505531noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4034639804037036962.post-29041190538165533732011-08-20T16:25:00.000-07:002011-08-25T00:42:25.345-07:00the muldoons (and amadio) visit the west!a selection of pics from our family time together in smithers and environs...
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<br />claire's birthday was on the road, so naturally <span style="font-style: italic;">had to</span> have a cake waiting!
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<br />but it was also tom & sue's anniversary, so claire let them blow out the candles
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<br />jon worked for the first few days...we hiked up malkow to stretch out the car legs
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<br />the fam on the river in hazelton
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<br />had a stunning hike up to crater lake...
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<br />the way up...although you may not be able to tell from this photo, we just went through a brief snow fall (!!)
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<br />coming from the heat of ontario, claire thought the snow was just fantastic
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<br />lucy, eating snow
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<br />crater lake
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<br />lucy & jon
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<br />the pooch and i
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<br />jon's awesome pano
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<br />lucy, taking a rest
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<br />claire and crater lake
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<br />us at crater lake
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<br />us + 1 at crater lake
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<br />fishing at chicken creek for an afternoon...
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<br />claire was throwing sticks for lucy and then she threw the giant stick and lucy still went for it
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<br />claire's casting...awesome form!
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<br />claire and uncle jon
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<br />claire, hiding from camera
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<br />claire snapped this pic of the awesomeness of jon's t-shirt
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<br />dinner in the log room at the aspen
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<br />fun visit!
<br />enjoyed the time with family...hope they had a great time, despite the cool, rainy weather...and the copious amounts of benadryl tom was no doubt ingesting from all of lucy and thespa's hair!
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<br />mannyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12664228630524505531noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4034639804037036962.post-53767084706148957942011-08-15T17:00:00.000-07:002011-08-20T17:11:10.657-07:00quick trip to mount robsonas mentioned in the <a href="http://smithersorbust.blogspot.com/2011/08/updates-post.html">update post</a>, we had a chance to visit with our good friends Gillian & Jordan who were in Calgary for a wedding...we ment them halfway in Valemount for a (too) quick trip...
<br />(jon had some new photos to add, so thought this trip was deserving of its own post)
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<br />so great to hang out again with our best camping trip partners...
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<br />and we actually got to see the peak of Mount Robson--in a brief moment of sunshine
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<br />picturesque Kinney Lake
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<br />jon's awesome pano of kinney lake
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<br />kinney lake
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<br />Jon and his walking stick
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<br />Jord on the avalanche
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<br />Gillian and I
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<br />we went on an adventure to find Mile 53...a ghost town in the woods...
<br />it took forever to find it, but we were determined...
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<br />testing out the old rickety bridge into Mile 53
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<br />victory!
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<br />the remains of an old river stone fireplace
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<br />jon's <span style="font-style: italic;">better </span>pic
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<br />Gill and I
<br />super fun couple of days!
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<br />we even went white water rafting in these glacial waters of the Fraser River (those pics to come!)mannyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12664228630524505531noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4034639804037036962.post-48941835083902407072011-08-10T00:11:00.000-07:002011-08-20T17:00:41.332-07:00the update postwhat we have been up to for the past little while...
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<br />these beautiful pics were from the first camping/fishing trip with Breann & Dave
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<br />with the wet, cool summer we'd been having it was so fantastic to see the sky like this
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<br />the two days in july that we decided to hit up a rec site on the kispiox river were wonderfully sunny and warm--and it never really got dark all night...it kind of hit a dark twilight then the sun came back up...
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<br />gettin the rods ready to practice casting...
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<br />jon got a bite on his third cast...there's Bre goig in with the net
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<br />trying to identify the fish (thanks to picture books)
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<br />first time out, no fish...
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<br />but beer waiting.
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<br />Lucy's first camping trip
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<br />Lucy out cold after falling in the river and having to be saved by Dave
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<br />Lucy loves loves loves puddles, especially those filled with mud....hosing her down was tough, she didn't like it too much, so we came up with what we thought was a brilliant idea...buy a kiddie pool and fill it with shampoo--perfect Lucy sized puddle that'd she'd for sure jump in...
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<br />nope.
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<br />not a chance.
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<br />quick trip to Valemount/<a href="http://www.britishcolumbia.com/parks/?id=178">Mount Robson</a> to meet up with our best pals Gillian and Jordan...(edited: see new post)
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<br />came home from Robson to find another warm showers guest awaiting us on the porch...
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<br />Greg (from North Carolina) stayed with us for two nights and Salva (from Spain) stayed for one...we had a wonderful evening chatting and feasting!
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<br />then we camped and played at the Kispiox Valley Music Festival...super fun!
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<br />nascent state playing our friday night show on the side stage
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<br />me lugging jon in the cart to lug gear (there may or may not be some alcohol in that camping mug)
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<br />we played our main show on saturday evening, but have no photo...so here's a pic of jon at the festival
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<br />then we went camping and fishing again...
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<br />Lucy on Pentz Lake
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<br />me, waking up Lucy by the campfire
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<br />Wayne, fishing out our lost spoons (brave soul...the water was frigid!)
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<br />Bre, Dave and the trio of pooches
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<br />Jon caught a rock
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<br />Sam
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<br />Lucy, crashed out again
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<br />and now summer has finally come!
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<br />a mellow day at chicken creek
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<br />Lucy...tired of us not catching anything...ha!
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<br />looking forward to tomorrow...Tom, Sue and Claire should be making it here at the end of the first leg of their cross Canada tour...we have a wonderful week ahead of us, i'm sure...can't wait!
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<br />mannyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12664228630524505531noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4034639804037036962.post-21952835915459791472011-08-02T14:51:00.000-07:002011-08-02T15:07:05.187-07:00garden delights<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwtVbeXlwDG3bJjFWW62TguqdLAuSu5xAbdObXWeEZMpFMARujGfP1GR9SdpriQE0agzkhXBQxeVQWVN1MT7CIo3swsQRRS22vYIw3ANrbro9cRGgHZ5GxzhjdhuS_ryfD0dLM6PKM1js/s1600/raspberries1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwtVbeXlwDG3bJjFWW62TguqdLAuSu5xAbdObXWeEZMpFMARujGfP1GR9SdpriQE0agzkhXBQxeVQWVN1MT7CIo3swsQRRS22vYIw3ANrbro9cRGgHZ5GxzhjdhuS_ryfD0dLM6PKM1js/s320/raspberries1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636380425657780514" border="0" /></a><br /><br />seeing as we've been really behind on posting (i have quite a few pics from various outdoor pursuits over the last few weeks), here's an interim post...<br /><br />take a look at what our garden has produced!<br /><br />these delights have really come through in the last couple of weeks...now that the rain has stopped...temporarily, i'm sure.<br /><br />my favourite 4 ingredient meal as of late...the 4th ingredient are the itsy bitsy tomatoes from the planters on the porch (not-pictured)...so fresh and tasty!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA0fnST50LlVsOSuURe9Xr7fh9zSUAKLcbIb8w30XcE_uAPBrLobid0AvOVWHsNyS62uAibC4PXbgV7vX2FeynQuUU0y_-ApzFzSydHDt33tXhRSpN1bfYwJ6W6BDtynljAtVHoCx1ecw/s1600/radish.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA0fnST50LlVsOSuURe9Xr7fh9zSUAKLcbIb8w30XcE_uAPBrLobid0AvOVWHsNyS62uAibC4PXbgV7vX2FeynQuUU0y_-ApzFzSydHDt33tXhRSpN1bfYwJ6W6BDtynljAtVHoCx1ecw/s320/radish.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636380266375630898" border="0" /></a><br />radish<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoEW6o0owck8prqQQw-KllvKPPFM2FuE5sxLBH_OGn3YxUFthyphenhyphenJh_PD8Bzy3Wj_8wwUd8A8jwn0pfQ69p8PkGyipvK_vi-j6P5PB2yIk9DQOIjuaK_7go1zBXQWx4EZJuvhboiCNtefjo/s1600/lettuce2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoEW6o0owck8prqQQw-KllvKPPFM2FuE5sxLBH_OGn3YxUFthyphenhyphenJh_PD8Bzy3Wj_8wwUd8A8jwn0pfQ69p8PkGyipvK_vi-j6P5PB2yIk9DQOIjuaK_7go1zBXQWx4EZJuvhboiCNtefjo/s320/lettuce2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636380268774288546" border="0" /></a><br />lettuce<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_waAE1xhW-MK7qjXzFZ2O7fhWTa5bWrB66PqTVNj6jYobjwLjYPKT1YIKd_pGhflTUdDfQhXRFOGZAARM5LgSxt94IF8pHG1F5F-PvJzHEyjSnORry5Jg-xlK9NlNkPQUryGVXF1BELI/s1600/lettuce1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_waAE1xhW-MK7qjXzFZ2O7fhWTa5bWrB66PqTVNj6jYobjwLjYPKT1YIKd_pGhflTUdDfQhXRFOGZAARM5LgSxt94IF8pHG1F5F-PvJzHEyjSnORry5Jg-xlK9NlNkPQUryGVXF1BELI/s320/lettuce1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636380261194104290" border="0" /></a><br />lettuce too<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8-Kr3nebqad1uzz6lTF_gw12gDFfiHEMKfB7DzW6jT8F4mMX4H6FY3aMhGq5nP33wqhy6JfvWbCuiX-aC77MGHtD4g9NFKO3Ds_bc7wpUh3hKaVx2cuMB8g0le1BVejLIMJI1j8t00dw/s1600/rainbowchard.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8-Kr3nebqad1uzz6lTF_gw12gDFfiHEMKfB7DzW6jT8F4mMX4H6FY3aMhGq5nP33wqhy6JfvWbCuiX-aC77MGHtD4g9NFKO3Ds_bc7wpUh3hKaVx2cuMB8g0le1BVejLIMJI1j8t00dw/s320/rainbowchard.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636380424188212610" border="0" /></a><br />baby rainbow chard<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhisQ_yfsv-j4CWUYcRWlXqoxdoec94dwlstzYeW8a5IwUygcQGyrFaf97g8Ua-zhEOdYxS1XK5PQ4uVr_s5m0jt2PYFWGSl6jruuiNuK8kblZ468tI8P57dn5wl9dclzZQvbaEyW82Ucs/s1600/kale.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhisQ_yfsv-j4CWUYcRWlXqoxdoec94dwlstzYeW8a5IwUygcQGyrFaf97g8Ua-zhEOdYxS1XK5PQ4uVr_s5m0jt2PYFWGSl6jruuiNuK8kblZ468tI8P57dn5wl9dclzZQvbaEyW82Ucs/s320/kale.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636380263657303970" border="0" /></a><br />kale<br /><br />still waiting for brussels, beans, peas, garlic, carrots, beets ...and the other day when i was weeding i unearthed a red potato...i promptly covered that back up in anticipation of the fall harvest...along with the acorn squash that's sprouting)<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF9JvKDy0A7qwjhpcZ0RfyaPpS-XNi0neO-lyvhWTL3yyFEivPSdURe2d4DwS4AAzvJ6Vr_eES07fEtFbNrn4t9VceoxDBgRu4JQSZqzflPjXAbMNX24vIGP4aOTbSl6xMwFeyLVG5B3g/s1600/raspberries2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF9JvKDy0A7qwjhpcZ0RfyaPpS-XNi0neO-lyvhWTL3yyFEivPSdURe2d4DwS4AAzvJ6Vr_eES07fEtFbNrn4t9VceoxDBgRu4JQSZqzflPjXAbMNX24vIGP4aOTbSl6xMwFeyLVG5B3g/s320/raspberries2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636380430805233650" border="0" /></a><br />raspberries<br />(our neighbours are just picking their strawberries now! in august!)<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiIJYlkY5881-kG-1P5EeThwZpxdE8WjCpBmpCi9quWWHGsC5D2IQ2HnKneZQhLyH0OxYKvn3NibHCEebZDuekDu9OWJ8knie6AGKrfLRJbKx5duIbL9PisBOGryGdvHe2SmfQo8TzmRM/s1600/apple.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiIJYlkY5881-kG-1P5EeThwZpxdE8WjCpBmpCi9quWWHGsC5D2IQ2HnKneZQhLyH0OxYKvn3NibHCEebZDuekDu9OWJ8knie6AGKrfLRJbKx5duIbL9PisBOGryGdvHe2SmfQo8TzmRM/s320/apple.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636380256680398162" border="0" /></a><br />the apple that could have been<br />(we have been losing a lot of the "weaker" apples lately as the trees out front get heavier and mature for the fall...but this picturesque one right here seemed like it maybe just could have made it...)mannyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12664228630524505531noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4034639804037036962.post-85956588337302294432011-07-10T21:13:00.000-07:002011-07-10T22:25:00.537-07:00more bug bites than sun tanjust listening to jon's weekly radio show Sound and Fury on <a href="http://www.smithersradio.com/">Smithers Community Radio CICK 93.9 FM</a><br />(listen to the live stream Sundays at 8pm PST <a href="http://www.smithersradio.com/">here</a>)<br /><br />anyhoo, got me thinking that i haven't updated the blog in a while....and seeing as it's raining (again), i'm sitting inside on a sunday night...<br />we do have a covered deck but with all this wetness the skeeters and black flies are bothersome, to say the least. thankfully there have been zero cases of west nile here in the west because i can't even count the number of bites on me anymore.<br /><br />you know, despite all of our camping/canoeing/biking adventures and our profound love for the outdoors, we usually managed to avoid black fly season up north in ontario...and have always managed to create campfires that were more smoke than fire, successfully keeping the skeeters at bay for many of our trips...so when the bugs started this "summer" (and i use the season name loosely) i really didn't know if i could handle it...i mean, the skeeters and black flies are here, IN TOWN, because our town is already NORTH....and when we go further up the mountain to do fun stuff like mountain bike, and hike, and run, we get mauled. i'm talking seriously MAULED. but maybe a bit of the north is now in me because i'm still doing those fun things, despite the now horrendous appearance, not to mention extreme itchiness, of my skin. if i don't deal with it, i don't get to do fun things.<br />and i'm not particularly fond of DEET, and try to use it sparingly, but either i put on the natural citronella spray and pretend it actually works or i just try not to stop for too long. definitely good motivation when you're climbing up a mountain on bike.<br /><br />speaking of biking, mom, you'd be proud: look at my full face helmet!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMutersclTfd8uv5xtGZioDTtXtiQx1_U6c-oKInbEK8GLx-Y2aaeqnfeKjWBAay1H7Je76214dvgMQea5yTsnkv2FUStBtffZcdtUtQSAO_ky_umJdWS5Wh_gj01PboVO656RNBCaokI/s1600/fullfaceme.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMutersclTfd8uv5xtGZioDTtXtiQx1_U6c-oKInbEK8GLx-Y2aaeqnfeKjWBAay1H7Je76214dvgMQea5yTsnkv2FUStBtffZcdtUtQSAO_ky_umJdWS5Wh_gj01PboVO656RNBCaokI/s320/fullfaceme.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627951641460169490" border="0" /></a><br /><br />for those of us in ontario who remember "the incident" or have seen photos, the last time i was doing things that i'm doing now on my bike ended with a pretty gnarly facial injury (and probably concussion, now that i think about it--at least i remember! haha)...i wonder if i can find some of those pics...<br /><br />in other news, <a href="http://nascentstate.bandcamp.com/">jon and i</a> had our first BC show here at the <a href="http://www.smithersmusicfest.com/">Smithers Midsummer Music Festival</a>. we played on the eve of our nation's birthday and despite the rainy weather people came out and danced the night away...it didn't hurt that we played on stage 3 which was semi-indoors:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg11OVKwL0x49-UI4KtnY8_cg_qxXRV7M6d61AjCbda6uyqgl3PWCN2dTFco-4VBB36xZpCBQtjJMwhpByWF6yaIep0nncu5mxsMFHikZluBS8NU_1RULK3CJyKdORnYvCmorAFWuEoEuc/s1600/stage3.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg11OVKwL0x49-UI4KtnY8_cg_qxXRV7M6d61AjCbda6uyqgl3PWCN2dTFco-4VBB36xZpCBQtjJMwhpByWF6yaIep0nncu5mxsMFHikZluBS8NU_1RULK3CJyKdORnYvCmorAFWuEoEuc/s320/stage3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627951868318054290" border="0" /></a><br />this is jon holding up the program, which has a little blurb about <a href="http://www.myspace.com/nascentstatemusic">nascent state<br /></a><br />we had a great night, stuck around after our set to check out the other bands...these kids totally rocked out:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmA1BlZFZtIcyfZYM8wFF9bckVeGgR201dBeK7MD97giQHNoYHw5j2BzALtv7oHR4ArlLWkUNixcxUdLKtT-Lp_FQEpflc849Frx-9dzspb2tSDCD8ZiacwyL0pTdWAHDnHFPu0BOE5Wk/s1600/blindvinyl.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmA1BlZFZtIcyfZYM8wFF9bckVeGgR201dBeK7MD97giQHNoYHw5j2BzALtv7oHR4ArlLWkUNixcxUdLKtT-Lp_FQEpflc849Frx-9dzspb2tSDCD8ZiacwyL0pTdWAHDnHFPu0BOE5Wk/s320/blindvinyl.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627950916778012530" border="0" /></a><br />blind vinyl......fun times!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU8vm0GeDbEcbJBjqnUStQO3g2yuzqcNiv1TezOHoz7ex_BdcVyIcjEd6SQ4KzgWRFO-wNxiuNCRCZ4VIw3EFR75O-NH6udt45d_xvcsR5BKnP3X8DsQftD6-jIOFMrxmn-0EVE-UR218/s1600/sunatmidsummer.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU8vm0GeDbEcbJBjqnUStQO3g2yuzqcNiv1TezOHoz7ex_BdcVyIcjEd6SQ4KzgWRFO-wNxiuNCRCZ4VIw3EFR75O-NH6udt45d_xvcsR5BKnP3X8DsQftD6-jIOFMrxmn-0EVE-UR218/s320/sunatmidsummer.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627951873517496562" border="0" /></a><br />the sun came out the next day at the festival<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlFvycV0XztdFW5ImGRvocLkYB6RO8kd_jVqnzwS-Qhx37IkRnLl9iZ534XWhScICkjPHpTZuIQiYKWKIaYBizMqq_B1ZLW11xi-KhMx0HnC6u2AgInBEmgByZ_v5jFOjKMBHx7GE3gys/s1600/jonatmidsummer.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlFvycV0XztdFW5ImGRvocLkYB6RO8kd_jVqnzwS-Qhx37IkRnLl9iZ534XWhScICkjPHpTZuIQiYKWKIaYBizMqq_B1ZLW11xi-KhMx0HnC6u2AgInBEmgByZ_v5jFOjKMBHx7GE3gys/s320/jonatmidsummer.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627951640957667746" border="0" /></a><br />jon getting some much needed vitamin D<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirtZzH5NOTR-WIV2GlYeXmF7XEA5h2ij0b6etQa5OYQHF4l0WCXrkKNPub84DiiNEgNmS9xE9QJHxqm1xBfsXN4JqqjaBKmujKMMmBdFTwT9fHflmoqsWDpD1TkMchqfuVPdZK5gEejZA/s1600/midsummerwithfriends.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirtZzH5NOTR-WIV2GlYeXmF7XEA5h2ij0b6etQa5OYQHF4l0WCXrkKNPub84DiiNEgNmS9xE9QJHxqm1xBfsXN4JqqjaBKmujKMMmBdFTwT9fHflmoqsWDpD1TkMchqfuVPdZK5gEejZA/s320/midsummerwithfriends.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627951652393490866" border="0" /></a><br />damian, dave, breann and jon<br /><br />i think jon took more festival shots, so i'll leave it up to him to add some to this post.<br />our next show is in a couple of weekends at the <a href="http://www.kispiox.com/kvmf/">Kispiox Valley Music Festival</a>.<br />a bunch of us Smithereens are going for some camping and music...we play on the Saturday night at 7pm...looking forward to it!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguJqDsvgaX_C79jtmfRFfRrUrj-tzGRx4aAmmK0kNQ0jR8pBWLlfDzVs77GDzIOASVrRzIFWOnNjZ1cVIY3khpfA7yzq3LB3r9lz7YEunHaecgOFVlF3Ev-8pBqvYQxaESrDrl8BDd9Eo/s1600/poppyinthegarden.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguJqDsvgaX_C79jtmfRFfRrUrj-tzGRx4aAmmK0kNQ0jR8pBWLlfDzVs77GDzIOASVrRzIFWOnNjZ1cVIY3khpfA7yzq3LB3r9lz7YEunHaecgOFVlF3Ev-8pBqvYQxaESrDrl8BDd9Eo/s320/poppyinthegarden.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627951868277560002" border="0" /></a><br />random shot of a poppy in our flower garden<br /><br />we have also been receiving quite a few requests to host warm showers members...<br />'tis the season for bike touring...it's making me jealous!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkBUN8MEIU-PuZoklTCFuoTrfIiL8gFpl5OTIj_TT2PpqWq2mmlHdKMDGkY34iPxLuVr903z5mXhqjULLNyuNAawsWigc0wX3yqsGZtYM2QVfSbIp8ej5l6JHyEwf1Wo1VrCZQOAAamrI/s1600/wim_warmshowers.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkBUN8MEIU-PuZoklTCFuoTrfIiL8gFpl5OTIj_TT2PpqWq2mmlHdKMDGkY34iPxLuVr903z5mXhqjULLNyuNAawsWigc0wX3yqsGZtYM2QVfSbIp8ej5l6JHyEwf1Wo1VrCZQOAAamrI/s320/wim_warmshowers.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627951873701593906" border="0" /></a><br />our latest guest, <a href="http://www.heebels.nl/">Wim, from Holland</a>...doing the exact opposite route as our <a href="http://smithersorbust.blogspot.com/2011/06/warm-showers.html">last guest</a>...started in Anchorage, AK, en route to Tierra del Fuego, Argentina. Wim stayed with us for a couple of nights for a much needed rest...and even got to help us drink wine and eat cheese at a going away party for my colleague and friend, Alissar (originally from Ontario, one year in the north was enough for her--leaving for greener pastures in the lower mainland).<br />another nice dude, for sure...check out his progress <a href="http://www.heebels.nl/">here</a><br /><br />super excited to be going camping tomorrow night with Bre and Dave so we can fish in the Kispiox on tuesday! need to try out our new salmon rods...i should probably learn how to cast the darn thing, hey?<br />then a road trip coming up next week to meet Gillian and Jordan in Valemount for some <a href="http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/bcparks/explore/parkpgs/mt_robson/">hiking at Mt Robson</a> and <a href="http://www.mountrobsonwhitewater.com/">white water rafting in the Fraser River</a>!<br /><br />to end this long and rambling post, some pictures of the greatest pooch ever...a study of Lucy:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5MsRADgWEiBK6RB_EbZZvl1OHQOqD6IDibGyJ_FqrirFfBKbC9LFyeFzNOOGcsyTiEUPmNxMQF_Vp6oFdIlc75q4-GID-W9lQioN0qfx03yCNG4itpkBqqZG4PEBxMMh09QK1JSS8r34/s1600/lucywithpoppies.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5MsRADgWEiBK6RB_EbZZvl1OHQOqD6IDibGyJ_FqrirFfBKbC9LFyeFzNOOGcsyTiEUPmNxMQF_Vp6oFdIlc75q4-GID-W9lQioN0qfx03yCNG4itpkBqqZG4PEBxMMh09QK1JSS8r34/s320/lucywithpoppies.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627951646604871074" border="0" /></a><br />Lucy with the poppies<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilYfiopRPaog-t8S-LpihQUyROJMoHQnbkkO9QpRC8bFMW8rNc8P1YuiSu9j3Q1XzGAjaGHUP4drT5WFzsf0HOGXUsuFg2IVgqWG8lT4EerSLy157NCPYp2yy1lFpVwgfYZaO7t5EvCT0/s1600/lucyonthelawn.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilYfiopRPaog-t8S-LpihQUyROJMoHQnbkkO9QpRC8bFMW8rNc8P1YuiSu9j3Q1XzGAjaGHUP4drT5WFzsf0HOGXUsuFg2IVgqWG8lT4EerSLy157NCPYp2yy1lFpVwgfYZaO7t5EvCT0/s320/lucyonthelawn.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627950904764384930" border="0" /></a><br />Lucy on the lawn with Hudson Bay Mountain<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf4rF9v9QEdqHrSvl1AOIt_5UBU5HhoGUN7gxYfz1gnYTu8oKyYMfhOWGn94fNTQCMXIfkXqI3IpzsHjDzq4K9l0snFzCMJ9srLVzvaazJf93vSzf6kuJuAIi6Cnq9dAqXBG9_UdEmjRg/s1600/lucyinthepeas.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf4rF9v9QEdqHrSvl1AOIt_5UBU5HhoGUN7gxYfz1gnYTu8oKyYMfhOWGn94fNTQCMXIfkXqI3IpzsHjDzq4K9l0snFzCMJ9srLVzvaazJf93vSzf6kuJuAIi6Cnq9dAqXBG9_UdEmjRg/s320/lucyinthepeas.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627950898927977186" border="0" /></a><br />Lucy with the peas and beans<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgYXHmhnhUADNQeOU_gehzM0CHVp39dS0FEz_fD1v3c5hwTODtDlGO7P4-F1uev80_fbixTidID8vCJ5Iw6YkG8WwGpU4ec2aoi6Ej71EkEATBA9C1VQTro2UimMvdvdXuq5STWwwf4lo/s1600/lucywetontrail_june2011.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgYXHmhnhUADNQeOU_gehzM0CHVp39dS0FEz_fD1v3c5hwTODtDlGO7P4-F1uev80_fbixTidID8vCJ5Iw6YkG8WwGpU4ec2aoi6Ej71EkEATBA9C1VQTro2UimMvdvdXuq5STWwwf4lo/s320/lucywetontrail_june2011.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627950915354412098" border="0" /></a><br />Lucy on a run with me on the perimeter trail (see how wet she is? this doggy LOVES puddles, especially when they are full of mud)<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh6jPYHF-N8emjmuwzEONMWw1fUN54Y_rE9MLUV3S-j_1TMvNKVxDh68et05RA0K5aTqtYEGJj3uc_Gx0QvcKflKPYFFA1H2LfNtsI8GO-8qzGiStqcgDm4uQggVE4jbA5JRvPI7WST-0/s1600/lucyinthecar.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh6jPYHF-N8emjmuwzEONMWw1fUN54Y_rE9MLUV3S-j_1TMvNKVxDh68et05RA0K5aTqtYEGJj3uc_Gx0QvcKflKPYFFA1H2LfNtsI8GO-8qzGiStqcgDm4uQggVE4jbA5JRvPI7WST-0/s320/lucyinthecar.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627951648612899218" border="0" /></a><br />Lucy in the car<br />...she loves the car rides, despite this sad looking face (this was after playing in the bush, she's sad to be going home)<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgglhJpItyrsw8n_8KxoORqix9uwyQXWV_JkrTm1vLBsOJPazOvOu9R4n82ymA07p7xYueh3M35kR_KRiY6E-ld61BZ2xGOTDSaroquRm3BavoHyE_pL_h_zWRUK9grbHC9SH2iaFTxIvk/s1600/lucysmiling_june2011.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgglhJpItyrsw8n_8KxoORqix9uwyQXWV_JkrTm1vLBsOJPazOvOu9R4n82ymA07p7xYueh3M35kR_KRiY6E-ld61BZ2xGOTDSaroquRm3BavoHyE_pL_h_zWRUK9grbHC9SH2iaFTxIvk/s320/lucysmiling_june2011.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627950909920734130" border="0" /></a><br />Lucy in her first week with her spearmint rope<br />...smiling...happy to be out of the pound?mannyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12664228630524505531noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4034639804037036962.post-45434978584676269592011-06-23T10:35:00.001-07:002011-06-23T10:50:34.117-07:00warm showers<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM30_xgjZsq49Wb67L4XPJ55LUoWbySM5jjwp33WoiuoRooYVs89DrIhWEEdflTEE89bAIPpFaehE_SuV7MlfQBRQlhMbO6n4d9C5or4fqo0ZOD1XWmqHhs6y_9oGuplzDIfd70kt3Z0U/s1600/jonamandajuan.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM30_xgjZsq49Wb67L4XPJ55LUoWbySM5jjwp33WoiuoRooYVs89DrIhWEEdflTEE89bAIPpFaehE_SuV7MlfQBRQlhMbO6n4d9C5or4fqo0ZOD1XWmqHhs6y_9oGuplzDIfd70kt3Z0U/s320/jonamandajuan.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621470955671184738" border="0" /></a><br />this is jon, me and juan.<br /><br />for those of you that may not know this, jon and i are members of an online organization called <a href="http://www.warmshowers.org/">warmshowers</a>...we host traveling cyclists on their way through smithers.<br />so far we have had two fellows stay with us. juan was our latest...he is from spain and stayed with us for two nights. he has been on the road for 16 months, starting in Ushuaia, Argentina, on his way north to Prudhoe bay, Alaska.<br />too bad i was working both nights and jon was sick--but we still got to have a few good conversations with him. good guy.<br />check out his travels: <a href="http://www.panamerikana.org/">www.panamerikana.org</a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6QuNvHEGAsQ32MkCGX2Z4A_d7EbRISD1w1zqJopeqgHIbpWmX0Ac6a2mD_QuGY1fTS3oXcmXM3iQUlGbFnMjRnm3BfcDamlfcNQ3YClnmHiVI70iA_ghwGqby2yrMXpEx4JQB3gpLDa0/s1600/thespa%2526lucy.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6QuNvHEGAsQ32MkCGX2Z4A_d7EbRISD1w1zqJopeqgHIbpWmX0Ac6a2mD_QuGY1fTS3oXcmXM3iQUlGbFnMjRnm3BfcDamlfcNQ3YClnmHiVI70iA_ghwGqby2yrMXpEx4JQB3gpLDa0/s320/thespa%2526lucy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621470948193910882" border="0" /></a><br />and this picture...well, i never thought i'd see the day, but see the evil thespian in the corner? she was playing with lucy's tail.mannyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12664228630524505531noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4034639804037036962.post-17407578752483440582011-06-20T23:04:00.001-07:002011-06-20T23:06:16.428-07:00welcome Juliana Elisa!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOBskdw1KUvNTqnFBDQ7zNerETNsgkPN4Mi0wqV-TClPtenFX7l3uh9MSy88o_5i1GLBxQAgbvvQzAe5Z020ToLfuGCdBxYMR_Pv8bF-cIxU6rS3ZUkeIfIEtuF6gsk0jJiY3-mAgRKrk/s1600/259890_10150628244385023_559485022_18966678_858790_n.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOBskdw1KUvNTqnFBDQ7zNerETNsgkPN4Mi0wqV-TClPtenFX7l3uh9MSy88o_5i1GLBxQAgbvvQzAe5Z020ToLfuGCdBxYMR_Pv8bF-cIxU6rS3ZUkeIfIEtuF6gsk0jJiY3-mAgRKrk/s320/259890_10150628244385023_559485022_18966678_858790_n.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620549998655734802" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Juliana Elisa<br />born June 18th @ 8:53 am, 6 lbs 15 oz<br /><br />wish we could have been there...can't wait to meet her in September!<br />love you all lots,<br />-auntie mandy & uncle jon<br />xoxo<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br /></span>mannyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12664228630524505531noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4034639804037036962.post-19243899318920455472011-06-19T14:29:00.000-07:002011-06-19T15:17:55.607-07:00our first out of town visitors<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOVTmnTAi6z5yEPJN7Legr0S6VRMDwHTxnG1Lj6zF9DjvvAmFXyDlugLcLbD2EZqG_-4XyS2G9ktE_I2ua-yJHvd4ImBdZaCM8Ev1thweAviTSwmHUsiWMfppjJMBHkL1zoj428Yisal4/s1600/rupert4too.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOVTmnTAi6z5yEPJN7Legr0S6VRMDwHTxnG1Lj6zF9DjvvAmFXyDlugLcLbD2EZqG_-4XyS2G9ktE_I2ua-yJHvd4ImBdZaCM8Ev1thweAviTSwmHUsiWMfppjJMBHkL1zoj428Yisal4/s320/rupert4too.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620052059635205490" border="0" /></a><br />toby, mary, me, jon in Rupert<br /><br />when we met for dinner in Victoria in May our old friend Toby and his wife Mary decided they would come for a visit. we were ecstatic to have our first out of town visitors (and of course pushed to get the flooring down so they wouldn't have to walk on plywood in their room--alas, we only got half finished)...but no matter, we didn't spend too much time hanging out in our rooms.<br /><br />after their long drive up north with their superstar (but senior) pooch Molly in tow, we hit the road again for a night in Prince Rupert (4 hrs west of here on the coast)...Jon and I were excited to head out that way for a bit, and Toby, Mary and Molly were troopers, that's for sure! what better way to relax from all that driving than to go on another mini road trip? haha.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwEz4R9Es9Ay7OUO9nsQglvAfx5mNExR-wPJxTaShF8gR7e7cjbnh9o5T2_5phcs83pXV8zDfkpt5_w_9yjSoOF090HYBLu2ooL-kG3mutA_bL38qpQn0hJrUSjmxft2JdvwdB646raVs/s1600/amanda_totemhazelton.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwEz4R9Es9Ay7OUO9nsQglvAfx5mNExR-wPJxTaShF8gR7e7cjbnh9o5T2_5phcs83pXV8zDfkpt5_w_9yjSoOF090HYBLu2ooL-kG3mutA_bL38qpQn0hJrUSjmxft2JdvwdB646raVs/s320/amanda_totemhazelton.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620049102269197682" border="0" /></a><br />the drive out to Rupert took us forever, mostly because we stopped to dilly dally a lot (here's me playing on a river boat in Hazelton)<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitxkGHIkHrwFuecHzDg36qL7QvCwOKl5Eej90wFSlMwnJtaPMxREhUH1WJBQyUuUrBU_PEdaI28NxKDxdyF2mJYyybFbVoqv9bLDlzP1p657laxODhvX3wUzkzvH5mEjoP6wy4bPeaTUY/s1600/hazelton3.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitxkGHIkHrwFuecHzDg36qL7QvCwOKl5Eej90wFSlMwnJtaPMxREhUH1WJBQyUuUrBU_PEdaI28NxKDxdyF2mJYyybFbVoqv9bLDlzP1p657laxODhvX3wUzkzvH5mEjoP6wy4bPeaTUY/s320/hazelton3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620049159170717426" border="0" /></a><br />we decided to stop in old Hazelton for a coffee--and good thing too because we randomly met the artist <a href="http://www.royhenryvickers.com/">Roy Henry Vickers</a> in the street--unfortunately we didn't think to snap a pic with him, but hopefully we can photoshop him onto the above pic<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg_PH2o5vTQlz3xiipH-SnR6ggD7igN-lX0IEghd9fTi3qDPuPfOe_cpgsMRzQsVIPqMqia3NuyVB-Z3f_l5kfg-L4XOfGu3FoiVnm61JWeLlrbsh28uTa4xkYFm60v6fGeOahV0I5q_I/s1600/jon_totemhazelton.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg_PH2o5vTQlz3xiipH-SnR6ggD7igN-lX0IEghd9fTi3qDPuPfOe_cpgsMRzQsVIPqMqia3NuyVB-Z3f_l5kfg-L4XOfGu3FoiVnm61JWeLlrbsh28uTa4xkYFm60v6fGeOahV0I5q_I/s320/jon_totemhazelton.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620051746547394786" border="0" /></a><br />Jon and a Hazelton totem<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2UMuN99WsRcQKRapydKy-G-sYgR-5Tke6EeFgX4ChEOOOEfX8wN5OEqdivmHwrFloWBRvuEv2ijuiSnwteWHUZQbzPhTrSISFOuFXVyC9tnFjbfpnyCRqVP3HeS62PgPWCRsGCW1kwy4/s1600/rupert_rapidshike.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2UMuN99WsRcQKRapydKy-G-sYgR-5Tke6EeFgX4ChEOOOEfX8wN5OEqdivmHwrFloWBRvuEv2ijuiSnwteWHUZQbzPhTrSISFOuFXVyC9tnFjbfpnyCRqVP3HeS62PgPWCRsGCW1kwy4/s320/rupert_rapidshike.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620052051308933602" border="0" /></a><br />stretching our car legs on the rapids hike on the way in to Rupert<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCRmFJUkcFjSk7Sk_8vU4dss5y9APRJMbIQ5Tpj1YqUz5wyxdorKN7w65l3kM8rEFVOaF6CdeCtxi7VW3IcONahy95ApQeafsin0R6Jw7XaxBtZTyaNpZMXtS4avZxTimnRceCMkLIaYo/s1600/jon_rupertrapidshike.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCRmFJUkcFjSk7Sk_8vU4dss5y9APRJMbIQ5Tpj1YqUz5wyxdorKN7w65l3kM8rEFVOaF6CdeCtxi7VW3IcONahy95ApQeafsin0R6Jw7XaxBtZTyaNpZMXtS4avZxTimnRceCMkLIaYo/s320/jon_rupertrapidshike.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620051740759910930" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigBiEaBhJyeXHzN5Wwz3eynRQHGOp6yLk0Tuh6kTZcBRlRvf4kKYh9mVPPUYnIyWrR3vefGCYXa06BxDfQN9dZciT0MbKUuNYulrQEP6B2ZiTc_bBqwgAlIQRTDn_Fb1IKpEhUMDUW-uM/s1600/jon_rapidsswing.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigBiEaBhJyeXHzN5Wwz3eynRQHGOp6yLk0Tuh6kTZcBRlRvf4kKYh9mVPPUYnIyWrR3vefGCYXa06BxDfQN9dZciT0MbKUuNYulrQEP6B2ZiTc_bBqwgAlIQRTDn_Fb1IKpEhUMDUW-uM/s320/jon_rapidsswing.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620050026126956402" border="0" /></a><br />found: tree swing<br /><br />Mary has actually been to Rupert before, but only from water--she does marine research and often will go out on the water on research missions for a few weeks at a time--Rupert is usually one of their stops to get off the ship and stretch their sea legs with a night at the pub.<br />Toby had never been and I think was looking forward to seeing the pay phone from which Mary calls him when she's away on her missions.<br />and Jon and I? well, we were excited to get out of town for a couple of days, and so look forward to eating candied salmon and salmon jerky from <a href="http://www.dollysfishmarket.com/">Dolly's</a>! (sooooo darn delicious--we stocked up!)<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMBp6k2VE-L4IvwHhL5FRU18Nl95Z9rGgYrHsO1c1Rjb4XQzXkmvRB5PDMFh8r7kfrlmbmZEea3RUCIoWYu6vtF5VIWuHC6hAD1ONhAzTFzK-5bMa774gLhJBk11qMvbLTw8oagRqsk-M/s1600/ruperttankersunset.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMBp6k2VE-L4IvwHhL5FRU18Nl95Z9rGgYrHsO1c1Rjb4XQzXkmvRB5PDMFh8r7kfrlmbmZEea3RUCIoWYu6vtF5VIWuHC6hAD1ONhAzTFzK-5bMa774gLhJBk11qMvbLTw8oagRqsk-M/s320/ruperttankersunset.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620052064712042050" border="0" /></a><br />a miraculously sunny two days in Rupert made for a miraculous sunset<br />(which we recently realized we don't get to see too much in the mountains)<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdLdMfUwDNJSN_mi79vVR-YKE26cQ5U_rCHXluvREpjDBTOX9Ip_Jp6qSDF3dl6mOJeidcgCvJ1OTgcKDA1qBF7sbKNuxhGsbP1UM4PLshkNwCf0XD79zxsIj4zRUH_uIuRU9Ikgqy3ok/s1600/rupert4.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdLdMfUwDNJSN_mi79vVR-YKE26cQ5U_rCHXluvREpjDBTOX9Ip_Jp6qSDF3dl6mOJeidcgCvJ1OTgcKDA1qBF7sbKNuxhGsbP1UM4PLshkNwCf0XD79zxsIj4zRUH_uIuRU9Ikgqy3ok/s320/rupert4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620052051202140706" border="0" /></a><br />we enjoyed the sunset on the waterfront patio at the casino (after losing our money on the nickel and penny slots)<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA7YENUm3aKa6-nkPx-EtoSdkX2f4JPT8pREVXM1_Msx12VHh_zXgbefe9E-7AcXInHx5AdSsGJqkbSdL5dUezK6_STkQyyhZYWfTgDNWR8tpoYRg7JstohaywEhvCFfdtekqtr70GBNU/s1600/jon_rupertpatio.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA7YENUm3aKa6-nkPx-EtoSdkX2f4JPT8pREVXM1_Msx12VHh_zXgbefe9E-7AcXInHx5AdSsGJqkbSdL5dUezK6_STkQyyhZYWfTgDNWR8tpoYRg7JstohaywEhvCFfdtekqtr70GBNU/s320/jon_rupertpatio.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620051736208156418" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1ctT4PMemRKjrUP4RhDIrNJ7XfSBjeYztRjS6H4FuCLDMfwQpiTxRJsKfXS0XQ8g_yi8EldpYHe43wwRlK4gho9Kre1OobSJmZoRpy81hKk_UsbJGkG4tJjfds1G8tVuKJQ3w4V4OLM0/s1600/amandajon_rupertpatio.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1ctT4PMemRKjrUP4RhDIrNJ7XfSBjeYztRjS6H4FuCLDMfwQpiTxRJsKfXS0XQ8g_yi8EldpYHe43wwRlK4gho9Kre1OobSJmZoRpy81hKk_UsbJGkG4tJjfds1G8tVuKJQ3w4V4OLM0/s320/amandajon_rupertpatio.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620049104908501858" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOZgyR6ODi_ZOPgPEXGzd30yc2L8mmdpCWj6NqssBBypxuwvSp3dMepHKA10rb79C-Mr8S4-ytf_UqyJ1lno7c-2EEGfpyg3nQvRqWnmCJcv5hPcYUZhdm0WrtfdnPiKdVZrXvYKxVpXI/s1600/joncowbrella.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOZgyR6ODi_ZOPgPEXGzd30yc2L8mmdpCWj6NqssBBypxuwvSp3dMepHKA10rb79C-Mr8S4-ytf_UqyJ1lno7c-2EEGfpyg3nQvRqWnmCJcv5hPcYUZhdm0WrtfdnPiKdVZrXvYKxVpXI/s320/joncowbrella.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620051755115152114" border="0" /></a><br />another sunny day in Rupert...Jon under a cowbrella in Cow Bay<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3K49Q2uDUt9aPufhsHSTGboYweyK1Bg80bMEVeLJYbCcSH3egpyzUrc0JPraoybyMPsZTb2yVEWGOz3X6yniu-rV5w9SXu4fHVzubAsZ6q9we1BVbY08MvYjyqhbDa9N3n4g7OZY7tHc/s1600/bigdumpsforjordan.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3K49Q2uDUt9aPufhsHSTGboYweyK1Bg80bMEVeLJYbCcSH3egpyzUrc0JPraoybyMPsZTb2yVEWGOz3X6yniu-rV5w9SXu4fHVzubAsZ6q9we1BVbY08MvYjyqhbDa9N3n4g7OZY7tHc/s320/bigdumpsforjordan.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620049156266676242" border="0" /></a><br />saw this pic in Cow Bay and had to snap it for Jord and Gillian (our next out of town visitors--well, meeting them halfway between here and Calgary in July...can't wait!)<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo3C0y0vvTgLP02htrRuN_LqWMeHsLl42mH0uU2656lFdQlRiWr1PN1gq3wT1xvHgy1wD5n0VP4_5yvDw28MODT_8sfS1fme45_3BsdmJnkuTVlBA-Cvdlus-tG0a1kM4EkD1B_z5kmMM/s1600/foodstoreatcannery.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo3C0y0vvTgLP02htrRuN_LqWMeHsLl42mH0uU2656lFdQlRiWr1PN1gq3wT1xvHgy1wD5n0VP4_5yvDw28MODT_8sfS1fme45_3BsdmJnkuTVlBA-Cvdlus-tG0a1kM4EkD1B_z5kmMM/s320/foodstoreatcannery.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620049157626410034" border="0" /></a><br />stopped for a visit at the old <a href="http://web.mac.com/andrewcthamilton/iWeb/NPC/welcome.html">North Pacific Cannery</a> in Port Edward<br />(Jon and I had been before so I didn't take too many pics but of course had to take pics of the old tins of food in the old store building)<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSgzLDRcy9082KhyphenhyphenzOzrEJK2nM0U6TFcBcQBx4DvIMT7Bu0XmFa4nMz8hbBqiGAwbPTjz7CQoy9JVgt3zbS0HX6pT9ngJZfrlvzGuWTE9szJpuCdgOuychBcVOW9AZ8fUj_uCRbADY4is/s1600/oldschoolkegger.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; 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width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWRsM-NqDJnsKoodQzwNkPp3P9PZqowrQ1OEXXYQew7y_tRSDFdhigF-rLAHyubRes_QOtf7myJkCeHnUt5KHSy1aNlwQ_sUeUDiZBwO8fRpuYJ6-XObaH3sRp-B66O_fnFwlrUMAyp4Q/s320/hwy16trees3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620050009756216194" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4pT1A1d9LYcIUB6frGwaLNbd-3gXF0WFMY9XS0xah_cPCl-Bq1B8ht41NdBt6ygYuhbrPx9C0QVhsfQSObpTaQcURK5BC3vrvaoB6LP6Csg6K_ipCAvZN27exJ26WHcxlx_tByZgTGmY/s1600/hwy16trees2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4pT1A1d9LYcIUB6frGwaLNbd-3gXF0WFMY9XS0xah_cPCl-Bq1B8ht41NdBt6ygYuhbrPx9C0QVhsfQSObpTaQcURK5BC3vrvaoB6LP6Csg6K_ipCAvZN27exJ26WHcxlx_tByZgTGmY/s320/hwy16trees2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620050001165800690" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWdK5PV9Bsk0gJbhBdy54HvMELuS8NhNQyYFallRB2yOqgDapSswGql2yEeup7qjVTIPObkNFK-B1c-1ST-CPxfOY2OaNifElHrMsUD5NklSlDQF5WTixjupXj966jyYu_aQ6AfvoLj3s/s1600/hwy16trees.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWdK5PV9Bsk0gJbhBdy54HvMELuS8NhNQyYFallRB2yOqgDapSswGql2yEeup7qjVTIPObkNFK-B1c-1ST-CPxfOY2OaNifElHrMsUD5NklSlDQF5WTixjupXj966jyYu_aQ6AfvoLj3s/s320/hwy16trees.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620049991006767874" border="0" /></a><br /><br />had a beautiful day just walking around town here the day before they had to head back...it was nice to relax and be a tourist in my own town for a day!<br /><br />but of course we took them up our favourite Smithers scramble, Malkow Lookout<br />(where we got mauled by black flies and skeeters--Tobes had the bear spray in case we encountered the black bear that was hangin out in the parking lot the previous day--but none of us thought about the bug dope)<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis_v6Kcn00mwPHCnd35FEDwF45Sg17MfQk7QRd1VjdEvkUix6YAaFZlEc4OFEj-94YgjD6dTW2B6jEl2xsdxGJ3lAB2dN_QSffoeiGSmU2RVkkz3dwMVgfcWQ0sQf8M6L3HKhvehfihII/s1600/malkow4.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis_v6Kcn00mwPHCnd35FEDwF45Sg17MfQk7QRd1VjdEvkUix6YAaFZlEc4OFEj-94YgjD6dTW2B6jEl2xsdxGJ3lAB2dN_QSffoeiGSmU2RVkkz3dwMVgfcWQ0sQf8M6L3HKhvehfihII/s320/malkow4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620051760399049842" border="0" /></a><br />Mary, Tobes, Me, Jon with Molly<br /><br />super fun visit!<br />-a.mannyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12664228630524505531noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4034639804037036962.post-40578467555722194032011-06-14T21:29:00.000-07:002011-06-15T00:17:39.249-07:00more renos and a new member of the familymore home renos...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF2R0JBrTKRgHKU8s2swd2H7Sa28neXFTPsPSqBfLzj64HxgZ-px6sHCWIjOdsRl2Cley_dC468RuSwjn0aXVD9UrXTIcncz6msnkE5P7FHiDsqn67KTF3S5qx_HqzlDS90RUMjlA42gA/s1600/jonreno1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF2R0JBrTKRgHKU8s2swd2H7Sa28neXFTPsPSqBfLzj64HxgZ-px6sHCWIjOdsRl2Cley_dC468RuSwjn0aXVD9UrXTIcncz6msnkE5P7FHiDsqn67KTF3S5qx_HqzlDS90RUMjlA42gA/s320/jonreno1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618297348661633746" border="0" /></a><br />jon taking the stucco off the ceilings<br />all the plastic reminded me of E.T. and jon reminded me of a ghostbuster....it was a good night for '80s movie nostalgia<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdR1ZrwMwbOMzKaJAeBfMPYnaNqSSvoYPxYrHOoUAet1QRL9xU2LYRi0MZGlbKhsvjrF6npcC6CYP3bH4z1LfUSnxIT4tI8to4o607EBctPFnkVEsKKg_wQ7XZFzh8p6OVi6JTFJaXo64/s1600/jonreno2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdR1ZrwMwbOMzKaJAeBfMPYnaNqSSvoYPxYrHOoUAet1QRL9xU2LYRi0MZGlbKhsvjrF6npcC6CYP3bH4z1LfUSnxIT4tI8to4o607EBctPFnkVEsKKg_wQ7XZFzh8p6OVi6JTFJaXo64/s320/jonreno2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618299331422759522" border="0" /></a><br />ripping carpet out<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfHZ_ccy529C7TNvFwuJuRTwfnUssvS4rYseju5POe4AtYW8EZzxSdaK2IGRsaEipLta-ARJrtfccGM3xRPQeUcW9mRNCigjc9jkVBK1KVANs2DWVcVqNXmKVC9biNg04ySTSCnrBo9H8/s1600/jonreno3.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfHZ_ccy529C7TNvFwuJuRTwfnUssvS4rYseju5POe4AtYW8EZzxSdaK2IGRsaEipLta-ARJrtfccGM3xRPQeUcW9mRNCigjc9jkVBK1KVANs2DWVcVqNXmKVC9biNg04ySTSCnrBo9H8/s320/jonreno3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618299339594447826" border="0" /></a><br />jon in and out of the workshop cutting boards with his new jig saw<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifcswFdU3LEPX7nkB8QYCPAUIsl0T9sAeYu8dRxbumk1K6id7wt-F9qiGeySGb92e41qWO54SQsqL5y5md0NiNZLAvgMpfr1Fvqq8IInU7HfHwbYhLK9AW5lcAWN0Js2S3hUPftwrMbZo/s1600/amandareno6.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifcswFdU3LEPX7nkB8QYCPAUIsl0T9sAeYu8dRxbumk1K6id7wt-F9qiGeySGb92e41qWO54SQsqL5y5md0NiNZLAvgMpfr1Fvqq8IInU7HfHwbYhLK9AW5lcAWN0Js2S3hUPftwrMbZo/s320/amandareno6.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618297332582070866" border="0" /></a><br />"look mom! i'm flooring!"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3YtDCfzz6sPAy8yyK4KHSy978d6NxICNl8h4iwtugtXKhLj86rJvzKKYqh2FYTrj8uIuJirFeiVo8BCHmQZ-Q3eFipI3Afj1sN_CJttbKiDxsWuuFa9JIW3q-jrp9g9C6oZto3mPvZiw/s1600/reno5.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3YtDCfzz6sPAy8yyK4KHSy978d6NxICNl8h4iwtugtXKhLj86rJvzKKYqh2FYTrj8uIuJirFeiVo8BCHmQZ-Q3eFipI3Afj1sN_CJttbKiDxsWuuFa9JIW3q-jrp9g9C6oZto3mPvZiw/s320/reno5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618299347700127730" border="0" /></a><br />bamboo flooring through the hallway<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhovFd433j7g0xd1eIEo55YAFmaBQbPx04ekANfyQFv0mYnvjIc9JviRGlFatSVUiI5qzsJ4XkXdHlBIHsRFIl3yB3HvTDcV6a0ee3-IOdIFox_7QAuIjw1KcPZPuQBLcUkVeBZu6StDzo/s1600/reno4.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhovFd433j7g0xd1eIEo55YAFmaBQbPx04ekANfyQFv0mYnvjIc9JviRGlFatSVUiI5qzsJ4XkXdHlBIHsRFIl3yB3HvTDcV6a0ee3-IOdIFox_7QAuIjw1KcPZPuQBLcUkVeBZu6StDzo/s320/reno4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618299342062941426" border="0" /></a><br />...and spare bedroom<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoyBD65zlMvbjDx5rZZ_fAqMOFhsI-RSELulUS1gqG9yVYz_hnTLOxtiLBYdJjprEmXaXFzzf5q5IkmB5oK5U-C8bj8tibKdqW5rRBqJpkJa_KjVW3vV4GGe7HsJNOEJtd0NHT7aZcug8/s1600/kispioxrodeo.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoyBD65zlMvbjDx5rZZ_fAqMOFhsI-RSELulUS1gqG9yVYz_hnTLOxtiLBYdJjprEmXaXFzzf5q5IkmB5oK5U-C8bj8tibKdqW5rRBqJpkJa_KjVW3vV4GGe7HsJNOEJtd0NHT7aZcug8/s320/kispioxrodeo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618297323703760514" border="0" /></a><br />a break from flooring...my first rodeo experience. (and probably my last).<br />the <a href="http://www.bcheritage.ca/rodeo">kispiox valley rodeo</a>: "the biggest little rodeo in the west"<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE2T4Z5mt5CUb73lK-53D1FZujUiuy4VGxS9h1yqNZT5VZgIyqx0LvyL0oGsPy0Rl1wL8DQBr3fRaUd_ji4jYkWoN39X3p4eCxFLFD4LF8lPmEvR3NDM6n74TumghyphenhyphenRCD2c2shWdwqPoM/s1600/1stharvest_rhubarb.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE2T4Z5mt5CUb73lK-53D1FZujUiuy4VGxS9h1yqNZT5VZgIyqx0LvyL0oGsPy0Rl1wL8DQBr3fRaUd_ji4jYkWoN39X3p4eCxFLFD4LF8lPmEvR3NDM6n74TumghyphenhyphenRCD2c2shWdwqPoM/s320/1stharvest_rhubarb.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618297320947042066" border="0" /></a><br />first garden harvest...tons of rhubarb left by the schiblis<br />have already frozen a bunch, made a batch of delicious rhubarb butter and a rhubarb crisp when toby and mary were up visiting from nanaimo (pics from that fun visit to come!)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGvw-dhxaUbf-f05jh2-BfZbS1DIm-JJmzKgBhSmVcDkksSEpk2bJR2Uxw96SSZ0ibmQq5CFgFkN2cpGY76FmzjjooJFt2ha93RZUM3jO2aXhdXwAVeH2GeJoN3kcehlEBybM6N6BZ1w0/s1600/lucy_june14_2011.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGvw-dhxaUbf-f05jh2-BfZbS1DIm-JJmzKgBhSmVcDkksSEpk2bJR2Uxw96SSZ0ibmQq5CFgFkN2cpGY76FmzjjooJFt2ha93RZUM3jO2aXhdXwAVeH2GeJoN3kcehlEBybM6N6BZ1w0/s320/lucy_june14_2011.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618297315742489762" border="0" /></a><br />and meet Lucy...she's a 5 year old Shepherd/Collie cross we just adopted from <a href="http://www.nwas.ca/">the shelter</a>.<br />we were going to trial her for a week and see how it went with you-know-who (the evil thespian) but she is such a good dog that she doesn't even pay attention to thespa...and so thespa has learned to accept her already...by which i mean sneaking around Lucy when she's asleep and sniffing her butt.mannyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12664228630524505531noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4034639804037036962.post-28655409632014913862011-05-19T21:25:00.001-07:002011-05-24T23:42:55.308-07:00victoria III (the final chapter)now that i'm back home, thought i'd fill in the missing photos...a random selection of my last couple of weeks in victoria<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8yi6aAHDal9_Cfsp3Amn4b6inpwNHurZNL5ESitMrdCAu9jFQ2zHGrvlgA_M1yKPkOE-Q0bsk_kMxHyotUhnKPBV0jzBx-1sho07DN5goEfj3Wk7isSIl3CXGplRbfnUwqIATYH1b5Po/s1600/norman%2526i.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8yi6aAHDal9_Cfsp3Amn4b6inpwNHurZNL5ESitMrdCAu9jFQ2zHGrvlgA_M1yKPkOE-Q0bsk_kMxHyotUhnKPBV0jzBx-1sho07DN5goEfj3Wk7isSIl3CXGplRbfnUwqIATYH1b5Po/s320/norman%2526i.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610533944885411298" border="0" /></a><br />norman and i outside of emerg at Vic Gen (best preceptor ever!)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoZZHoFaNTDQEBbADwIV3EHD4jqpwiFdU7HBZKb6n2s9BDkz5yZCkPoL1JF5DzFJ_mHraLrm1T7EsjOgm9HWAKjxZoVOQy19u24cqOSQU3hHTSh-VLnt9H6NajfjqNNs-KEvXFAoFP23M/s1600/lastnight1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoZZHoFaNTDQEBbADwIV3EHD4jqpwiFdU7HBZKb6n2s9BDkz5yZCkPoL1JF5DzFJ_mHraLrm1T7EsjOgm9HWAKjxZoVOQy19u24cqOSQU3hHTSh-VLnt9H6NajfjqNNs-KEvXFAoFP23M/s320/lastnight1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610533945066581778" border="0" /></a><br />my roommates for a month (John and Jeff)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw9icezcTIwJVygyKnpLuaEfvY9T1SFutMDAxGrTKIlUt0HVHwHqGYHvF9rJNhLsNtBNpaFVs-mN_Ll9gMUQ6Xhc-Z4GTDim3yc8Cf1QlUscOOInJSBoxI-Z0IdiN7qLpM-MN-mH2sAvs/s1600/artgallerygarden.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw9icezcTIwJVygyKnpLuaEfvY9T1SFutMDAxGrTKIlUt0HVHwHqGYHvF9rJNhLsNtBNpaFVs-mN_Ll9gMUQ6Xhc-Z4GTDim3yc8Cf1QlUscOOInJSBoxI-Z0IdiN7qLpM-MN-mH2sAvs/s320/artgallerygarden.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608652175284086482" border="0" /></a><br />zen garden at the art gallery of greater victoria...the day i decided to borrow john's car to go see the emily carr exhibit and then proceed to scrape his new tire rim across a curb<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuWMSZc2YM-8sDmgleuu8ruOOnnoEYS297FOFx4soq1sQphxSfwEn_uw4dmx6lRJGesRYU8FPYdnZ3-ssqWWTsgeqMYnR62syz3anzafPPFUc4SKyoy6SU09uP3AoHdaKAHyECI2eegdQ/s1600/juxtapose.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuWMSZc2YM-8sDmgleuu8ruOOnnoEYS297FOFx4soq1sQphxSfwEn_uw4dmx6lRJGesRYU8FPYdnZ3-ssqWWTsgeqMYnR62syz3anzafPPFUc4SKyoy6SU09uP3AoHdaKAHyECI2eegdQ/s320/juxtapose.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608651017631847730" border="0" /></a><br />victoria legislature and totem<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc1preaR6iqyBzymorUeF8j2MxR26acIJ1UJW_SjsfmMMj6ADf1SL9wK6uTY3Pt9SCFvdCJ5q2uUCWMMkMpEqIXmmyVsYmVE1PYmP-WDIBo7JmQQ9xQOPkym3J53B0ZPLmuqaIMxGg2QM/s1600/bigtreeatparliament.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc1preaR6iqyBzymorUeF8j2MxR26acIJ1UJW_SjsfmMMj6ADf1SL9wK6uTY3Pt9SCFvdCJ5q2uUCWMMkMpEqIXmmyVsYmVE1PYmP-WDIBo7JmQQ9xQOPkym3J53B0ZPLmuqaIMxGg2QM/s320/bigtreeatparliament.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608652168613337650" border="0" /></a><br />tree outside the Victoria legislature<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGYVCu6cHGGNDPezexNGoRLvckZtgODTOCtVNc9dQIYZXLotNCZUMkdu2UDl6PfsfcyjD0CpzbHkgvyjH1jMjk7ijO3wrIQr2Gjwn2-htDl2lEp2ut7meOSAFTOWLnSUIoiJF1Va0YCWA/s1600/bugmuseum1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGYVCu6cHGGNDPezexNGoRLvckZtgODTOCtVNc9dQIYZXLotNCZUMkdu2UDl6PfsfcyjD0CpzbHkgvyjH1jMjk7ijO3wrIQr2Gjwn2-htDl2lEp2ut7meOSAFTOWLnSUIoiJF1Va0YCWA/s320/bugmuseum1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608652163502410978" border="0" /></a><br />i decided to go to the bug museum one day and my first look at the bugs showed these ones mating<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMvxjJ6WkpDKTKFoPcs-AiASO4drsMZTlphRojQINDfdsEninRF0bUS0VZye6fiMLNF3yEiTbbO8V-HAtCw7Zz3m6hrJYKT-NCwjW9jrgByhTO1Lsr7OGvHW2IB-i2Pgp7ObJNdPKI_MM/s1600/bugmuseum2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMvxjJ6WkpDKTKFoPcs-AiASO4drsMZTlphRojQINDfdsEninRF0bUS0VZye6fiMLNF3yEiTbbO8V-HAtCw7Zz3m6hrJYKT-NCwjW9jrgByhTO1Lsr7OGvHW2IB-i2Pgp7ObJNdPKI_MM/s320/bugmuseum2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608651974920669426" border="0" /></a><br />pink tarantula<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRcESvFK6BTk99Uv2Yuz0gAs_2MDWANZiVPY0iXxv7TB9Nn5tLduMryX86panmEDpWuKgeZkB_SBKhFCMroheTyo7OaBx-s_7jcKjR7J0Hi09VtY3Ot0VWD4Qob6QX8K8U_0BzjINvbJk/s1600/bugmuseum3.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRcESvFK6BTk99Uv2Yuz0gAs_2MDWANZiVPY0iXxv7TB9Nn5tLduMryX86panmEDpWuKgeZkB_SBKhFCMroheTyo7OaBx-s_7jcKjR7J0Hi09VtY3Ot0VWD4Qob6QX8K8U_0BzjINvbJk/s320/bugmuseum3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608651971245390818" border="0" /></a><br />a bug the size of my hand<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuFlHIyGp-S5KwbnicTAKx8AcqiSOPFgQGRbzDm2cDIT_weXmxM73qLIlOuqnNO4Cm68LSZBckW9idpNs07nWk4Wq2o4BCPpZmKOAK9kqW9KCSjZ4YZHBxisYA6k2TUYaaeTOI81XiRNw/s1600/bugmuseum4.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuFlHIyGp-S5KwbnicTAKx8AcqiSOPFgQGRbzDm2cDIT_weXmxM73qLIlOuqnNO4Cm68LSZBckW9idpNs07nWk4Wq2o4BCPpZmKOAK9kqW9KCSjZ4YZHBxisYA6k2TUYaaeTOI81XiRNw/s320/bugmuseum4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608651965080556002" border="0" /></a><br />awesome madagascar beetles in their (natural?) habitat<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtVKoxkbf5qsuvjlfbVD6eyMoP8lepQg5vqNR7b6X7rh_ejVv21pB2Nucke5RDHgbIPfjmKuYVPw-t7WXWib79iPQ1E_bevuDR3ss0OfUvLfNLwRIa7_Bp9JmwI8pYDblcNTQyhWqGsQE/s1600/fudgeislove.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtVKoxkbf5qsuvjlfbVD6eyMoP8lepQg5vqNR7b6X7rh_ejVv21pB2Nucke5RDHgbIPfjmKuYVPw-t7WXWib79iPQ1E_bevuDR3ss0OfUvLfNLwRIa7_Bp9JmwI8pYDblcNTQyhWqGsQE/s320/fudgeislove.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608651734495677906" border="0" /></a><br />jon came to visit for a couple of days<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxaVjWmbV4xfuH3vZZgGwIp_I4-8xu070FKRY_sNE55I6AYjd2giO6H3UfzFep1wtcBDgbj4KhvDfNDmUQ7yUo6vpCUa5ThyphenhyphenWUecX8kzZcV3uxS_nj4Dz_S6isbqgzaD_MhgEJNYfX80o/s1600/gowllandtod2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxaVjWmbV4xfuH3vZZgGwIp_I4-8xu070FKRY_sNE55I6AYjd2giO6H3UfzFep1wtcBDgbj4KhvDfNDmUQ7yUo6vpCUa5ThyphenhyphenWUecX8kzZcV3uxS_nj4Dz_S6isbqgzaD_MhgEJNYfX80o/s320/gowllandtod2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608651723431706562" border="0" /></a><br />so toby and mary came down from nanaimo and joined us for a hike and some chow at john's restaurant<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh15ik4Ml7dew7plsdR6cHUJXyaQbHvVZpR01-97z1jhVWchY7ogh_iEI_4S7f6FGXUJh0H-8ZgSLuWPr6pOR_j8sEG8c4nVFWx1nO3N1VicZ-Cj1dhzhGYqPapYiyWnk1q_7i7YeCc4g0/s1600/grouphike.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh15ik4Ml7dew7plsdR6cHUJXyaQbHvVZpR01-97z1jhVWchY7ogh_iEI_4S7f6FGXUJh0H-8ZgSLuWPr6pOR_j8sEG8c4nVFWx1nO3N1VicZ-Cj1dhzhGYqPapYiyWnk1q_7i7YeCc4g0/s320/grouphike.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608651717933124162" border="0" /></a><br />john, me, jon, toby, mary and molly (the rockstar)<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3uwki6pvpSV8RiOGi_JLKlmr863pmucM59TAYY9Js-N0I_qgX46gsEig6htaZt0wqI-fHma5lf_xgiEuMoYy1_DbPinZNUKkYEj6lPagqKj582uYxPeyPR08K4JH2gGdggrxLrHGx718/s1600/bigtree.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3uwki6pvpSV8RiOGi_JLKlmr863pmucM59TAYY9Js-N0I_qgX46gsEig6htaZt0wqI-fHma5lf_xgiEuMoYy1_DbPinZNUKkYEj6lPagqKj582uYxPeyPR08K4JH2gGdggrxLrHGx718/s320/bigtree.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608652174612861170" border="0" /></a><br />really big tree, gowlland tod<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjidLYcGgLL27nPVoEdQB20zFnAQmitfQ4ioI09AbY20M5z-JetyXW4piymLK4Xhyphenhyphen2WUPNqg_x0yZTqsmux2KFYLS1MMMdzqjzc8GywR99AXComG6KMPgli1sThI_WFVunpjU7QX0B00xw/s1600/jonandi_gowllandtod.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjidLYcGgLL27nPVoEdQB20zFnAQmitfQ4ioI09AbY20M5z-JetyXW4piymLK4Xhyphenhyphen2WUPNqg_x0yZTqsmux2KFYLS1MMMdzqjzc8GywR99AXComG6KMPgli1sThI_WFVunpjU7QX0B00xw/s320/jonandi_gowllandtod.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608651334555543394" border="0" /></a><br />gowlland tod hike<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtqJydfY-rsBWz9gnae8v6zYGrz8EwIff4zuytmoNnD8b0s067a0VyvBMOpxWDix_h66u9V4PLRKYHqtsdd21aP_K84BkBGS0_VtQMhFE36zE8Lxjd52f-zGAacC9gx-alzZEh0YKtmH4/s1600/smokenbones.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtqJydfY-rsBWz9gnae8v6zYGrz8EwIff4zuytmoNnD8b0s067a0VyvBMOpxWDix_h66u9V4PLRKYHqtsdd21aP_K84BkBGS0_VtQMhFE36zE8Lxjd52f-zGAacC9gx-alzZEh0YKtmH4/s320/smokenbones.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608651003354078962" border="0" /></a><br />toby, mary, john, me and jon at <a href="http://smokenbones.ca/">smoken bones<br /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0d3lcZJt7Gv1cj-DYcDiyMdWav6u3jV_ihKFqfX_9m8xAiL9Ep7JMGdVFgQK6t99dZ4GH-0m69GgbYLzmSckYgXyrXXM9JlQIK_oL9RCyYIl8Q8nmOLj2yADPLJ4pWcepe0U8muoh7RM/s1600/jonandi_ogdenpoint.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0d3lcZJt7Gv1cj-DYcDiyMdWav6u3jV_ihKFqfX_9m8xAiL9Ep7JMGdVFgQK6t99dZ4GH-0m69GgbYLzmSckYgXyrXXM9JlQIK_oL9RCyYIl8Q8nmOLj2yADPLJ4pWcepe0U8muoh7RM/s320/jonandi_ogdenpoint.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608651331312277970" border="0" /></a><br />the breakwater at ogden point<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhCbWDBYGB2j8OZJQSr-BPqBxY2h7Xfk2jT1Thyphenhyphen9MJkxZKC5X3hJMTbY_WbrMiBq6eals-4Bg1BKoUxU7_qJTEb273SZvcZhpLwgIjfPI9tPUwCwH5B6fbrLkd-yU-_UvsMMJZI2tsqyY/s1600/jonatogdenlighthouse.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhCbWDBYGB2j8OZJQSr-BPqBxY2h7Xfk2jT1Thyphenhyphen9MJkxZKC5X3hJMTbY_WbrMiBq6eals-4Bg1BKoUxU7_qJTEb273SZvcZhpLwgIjfPI9tPUwCwH5B6fbrLkd-yU-_UvsMMJZI2tsqyY/s320/jonatogdenlighthouse.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608651326818240674" border="0" /></a><br />the lighthouse at ogden point<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDObCmgUhWM4QRsCpg8vrLaS-IMqJEhrIF6fGYbXUWN8E6tzwwJ_TqSZpIHqlkBjodHpiqehJBaDMl9bvtuzoffZimZ8VFR88Y7QcnPC4e7xcl7XSZhHwcrBAK4Rkp3CZDHGs0r-cFaTs/s1600/jonatogdenpoint.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDObCmgUhWM4QRsCpg8vrLaS-IMqJEhrIF6fGYbXUWN8E6tzwwJ_TqSZpIHqlkBjodHpiqehJBaDMl9bvtuzoffZimZ8VFR88Y7QcnPC4e7xcl7XSZhHwcrBAK4Rkp3CZDHGs0r-cFaTs/s320/jonatogdenpoint.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608651320512720898" border="0" /></a><br />side of the breakwater at ogden point<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilP7CNIJ1LkIOhinT2HGO5He9xftqK1k1OJhpOvpaZeC5P9D4Y2J4AgAHdw5J2lamWGXzU7q2vh6tG70RgOxbOb1wxyIvZdK8jtsEfUc7DJhQ5-eP-5Q3vpyhdxkvjp03K1BImcho8uZE/s1600/joninchinatown.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilP7CNIJ1LkIOhinT2HGO5He9xftqK1k1OJhpOvpaZeC5P9D4Y2J4AgAHdw5J2lamWGXzU7q2vh6tG70RgOxbOb1wxyIvZdK8jtsEfUc7DJhQ5-eP-5Q3vpyhdxkvjp03K1BImcho8uZE/s320/joninchinatown.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608651315835690786" border="0" /></a><br />jon in chinatown<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYau0x35ognE015lt5m5iGajfFLpK2iBwVf_Y4BYRsZAnJvHXGxKX4gFxkxSwz9iv6b-0tAQ8H0t7UZuhFdp1uRdQkzLfOYdpSvm12H34I05vVvNCyhvXTAS9v0b1sZxfsEHHrpSyo5WM/s1600/ogdenpoint.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYau0x35ognE015lt5m5iGajfFLpK2iBwVf_Y4BYRsZAnJvHXGxKX4gFxkxSwz9iv6b-0tAQ8H0t7UZuhFdp1uRdQkzLfOYdpSvm12H34I05vVvNCyhvXTAS9v0b1sZxfsEHHrpSyo5WM/s320/ogdenpoint.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608651018438413618" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh9tR6xSNEPfqGfiK17BcHIFSYioAkHs-ACDYDSc4t4xMiNkP08nyPfrv3I-WAzRv8H6X-6J00vkpJdZpY57nRZIbJOU0vVGgOU3Xwk1zet2_QAaFCr-zGSbE6gOfg1HIJEtf7OBQXoKM/s1600/rosesinwater.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh9tR6xSNEPfqGfiK17BcHIFSYioAkHs-ACDYDSc4t4xMiNkP08nyPfrv3I-WAzRv8H6X-6J00vkpJdZpY57nRZIbJOU0vVGgOU3Xwk1zet2_QAaFCr-zGSbE6gOfg1HIJEtf7OBQXoKM/s320/rosesinwater.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608651012297734210" border="0" /></a><br />it was mother's day and we found roses in the water<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7XFBPgQzVWcAUbis4KVSfKHexZn_mfjFrCu7AefgdKB5molPdbPcSrPApwO2iVIWGXE8RR9sT2wu7BAl_DxxbXr2M80mrbC8g_7p5c6Iq3xVDwt_IT5lGBLyWAlLpESGBs3wcMDcsuuc/s1600/cyjackson2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7XFBPgQzVWcAUbis4KVSfKHexZn_mfjFrCu7AefgdKB5molPdbPcSrPApwO2iVIWGXE8RR9sT2wu7BAl_DxxbXr2M80mrbC8g_7p5c6Iq3xVDwt_IT5lGBLyWAlLpESGBs3wcMDcsuuc/s320/cyjackson2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608651963788722450" border="0" /></a><br />one day i decided to take the galloping goose trail and try and ride to another town and maybe see the ocean...side trail on my way to metchosin<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM7kQLIvwUFJSJ2MI22nbNZFpLp_ehUDqXIrRrR9clYO9X7pJAwt6pYEZKU1WKGsXl6QjEdwdX5p-wHxLTslatz_mb6OZwP-YOmboLaTQ5K07cr1uleTIF84O78BDuSvdMKg1lLswqgC8/s1600/cyjacksontrail.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM7kQLIvwUFJSJ2MI22nbNZFpLp_ehUDqXIrRrR9clYO9X7pJAwt6pYEZKU1WKGsXl6QjEdwdX5p-wHxLTslatz_mb6OZwP-YOmboLaTQ5K07cr1uleTIF84O78BDuSvdMKg1lLswqgC8/s320/cyjacksontrail.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608651957757812178" border="0" /></a><br />side trail off the galloping goose on my way to metchosin<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6vhDAdxILBg2viSUJymTbl1l9DwHJiAyvWQIjY2lmqGKWOnVvH4AbXmb6DH5G0-g8-76Xfd6i7OwBs9iswONe-jafVAXqM7dxNYi9r8b0UOy8g_xsBwMZFYFXVclw3a6ieIQtDq-y9L0/s1600/glengaryfarmsheep.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6vhDAdxILBg2viSUJymTbl1l9DwHJiAyvWQIjY2lmqGKWOnVvH4AbXmb6DH5G0-g8-76Xfd6i7OwBs9iswONe-jafVAXqM7dxNYi9r8b0UOy8g_xsBwMZFYFXVclw3a6ieIQtDq-y9L0/s320/glengaryfarmsheep.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608651727308340610" border="0" /></a><br />somewhere on taylor road in metchosin<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT5DDfdFQCCJhrutdg4Ex98KHgyNGU3g-0mjksfyoUxD8SlcyG3iP_LRHz_i0EhVAbB2aT4rBu-FzJk3L5V2iU-UrsDlf9geivMgkpP6aoANBH9V2Ze2cy8E4XZswJLUqf2WALpUvp_1c/s1600/taylorbeach1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; 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width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9zXLgFYSP9jGrccy6f4SzT5DZu9Tpl1HVthHMafq7MIaBrH_7IFrdUV2enW2KW1LmrYcn2u7QJT6m8HuulXXrJpksYMav_JrOnWHYfSwMuE99cNMOClpXWaRNud_JBANhz6AZvPcEleI/s320/taylorbeach3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608650483744722338" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijhCQ7zTMlYDV1blGCNsuAHmkYmAiAX3lvNETt65psU1TNNOrb2nSrNTmtycBoJoY3j8iuo5txjbgaaSvYcY3ur4A5hbNuY5V7CDielF5VLJEZ6sWilfHgQjqsp5rMP7Mn3Dmab_1k8i0/s1600/taylorbeach4.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijhCQ7zTMlYDV1blGCNsuAHmkYmAiAX3lvNETt65psU1TNNOrb2nSrNTmtycBoJoY3j8iuo5txjbgaaSvYcY3ur4A5hbNuY5V7CDielF5VLJEZ6sWilfHgQjqsp5rMP7Mn3Dmab_1k8i0/s320/taylorbeach4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608650479325977842" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0VomYewJAz6gdkIzmY2IXVFTfgiUoNJ-he9mKTYj8GF_TvmMA-JwUF7fQQvsnSFKO-_WnbT4bsY7CU24_2TY6MhUxKkL4LqE-KW-7SRZI_eGdJzC0PdMWsa4AjZlCGtiIsUyrr4rhmaY/s1600/taylorbeachandme.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0VomYewJAz6gdkIzmY2IXVFTfgiUoNJ-he9mKTYj8GF_TvmMA-JwUF7fQQvsnSFKO-_WnbT4bsY7CU24_2TY6MhUxKkL4LqE-KW-7SRZI_eGdJzC0PdMWsa4AjZlCGtiIsUyrr4rhmaY/s320/taylorbeachandme.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608650470639624978" border="0" /></a><br />it was worth the 40 km ride to find this beach, even if it meant going all the way down taylor road to find it (which inevitably meant having to climb back up to get on the trail home...don't mind my sock, i was bike riding)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH4fMk5GRBA88BvVsvOsWHKhg9o0iR0eYZbZ95Z_HP-aQystpZcKDu-v7gVzUjBNkjtocqq43iPnjQVhqyTrzTiVRy1FH4XsUhyphenhypheneO7MAhLA9eXRcNBajxx0L4UefjEu1RprEtfsighkeQ/s1600/yellowflowers.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH4fMk5GRBA88BvVsvOsWHKhg9o0iR0eYZbZ95Z_HP-aQystpZcKDu-v7gVzUjBNkjtocqq43iPnjQVhqyTrzTiVRy1FH4XsUhyphenhypheneO7MAhLA9eXRcNBajxx0L4UefjEu1RprEtfsighkeQ/s320/yellowflowers.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608650467486250322" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">among our chinatown candy finds:</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFfIhYde3fzaVk_d7msikG7_XHbhr0pe0sC2YFD4rOljrQCMJO1HRnV8mkVpqjs8mbj_i9SlPbblSFLrVW7dqUuP61Pt6lT4BLrHhg_lpPi8Lmpk4qyXmkQnr39GeB5_JIo11RGiSzwEM/s1600/giantburger.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFfIhYde3fzaVk_d7msikG7_XHbhr0pe0sC2YFD4rOljrQCMJO1HRnV8mkVpqjs8mbj_i9SlPbblSFLrVW7dqUuP61Pt6lT4BLrHhg_lpPi8Lmpk4qyXmkQnr39GeB5_JIo11RGiSzwEM/s320/giantburger.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608651731755381810" border="0" /></a><br />john and the "everyburger"...a chocolate biscuit that resembled miniature burgers...john looks like a giant eating a regular sized hamburger<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR8-PXtE7xpRBY9xZyypZVkVk5xHGkik2SObx4qfD6UiQOxLT1BhpUo9mtTNuDj30RKUjB3HSIhQ6rUyT4Owi6HweM5kO-LIkdlQnKMn_n2YOfYL6YPX9EBSzBAK_CWQ782N-pBtJSSQE/s1600/ohpowerfulcandy.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR8-PXtE7xpRBY9xZyypZVkVk5xHGkik2SObx4qfD6UiQOxLT1BhpUo9mtTNuDj30RKUjB3HSIhQ6rUyT4Owi6HweM5kO-LIkdlQnKMn_n2YOfYL6YPX9EBSzBAK_CWQ782N-pBtJSSQE/s320/ohpowerfulcandy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610533953402172370" border="0" /></a><br />my new favourite candy...it's true, it's very powerful<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUB-o_rV90ub5qVAHkGuris1B4MT-mfYb5AX_3Yej1p8ZxXYh5efXYBXUhWltmwZbWQb7uMZVxhX0LqKr5pBBxwhws5m0SafEVmuaPR0SJQYPCLICA8j-UGfcJ6yx80p5BAjyvhAnm2Vw/s1600/superlemon.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUB-o_rV90ub5qVAHkGuris1B4MT-mfYb5AX_3Yej1p8ZxXYh5efXYBXUhWltmwZbWQb7uMZVxhX0LqKr5pBBxwhws5m0SafEVmuaPR0SJQYPCLICA8j-UGfcJ6yx80p5BAjyvhAnm2Vw/s320/superlemon.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610535186171682338" border="0" /></a><br />so powerful it included a diagrammannyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12664228630524505531noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4034639804037036962.post-3431697081178295782011-05-05T16:45:00.000-07:002011-05-05T16:45:03.796-07:00It's no Canada's Wonderland, but.......the midway came to town the other week. Unfortunately, like many other places in Smithers, it was closed when we arrived at 9:30. So we snapped a few photos and headed home. At least we missed it for good reason - we were at the Skeena-Bulkley Valley all candidates debate and got all caught up in politics.<br />
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In other news, my small camera is still braindead, so it looks like photos from me will be limited for a little while to those taken when I've brought the dslr along. Enough rambling, here's a couple photos of a closed midway.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">-Jon </div>Jonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12472938598347038359noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4034639804037036962.post-23261186044195108472011-05-03T12:04:00.000-07:002011-05-03T17:09:11.628-07:00home for a rest<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtSjZDiLqZHEBpHMJM-Gli6Lg0YkXkKmRLciIJ438faawSDFxHfBGmu3j0qc4v9RJix3dEYsP4QZMWjxCpz38y_Ez0RU5TL1zCx8AgUTOM30PmdTQiBH5hj4vFnHHbg7Hnq2hRpmikbZY/s1600/plane1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtSjZDiLqZHEBpHMJM-Gli6Lg0YkXkKmRLciIJ438faawSDFxHfBGmu3j0qc4v9RJix3dEYsP4QZMWjxCpz38y_Ez0RU5TL1zCx8AgUTOM30PmdTQiBH5hj4vFnHHbg7Hnq2hRpmikbZY/s320/plane1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602568343036886610" border="0" /></a><br /><br />as i'm sitting in the airport waiting for my flight back to victoria, i figured i'd add a few pics from my trip back home...<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaKInLs_H0rhq-LA6ovzRtflagwVuiQ7mYXQ-Q0z6Egbv1Lg-7HLX9BEtQIF8r2wkJXMX-92GW_pHYc1fColM3RrpzzfhRa3LLYZsdPFHoYLMtAs6ZCbHgyhC6VJ14Oytn8KeaRk6kA6M/s1600/ferry_victovan2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; 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width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkWuzPOU2hj1H0O2_-KsyzIG12xFjAb7Enn76VoBjoF5iRr83WPHT4Kh6vpWuTIXmpNAxO75yIEx614GWvApUdOSuA8AjzuGe_CEGCH8Jx6MAc27oP_C2TJ28u5Z4WH3z6C7pwRWP7PuE/s320/theroadtohike_terrace.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602569004343224338" border="0" /></a><br />drove down an amazingly slow going rutted forestry road to finally find the small km marking for the trail head...got out, stretched, in awe at the wonderfully sunny and warm(ish) day...looked at the snow at the start of the trail and thought "huh. that's quite a bit more snow than anticipated--wonder if it's packed down enough"...<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz8QxvIBIPUyHg2bR-Plmy0sVUT182Pg5Y0wdB0RmZ4B0Udjx6LvjtvO7DtAXR1Os-cPR1bYQjLdbA2geWRhOdM-bqRHFv89-sjwCrTql0YgN4P3hKlFZ1VPC3HMmjZjYxFkWPlcaEr_U/s1600/jon_sinking.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz8QxvIBIPUyHg2bR-Plmy0sVUT182Pg5Y0wdB0RmZ4B0Udjx6LvjtvO7DtAXR1Os-cPR1bYQjLdbA2geWRhOdM-bqRHFv89-sjwCrTql0YgN4P3hKlFZ1VPC3HMmjZjYxFkWPlcaEr_U/s320/jon_sinking.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602569150514212946" border="0" /></a><br />...and here's jon, his first few steps on to the "trail"...falling knee deep in the snow and saying "i don't think this is going to happen"...<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ-q_tOrUIYVhQi1giaYC-sDk0Jee5CM2bxssmudbCbqw-vXNgCnjmr9UvOwPewGMYmkmYfcjLTkUc0Tm9dVpRBWUxh_31nKoqSaHaWIjJTGk52TI26-9QVk8VdVKx6b5OE89EJPr5Hss/s1600/me_sinking.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ-q_tOrUIYVhQi1giaYC-sDk0Jee5CM2bxssmudbCbqw-vXNgCnjmr9UvOwPewGMYmkmYfcjLTkUc0Tm9dVpRBWUxh_31nKoqSaHaWIjJTGk52TI26-9QVk8VdVKx6b5OE89EJPr5Hss/s320/me_sinking.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602569154316798962" border="0" /></a><br />and me saying "yes, yes it will...it has to happen...look..." and proceeding to fall thigh-deep into the snow with my 2nd step.<br />a seriously amusing day--worth the drive to terrace, excpet for the spontaneous decision to try this:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdWOXgn6f3xokAaQbes2IqHvK9Ji6h0FMBPjNzDYIqCCtQAzyY2GKqWytvlaQIuV5xSdopAsOfpiw-zpqV8dVSPo7Ebbhyphenhyphen1_b6liaSl8pdSwZqpSVvygmSfrdwQ5Xenkrs8RLD32P8f5g/s1600/licoricewatermelonseed.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdWOXgn6f3xokAaQbes2IqHvK9Ji6h0FMBPjNzDYIqCCtQAzyY2GKqWytvlaQIuV5xSdopAsOfpiw-zpqV8dVSPo7Ebbhyphenhyphen1_b6liaSl8pdSwZqpSVvygmSfrdwQ5Xenkrs8RLD32P8f5g/s320/licoricewatermelonseed.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602569159635431426" border="0" /></a><br />worst snack decision ever<br /><br />-a.mannyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12664228630524505531noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4034639804037036962.post-50641483093804548092011-04-18T21:25:00.001-07:002011-04-18T21:51:21.319-07:00victoria part deuxaround downtown victoria with JEB:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6JetIzXVxZ2FrrB6-YLu3Q6SxiEqr4YZT9NdhSYMhuRmgv8OxVg2ahkJEsaBTn3SDrxzASeUiur4uLKHP_e709SPfJVZJNV9MxXPsKAvK3eBz7wTvsDYGfB675rdlIYX2EsAog_Gie5A/s1600/redfishbluefish.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6JetIzXVxZ2FrrB6-YLu3Q6SxiEqr4YZT9NdhSYMhuRmgv8OxVg2ahkJEsaBTn3SDrxzASeUiur4uLKHP_e709SPfJVZJNV9MxXPsKAvK3eBz7wTvsDYGfB675rdlIYX2EsAog_Gie5A/s320/redfishbluefish.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5597147293879600658" border="0" /></a><br />first stop: deeeeelicious fish tacos from Red Fish Blue Fish (on Bebee's recommendation)...shipping container architecture for Jon<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwWT74-NwtzTTjfPKWxbjAzN5n9jn9AKUc1sLP6QUG4ZMS3NxNMIoKEskLgG2eEWGz0-trZnfSxb_Mdk67_C5qiUHTQpchkTj6sJfW-UcO2VwUhlTnAsAmSVZhVvmY6vGZ9qidgWt8guk/s1600/wharf.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwWT74-NwtzTTjfPKWxbjAzN5n9jn9AKUc1sLP6QUG4ZMS3NxNMIoKEskLgG2eEWGz0-trZnfSxb_Mdk67_C5qiUHTQpchkTj6sJfW-UcO2VwUhlTnAsAmSVZhVvmY6vGZ9qidgWt8guk/s320/wharf.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5597147302564491042" border="0" /></a><br />house down at the wharf<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikLyMGRYdnNlr0XfLDjOuFOVwAaPXllBwMuz9ntDrH1_LcorAr4-m0mIJbVhnDt4nNUk_b0I_wK3FEaj77tt3us7nf7uBKFSeukqRD4E8JUt_wZ_QZTwuPqlBVjMA60CFizTvpS8bKWVM/s1600/shippingcontainerhouse.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikLyMGRYdnNlr0XfLDjOuFOVwAaPXllBwMuz9ntDrH1_LcorAr4-m0mIJbVhnDt4nNUk_b0I_wK3FEaj77tt3us7nf7uBKFSeukqRD4E8JUt_wZ_QZTwuPqlBVjMA60CFizTvpS8bKWVM/s320/shippingcontainerhouse.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5597147301413711106" border="0" /></a><br />shipping container house for Jon<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1HavAM-RLBobAQbOdudcDLCLWgL5DsQJ_WNJg1U337xbV5jybL5FzQMtTGWbb-PoYiytV70wbQ2aSGOYgZRjNguI9ZY-dm632oY4Vn19JCK0ymo-y0Sn2gkfaq5tzlnUveTHyCrkC19s/s1600/JEB_wharf.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1HavAM-RLBobAQbOdudcDLCLWgL5DsQJ_WNJg1U337xbV5jybL5FzQMtTGWbb-PoYiytV70wbQ2aSGOYgZRjNguI9ZY-dm632oY4Vn19JCK0ymo-y0Sn2gkfaq5tzlnUveTHyCrkC19s/s320/JEB_wharf.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5597146829502273378" border="0" /></a><br />JEB down at the wharf<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-gziwtB4ZDU7iqy8xemuHy8jNcOwNyr5HiegdqXokjcsNqwEL2Oy23ZUxQ4rixYSADb63ZptakxaHbTIQbqJAJE4fy8MZ9fJRXhtbbj7MnQrDQbbqJE-vIA61bmM26OaCZUSIIJOv9X0/s1600/glasseyedseal.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; 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width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2Mkg1Y86zwF6treArjPhTf0iu45udNUDDUL6jfQi7XvO9Ju_Wv65IiVkbZRVIy3UiUWhTvCJZXy51ARXKpdo-AAJgt0xh6mv-8LAOFPO4LK7zVETJtYiSKmkXrM1l8MVU45n6nUm2vBA/s320/ogdenpoint.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5597147080264475522" border="0" /></a><br />view at Ogden Point<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-a-0sncQa40QaV5c6rouToEKNeQdm9oLiu35z2DN8eROS48Oa-srZoM8z0n_kgn8qnduXJkOlykktmCLRP2pJUjPu0o-3wH2lsIpXjIAQBinzlDGnPJca0OafjK6Wfe91U_W6Bce7Tbg/s1600/JEB_hike.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-a-0sncQa40QaV5c6rouToEKNeQdm9oLiu35z2DN8eROS48Oa-srZoM8z0n_kgn8qnduXJkOlykktmCLRP2pJUjPu0o-3wH2lsIpXjIAQBinzlDGnPJca0OafjK6Wfe91U_W6Bce7Tbg/s320/JEB_hike.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5597146827883775522" border="0" /></a><br />hike at Gowland Tod provincial park<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0IvK3lqk01w6LzNmc4BoH8GskFDV2l2azEuK86BHbvdFCACDdlsFG3exZqG6ita9CXHDaB40ajsGY66iadoZet_5KzqVG0TstD4-7hokxK2T5T4zKgR7GEsTIIsPSvWTe3u8DlyugqQM/s1600/nakedarbutustrees.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0IvK3lqk01w6LzNmc4BoH8GskFDV2l2azEuK86BHbvdFCACDdlsFG3exZqG6ita9CXHDaB40ajsGY66iadoZet_5KzqVG0TstD4-7hokxK2T5T4zKgR7GEsTIIsPSvWTe3u8DlyugqQM/s320/nakedarbutustrees.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5597147077149014578" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.for.gov.bc.ca/hfd/library/documents/treebook/arbutus.htm">arbutus trees</a>...they look naked, no?<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd3uSfUjl_mPT9tmIN4tQB_CvfphAwfP18EwASvnHNMb22xJQPwtS2b0fKI7RyXpI_ng4MiSZeK7oWyzkH02Xf-X4kDeKY80xdZSMa89RgZrKcS5Jt2tzKtKj4tn0-awRh8zs4UyeKTOc/s1600/arbutustreesII_gowlandtod.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd3uSfUjl_mPT9tmIN4tQB_CvfphAwfP18EwASvnHNMb22xJQPwtS2b0fKI7RyXpI_ng4MiSZeK7oWyzkH02Xf-X4kDeKY80xdZSMa89RgZrKcS5Jt2tzKtKj4tn0-awRh8zs4UyeKTOc/s320/arbutustreesII_gowlandtod.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5597146365782285282" border="0" /></a><br />more <a href="http://www.for.gov.bc.ca/hfd/library/documents/treebook/arbutus.htm">arbutus trees</a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKDAA9cRGZoY0NKi1smb3PCeklKqqZ_S7_HTcwxXhY3JxcpafGlRvxNWePMNdUMuJMExkzgprpi5_sOZUVtXF_XSHSVONfO9wZZ7YK3rfktaEC0Jn_ZQU1k07Jj_oVo5Y73ZiC36T6F9o/s1600/arbutustrees_gowlandtod.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKDAA9cRGZoY0NKi1smb3PCeklKqqZ_S7_HTcwxXhY3JxcpafGlRvxNWePMNdUMuJMExkzgprpi5_sOZUVtXF_XSHSVONfO9wZZ7YK3rfktaEC0Jn_ZQU1k07Jj_oVo5Y73ZiC36T6F9o/s320/arbutustrees_gowlandtod.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5597146360370870898" border="0" /></a><br />i'm obviously fascinated by these trees (as are many west coast artists)<br />the bark is thin and red and then peels to smooth nakedness<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrwcbWoc8NUqgfL13wtkRkmC2zDXKZhqL1Kf6SoN00EAYqSvUkwKbsRhZJd4R0XG9KIZZa8d6m3QqhiVbcPlOc6WXn-yTdttNDebyoDTiCzatRNqJcMZUPNSskuqh_yBb6CEqeQvAK6Ig/s1600/bananaslug.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrwcbWoc8NUqgfL13wtkRkmC2zDXKZhqL1Kf6SoN00EAYqSvUkwKbsRhZJd4R0XG9KIZZa8d6m3QqhiVbcPlOc6WXn-yTdttNDebyoDTiCzatRNqJcMZUPNSskuqh_yBb6CEqeQvAK6Ig/s320/bananaslug.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5597146364492318514" border="0" /></a><br />giant banana slug...remember <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100814/">tremors</a>?<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvvY0d-E6cfrbiv1g-nrVMrIziNO5qkdrWbJ8qiR5bhJfUcyHfKCexpKTdJtGH4zmWH8gGt_3G1XM83Pm_45PJH2MFcp-63k-fHF1ItI6lacLRVBRA3EoPh2aM6s9gpvkslhZHKmo4LgU/s1600/gowlandtodhike.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvvY0d-E6cfrbiv1g-nrVMrIziNO5qkdrWbJ8qiR5bhJfUcyHfKCexpKTdJtGH4zmWH8gGt_3G1XM83Pm_45PJH2MFcp-63k-fHF1ItI6lacLRVBRA3EoPh2aM6s9gpvkslhZHKmo4LgU/s320/gowlandtodhike.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5597146583515238578" border="0" /></a><br />the water is finlayson arm...the island hwy is on the other side<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicIFonjsYM2pj7FLXfHHAwAhiiqFZ2uP0ManYlcRIq6Y8DCv3AeL-uiKqSh6R3ACs4M63AYJaHRDQODAi6XEkddFRgR9sqtN9d9ku7iy_LjfKUZzeCB0MASI0UKgNvKzGeOGZ2CJA-GJo/s1600/gowlandtod_feet.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicIFonjsYM2pj7FLXfHHAwAhiiqFZ2uP0ManYlcRIq6Y8DCv3AeL-uiKqSh6R3ACs4M63AYJaHRDQODAi6XEkddFRgR9sqtN9d9ku7iy_LjfKUZzeCB0MASI0UKgNvKzGeOGZ2CJA-GJo/s320/gowlandtod_feet.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5597146583244597346" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin8aXwZect44YhEQjssdDfLe5Gcvp7B_P50eS0FBf9wfctO7r4CcAfKAWXE8HEEtols7yWegLETBHLEt8FNAXL3sl3MA47rSOpK-XSYfyzt5FgdTcyjIIBt1MZA_RUalcBZYtRSMU3l98/s1600/gowlandtodhikeII.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin8aXwZect44YhEQjssdDfLe5Gcvp7B_P50eS0FBf9wfctO7r4CcAfKAWXE8HEEtols7yWegLETBHLEt8FNAXL3sl3MA47rSOpK-XSYfyzt5FgdTcyjIIBt1MZA_RUalcBZYtRSMU3l98/s320/gowlandtodhikeII.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5597146821369619282" border="0" /></a><br />view from the top<br /><br />my trip to nanaimo to visit Toby and Mary:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYCEhHYZlnv9wvUdjOCMmddZCuZKmAtkzefo-XPgPLy12qNML-7aIyVgcfmBEGMh_ui-YMlZlRDssydhTHJq0nlt2PczE39Q1Vn68SDWeRhLCjTK402xk3l4zybLcfTyZuXTRCuuz6MIY/s1600/malahatlookout.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYCEhHYZlnv9wvUdjOCMmddZCuZKmAtkzefo-XPgPLy12qNML-7aIyVgcfmBEGMh_ui-YMlZlRDssydhTHJq0nlt2PczE39Q1Vn68SDWeRhLCjTK402xk3l4zybLcfTyZuXTRCuuz6MIY/s320/malahatlookout.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5597146836330298866" border="0" /></a><br />the Malahat lookout on the island hwy north to Nanaimo<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr0jzZHz48NwKIH15pA6Z4TcME8Bb5mQG_dGJQGZHXKlgh8q2pl7P09fMVxxIB6mjgqonkwIRoONVZ78PvzdMbXqg2lpI7iMpgn9nVH_XNHKcMta0XBnhj94ga4lL3u5uxo4fec781Zao/s1600/molly.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr0jzZHz48NwKIH15pA6Z4TcME8Bb5mQG_dGJQGZHXKlgh8q2pl7P09fMVxxIB6mjgqonkwIRoONVZ78PvzdMbXqg2lpI7iMpgn9nVH_XNHKcMta0XBnhj94ga4lL3u5uxo4fec781Zao/s320/molly.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5597147064321560434" border="0" /></a><br />Molly<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheJangmql8txCaEbuiefZq932nAgwHg2fFsd3AMu59r8BwgsKTlga6Wsov9l52_U9bzvcP5kdYlPm_SmQ1h2tF3LziWgxA96wIBBpvUqDo82P1LZMDF-wG5HIrlV6hm90i787NuEwaJoE/s1600/Nacho+2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 292px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheJangmql8txCaEbuiefZq932nAgwHg2fFsd3AMu59r8BwgsKTlga6Wsov9l52_U9bzvcP5kdYlPm_SmQ1h2tF3LziWgxA96wIBBpvUqDo82P1LZMDF-wG5HIrlV6hm90i787NuEwaJoE/s320/Nacho+2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5597152576072516834" border="0" /></a><br />my wake up call in Nanaimo (Nacho the donkey; photo by Toby)<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlsgqWiSDurYaIrBycAOcjsq6KNG3M-bC_dDT7hF7jK1Wm4GQmVPOvF5svHJhVz0TMoraFaY9BR6ctIJxL_hcdhyphenhyphenFconw8PBNrNZgv42_tkcvC_k2Q2I454KQ3BaQIsVxYlA6XoMh5Dvc/s1600/nacho%2526suzy.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlsgqWiSDurYaIrBycAOcjsq6KNG3M-bC_dDT7hF7jK1Wm4GQmVPOvF5svHJhVz0TMoraFaY9BR6ctIJxL_hcdhyphenhyphenFconw8PBNrNZgv42_tkcvC_k2Q2I454KQ3BaQIsVxYlA6XoMh5Dvc/s320/nacho%2526suzy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5597147073715365378" border="0" /></a><br />Nacho and Suzy from afar<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2BqXTMIj7CpimBTt4zSVDtQjYQNPyJS5nfkQdZ-gMkLwutjq8Zb7ksd8htDXdK5btuwZf8dUvi0PsTN_0wt6tp-EKaLfUDFtPBWerK-8qggfcwzvF-I9dkVg-g2r3CSmN4iNOlNgiI58/s1600/mumandbabesheep.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2BqXTMIj7CpimBTt4zSVDtQjYQNPyJS5nfkQdZ-gMkLwutjq8Zb7ksd8htDXdK5btuwZf8dUvi0PsTN_0wt6tp-EKaLfUDFtPBWerK-8qggfcwzvF-I9dkVg-g2r3CSmN4iNOlNgiI58/s320/mumandbabesheep.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5597147069558659458" border="0" /></a><br />mum and babe sheep that live beside Toby and Mary's house<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVhPjg2HBSUMadg9ZWCGLZ38AqHwJaKa3f6vsJ9ZDjgMTmWStrmdfL-42XUzJmPIm8Ixbq8foCgIrIYxdrYfSIgepc4JdugTuaDdo3ZkGKpRGBNxWBHKXQT3dAba3AVswz94IDPMAVWJo/s1600/blacksheep.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVhPjg2HBSUMadg9ZWCGLZ38AqHwJaKa3f6vsJ9ZDjgMTmWStrmdfL-42XUzJmPIm8Ixbq8foCgIrIYxdrYfSIgepc4JdugTuaDdo3ZkGKpRGBNxWBHKXQT3dAba3AVswz94IDPMAVWJo/s320/blacksheep.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5597146372504692706" border="0" /></a><br />black sheep<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLhpgRYczEVIcx-Txu1ocFZNkh7C75Y_lgOe3Z3DhTxL_wTNxrMPmq3EfsBjyg_SAjg8y-mMdkQrwdm-RgaJ5t9oxsx2H4jE_rXaOdASytKgePNnma2RRDa3KvDTpkWtT0jPejlxglefA/s1600/dinnerwithhewsons.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLhpgRYczEVIcx-Txu1ocFZNkh7C75Y_lgOe3Z3DhTxL_wTNxrMPmq3EfsBjyg_SAjg8y-mMdkQrwdm-RgaJ5t9oxsx2H4jE_rXaOdASytKgePNnma2RRDa3KvDTpkWtT0jPejlxglefA/s320/dinnerwithhewsons.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5597146568568051362" border="0" /></a><br />bbq dinner with the Hewsons and Co. after our final exam<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXIAGcGby1FwDsL3mex1WEDYr7Nyb5dDAsnY-UaqFnhoD7aBBTInnKdLxWCjH1PaWL47_jBmuA6c_Va0JTPrtNc0PQFfQkHLmCtI5UnUDkLp7EEh6Q0CsDb1hkAcaNRymB3veMf9m_vAE/s1600/ridetowork_goose.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXIAGcGby1FwDsL3mex1WEDYr7Nyb5dDAsnY-UaqFnhoD7aBBTInnKdLxWCjH1PaWL47_jBmuA6c_Va0JTPrtNc0PQFfQkHLmCtI5UnUDkLp7EEh6Q0CsDb1hkAcaNRymB3veMf9m_vAE/s320/ridetowork_goose.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5597147294118987490" border="0" /></a><br />the galloping goose trail (my bike ride to work)<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDkKEhxXxNFq-LumpV6d0ss1D3YEQu77w270oG_gbhKxfkWCC-Dvxm6Lwe63mGdK8lKN6f6X8BN2JbD1HylQQNdUYT0cUDj0zESfJse4U8Y1IUUzBxeewr3DiAnPaJPIPJBJWItLY-nHM/s1600/giantsmellylily.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDkKEhxXxNFq-LumpV6d0ss1D3YEQu77w270oG_gbhKxfkWCC-Dvxm6Lwe63mGdK8lKN6f6X8BN2JbD1HylQQNdUYT0cUDj0zESfJse4U8Y1IUUzBxeewr3DiAnPaJPIPJBJWItLY-nHM/s320/giantsmellylily.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5597146573570599346" border="0" /></a><br />giant smelly lilies<br /><br />Victoria has been awesome thus far but SO happy to be going home tomorrow for a week and a bit to see my husband...(and the kitty too).mannyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12664228630524505531noreply@blogger.com0