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Random Musings of a West Coast Canadian
(140/366) En Route
May 19. 2012 – Heathrow Airport for a connection to Nice. A relatively uneventful flight here, Kirk upgraded us to some really great seats with buckets of legroom. It was as comfortable as one could probably get on a nine and a half hour flight without being in First Class. Next stop, Nice! When we landed in Nice, we waited…
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(139/366) YVR
May 18, 2012 – YVR has some pretty cool artwork in the International departures area. We are off for a week in the South of France, at the airport obscenely early, for me anyway. We came out extra early for a couple of reasons. Firstly, it is a Friday before a long weekend so the traffic might have been been…
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(138/366) Countdown…
May 17, 2012 – Getting ready for a holiday….and boy, do we need it. Looking forward to a visit to France, absolutely no plans, but apparently the Cannes Film Festival is on while we are there. Just soooo looking forward to seeing the Mediterranean again. Looking forward to a relaxing, entertaining time filled with wine, good food, croissants, and cappuccinos.…
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(106/366) Four Columns Park
April 15, 2012 – Ever have those days when you get up and say to each other “What should we do today?” Neither one of us could figure out what to get up to this morning, so we went down, had breakfast, and pondered it. We checked out of the hotel, ditched our packs with the concierge, and headed out…
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(105/366) Gum Walls and Bunny Bar Hopping
April 14, 2012 – Up at 4:30am to pack a few things, feed the monsters, and catch a cab to the train station to head down to Seattle, today we were walking down the street and fond ourselves following four colourful bears. We are wondering if it is Seattle, or us. When we came down here for the motorcycle show in…
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(98/366) View From the Oyster Bar
April 7, 2012 – The view from the restaurant we accidentally missed last time we were down this way. Some people make a plan and stick to it come hell or high water. Not us. Life, like cooking, is all about flexibility. Last night we’d thought about a ride up to Squamish, maybe Whistler if we didn’t think it might…
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(95/366) The West Coast as I’ve Never Had the Opportunity to See Before
April 4, 2012 – Today was quite possibly the best field day EVER!!! Vancouver Island, and particularly this region of it, is a very active area for logging. There was a helicopter pilot using Nitinat hatchery as a base to fly fallers into remote areas. On one of his refueling landings, Rob (the hatchery manager) asked him if he would…
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(94/366) One Thing the Outer Coast Does Particularly Well…
April 3, 2012 – One thing the outer coast of Vancouver Island does particularly well is grow moss. Why? Well, with an annual average precipitation of close to 3 metres of rain, it’s a pretty moist environment. It’s lovingly known as the “Wet Coast”, and it is a beautiful place to visit if you are a person who can get…
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(86/366) Empty Ferry Lanes
March 26, 2012 – I was on the Sunshine Coast today, providing support for the last in a series of workshops that have been taking place since January. Unfortunately it ended just a bit too late to make the 2:30 ferry so I was left waiting for the 4:30 boat. I had intended to ride over this morning, but when…
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74/366 – Angry Ocean
March 14, 2012 – I came up to Campbell River yesterday evening with plans to visit a salmon farm up the coast at Hardwicke Island. Monday this area was hit with wild weather, but yesterday was calm. Unfortunately, when I woke up before the sun rose, I could hear that we probably weren’t going to be able to get out…
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