Bjorn's Ramblings

Last photowalk of 2011

2012-01-01T10:44:00.000-08:00

I hope the year was good to you and that 2012 will be better!

The years last long shadows

Bamboo

Trippy van
1:

2:

Perched

Winter Patterns

Tis the season

2011-12-21T20:44:00.000-08:00

We're slow, but we get there.

2011-12-11T22:55:00.001-08:00

After spending a couple of more hours today, we have the KLR engine apart. The head needs some cleaning (expected)

... and the piston is getting replaced, so it won't get cleaned ;)

Me? I'm happy that we got it apart without breaking anything major ;)

Now to get the cylinder machined and then to put it all back together with some new parts :)

Another Angle

2011-12-10T18:42:00.001-08:00

Night ride on Friday, stopped at the 20th Street again to get another angle at the pedestrian bridge and lights.

"Manly work"

2011-12-04T17:30:00.000-08:00

Why is Jerry so happy? Because we are pulling my bike apart to put 'big bore' kit in. I.E. we're stripping it down, pulling the top of the motor apart, having the cylinder machined and then we're going to put the whole thing back together.

Hopefully we won't have too many parts left over after ;)

Lori brought us hot chocolate & freshly made chocolate chip cookies. You know, manly snacks for the manly work ;)

Happy in an unheated garage at about 3 or 4 degrees Celsius.

Next weekend we're pulling the motor apart, this was just the prep.

Night ride

2011-11-30T21:10:00.000-08:00

Took the new bike, now with the new lights installed and headed out for a ride.

Should have carried a big tripod, but tried to make due with what I had. The colours were amazing

New Ride

2011-11-27T16:33:00.000-08:00

I bought this from Morgan, always nice to deal with people you know! Got new wheels on it and a refreshed drivetrain and picked it up yesterday. Once it dried out a bit today I went for a ride (first one back after fighting this cold for 2 weeks).

Feels very different than my mid 1980's Nishiki :)

I like it.

Thanks to Morgan for all his help getting this build up with some fresh parts!

P.S.: Morgan actually appeared in the very first ever post on this blog in 2007

Low & dark

2011-11-21T22:44:00.000-08:00

Velodrome

2011-11-18T21:55:00.000-08:00

Michelle and I went down to watch Pete race at the velodrome.

I'd never been to one before (and apparently there are only 4 indoor ones in Canada), so of course I brought a camera.

I shot over 450 photos, and a very very small number of panning shots turned out well enough that I thought I'd post them.

Pete before his novice race. I think what you see there is fear :)

Back straight

On the banking

Racing for the line

After a while we went down to where the racers were and I liked the new angle:

Chasing the leader

Having fun

Pete's joy at surviving

Hammer-time

No brakes

It was interesting. Very difficult lighting conditions I had to bump up to 1600 on the ISO

New Westminster at night

2011-11-12T10:28:00.000-08:00

Michelle joined me and we both spent times with tripods and cameras... though there was a slight size difference ;)

Fall colours past sunset

The Blue Hour

Burning water

The Dark Woods

Glass fountain

Full moon on the Fraser

Long time no street

2011-11-11T20:22:00.000-08:00

It's been a while since I've decided to shoot people in the street.

I just have to photograph the photographers :)

Looks posed. Isn't.

Two

Downtown

2011-11-10T20:19:00.000-08:00

Michelle had to go downtown on Sunday, so I came along and brought a camera.

Not quite times square

All dolled up

The Electra

The Wall Centre

Totem

2011-11-09T20:16:00.000-08:00

Shot at Kits beach. I'm trying to get closer...

I like the fact that it looks like two dis-separate photos pasted together :)

Another New West walk

2011-10-27T13:02:00.000-07:00

I'm actually posting some of these in the wrong order. It sure looks like I've been reasonably busy taking photos, but not been very good about posting them :)

These photos are actually from 2 weeks ago

Late bloomer

Detail - generally overlooked

New fence and dead leaves

Take time for pasta

I don't know why I like taking pictures of these bushes, maybe it's the 'manicured' nature of them

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Marker

This way

History

Soldier under cover

Boo!

Last light

Now I just have to catch up on posts about 2 road trips, and develop a bunch of film in the fridge ;)

Excellent Storm photos

2011-10-26T20:53:00.000-07:00

Take a moment to check these out, look at the higher definition slide show.

They are amazing.

Lenculture Dobrowner

Bjorn

Fall is here

2011-10-26T16:56:00.000-07:00

I tried to get out again to capture some of the fall colours and low sun angles on Monday afternoon.

Depth

On the grid

Fall colours 1&2

Early Sunset

Royal Westminster

Halloween is almost here

Hope you got to enjoy some of the fall sunshine this week.

Bjorn

Fall Walk in New West

2011-10-26T12:54:00.000-07:00

Took advantage of some nice weather to go for a walk before flying out to New Jersey

Patterns in warped metal

Limited

Makes some kind of sense

Tired

P.S.: I know I still need to get back to photos from both my summer road trips. They'll come :)

Dinner on Commercial

2011-10-25T12:52:00.000-07:00

Mid air

2011-10-24T12:47:00.000-07:00

Some attempts at in-flight photos on the way back from Newark to Vancouver

Newark at 7 am

Arteries

Strips and squares

Flows

New York

2011-10-23T12:40:00.000-07:00

Just back back from a work trip during which we managed to spend an evening in New York (thanks to Rick who showed us around).

Sunset

Times Square

A regular Thursday night, no special events

The '2011 ball' that got dropped on New Years Eve

Dinner at the Hard Rock

Paul looking cool (or maybe he just didn't want to be in the photo, the effect is the same ;) )

At dinner

Definitely an interesting place and worth visiting.

National Parks Roadtrip 7

2011-10-05T21:17:00.000-07:00

Yellowstone, set 2.

Too many for one post, but still on day 1.

Runoff

Outcropping

The spring

Edge-deposits

Buffalo - as seen by the bacteria

Terraces

Abstracts in wet gold

Remember

More to come from out visit to Yellowstone

National Parks Roadtrip 6

2011-10-04T22:35:00.000-07:00

Yellowstone.

What image just entered your mind? For me, it certainly conjured up some. Though I'm not sure if the images in my mind ended up matching what I captured. :)

Scarred

Boiling mud

Tourist

Deposits

Eaten alive

Spring

Layers

1970 fashion colours

Timing

I actually enjoy this photo much more than the old faithful photos I made.

Abyss

That's it for the first set of photos, there will be at least 2, maybe 3 posts of photos from yellowstone. :)

National Parks Roadtrip 5

2011-10-04T09:00:00.000-07:00

We drove through Glacier National park and after all the way to Bozeman. Once again, we encountered hotels fully booked. It was becoming a theme.

High alpine

About to crumble

Trail to the edge

I'd planned to hike to the cliffs, but then when we got above the visitor centre, we heard there were mountain goats.

Ummm goat?! No.

Full curl rams? Yes :)

Alpine meadow

Lakeview

Uncomfortable sky

From here it was just driving (which luckily Michelle did most of).

Next post: Yellowstone!

National Parks Roadtrip 4

2011-10-03T17:11:00.000-07:00

A day for travel.

I didn't take very many pictures on day four, we ended up driving for a very long time (who knew so many hotels would be completely sold out?).

White butterfly

Being dorks

Reservation

There was much more in the way of scenery the next day :)

National Parks Roadtrip 3

2011-09-26T20:06:00.000-07:00

Onto the ink pots.

The lower falls

"Cute girl behind rock"

Flow

Probably another panorama ;)

Ink Pot

National Parks Roadtrip 2

2011-09-21T22:03:00.000-07:00

Day 2 started in BC and ended in Canmore. It was a very long day but it did end in a hotel with a waterslide (see Michelle's photos in her blog :) ).

Into the park

Spotted by Michelle

Sometimes you need to be looking for the small things, while in the presence of the big ones.

Jasper photos:

Michelle getting her version of this shot :)

Michelle did very well in not taking 100's of dead bug photos on this trip. Despite the joy she felt at killing plenty of them with her car. Instead she really focused on other things :)

I can't decide which of the two shots from this stop I like better

Though I'm leaning towards this one

It's almost like the trees are slowly eating the mountain.

One of many panoramas taken as we get closer to the Columbia icefields.

At the icefields:

Bus for scale

In case you were unclear

The little marker on the right is where the glacier was in 1982, the first year I visited Canada

In the late 1800's the glacier extended well past the parking lot & lake

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From the icefields we pushed on to Lake Louise. Unfortunately we did not find a place we wanted to stay. But we did go look at the lake

Moraine Lake at sunset

National Parks Roadtrip

2011-09-17T16:43:00.000-07:00

It looks like I'll have duelling road trip posts, both with Michelle (who's been posting like crazy) and with my previous, and of course unfinished, motorcycle road trip report.

This probably won't be a full 'report' more like select images :)

Whistler

Duffy Lake - Two takes

The Reservoir

Last Light

The odd couple rides again - South of the boarder

2011-08-29T22:24:00.000-07:00

Day 3 - surely the 'real' riding starts today!

Jerry and I got a slow start, by local time anyway. After all, we crossed into mountain time, though neither of us felt much like changing our clocks.

This did give me an opportunity to find out that this Super 8 didn't throttle their bandwidth (unlike the one the night before) and it allowed me to download the motorcycle races from that weekend. :)

After breakfast we checked the bikes and got to chatting with a guy who parked his old Kawi next to us. 300,000 km and at least 10 trips across Canada. We agreed that riding motorcycles was much cheaper than therapy. Some time on the road fixes many issues by providing perspective.

Once we headed south, along the same long boring highway, I'd meant to pull over at a grain elevator we spotted the night before. But I decided the light wasn't right that morning... mostly because I'm not very smart. I should have pulled over. So some time later on a vast open stretch I decided to get a somewhat 'representative' photo of the area:

It's pretty flat... and they like to grow wheat

Jerry tried to take a matching photo using is go-pro

Just before the border I remembered I had an apple in my pack, and that they don't like you taking fruit into the US so we stopped and I quickly ate it. The crossing itself was pretty easy and when we got to the other side we had to take a photo to document the crossing.

Welcome to Montana indeed :)

Now, if you have looked on a map and zoomed in, you know that the road through Glacier National Park is very windy. Jerry and I were quite excited to take it and start running some proper, tight and hairy twisties. If you've been to Glacier National Park during the summer, you might also realize just how busy the place is.

When we gassed up before hand we were completely ignorant of all this however and very excited to head towards some true hard riding.

Aside: It's always amazing to me how many people will talk to you when you're stopped on a motorbike. During this stop we chatted with a guy on a cruiser (he corrected us and said it was something else, but it was a cruiser ;) ). Nice guy, we enjoyed the chat. This happened during so many stops this trip and it was always a good time.

We got into Glacier, after paying for the access and immediately found ourselves in traffic. Followed by seeing a park ranger with someone pulled over giving them a speeding ticket. Followed by more traffic. Not ideal for what we had come for.

BUT, with some amazing views to make up for it. Once again, the day didn't quite provide the spectacular riding we'd come for.

The scale and scenery are not just hard to describe, but also very challenging to photograph. When we pulled over due to construction and the rain which was starting, I took the opportunity to try none-the-less

You can see the clouds and weather coming over the summit.

Just on the other side of the summit

Fast riding was not in the cards.

But once you looked past the cars, that didn't seem to matter very much

Just up the road, once we finally got moving, the sun was out and I was getting very hot under my raingear. So we stopped and I got back out of it (which of course, involves unloading the bike a bit so it takes 10 minutes or so).

But the scenery was still spectacular

These guys were all over the mountain in their tour buses

We briefly chatted with the driver. I'm not sure if I'd enjoy someone else taking me through there on their schedule.

Of course, immediately afterwards we get caught in a major rain shower. Right _after_ I took off my rain gear.

I was wet, traffic was bad and a I got bit cranky so when we got off the mountain I stopped by the river to dry out a bit and to have a small snack

Eventually Jerry and I were both starving so we stopped for lunch, though it was pretty late at this point, I think it was 3 pm. Appropriately enough this was in a town called 'Hungry Horse'.

We headed into Kalispell and found a place that seemed decent enough. It was a day of amazing scenery, but still, no 'hard' riding anywhere to be found.

Would we ever get to some lonely & twisty roads?

The Deep End

2011-08-28T09:46:00.000-07:00

Shot using a $20 'dry bag' for one of my older point & shoot cameras while swimming.

Walking to breakfast

2011-08-27T11:07:00.000-07:00

I'm trying to find new ways to shoot my neighbourhood ... and to enjoy doing it.

Deconstructed Stairs

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Parking above

(that was actually on the way back from breakfast ;) )

I am enjoying the sun being a bit lower, it allows me to do more with the shadows and light.

Have a great weekend.

Bjorn

The odd couple rides again - Into the Rocky Mountains

2011-08-26T10:06:00.000-07:00

We were hoping that this would be the day where the 'real' riding started.

After a good night and a nice chat over breakfast a guy who also rides (and who's family was really looking to leave the hotel but he was intent on chatting with us for a good 10 minutes) we got ready to go.

The KLR was down on oil again, a theme on this trip. I'll be doing something about that over the winter I think.

I also managed to get some grease on my visor when cleaning it in the hotel sink the night before and couldn't see much when facing into the sun. Which, when you're heading east in the morning, is pretty much all the time ;)

Alpine summit lake on the way to Creston

For anyone who read my trip report from '09 you may recognize both the lake and this guy (or his grandfather ;) )

Once we were through Creston I was as far east as I've ever ridden in Canada.

We stopped in Cranbrook for some lunch and to get my my daily supply of oil for the KLR

Jerry and I tried a bit harder this year to not just go to chain restaurants, but instead to visit the one-off diners and small restaurants we found along the way.

Riding out of Cranbrook and getting a good look at the Rockies for the first time, it's pretty amazing. I couldn't really find "just the right place" to stop for a photo, so we kept pushing on.

Traffic got a bit hectic before Fernie. And it got to me. So I decided some passing was in order just to maintain my sanity. Jerry decided that he didn't always want to follow (not enough power left in the 954 perhaps?! ;) ). Anyway, we stopped in Fernie to let Jerry gas up.

Lots of mountain biking and heli skiing around Fernie from what I understand

Then it was onto the crows nest pass. The wind was blowing pretty good, which isn't the most comfortable on the KLR and Jerry once again stretched the Honda's legs, so I pulled over to take a few shots of the crossing into Alberta:

BC behind us:

Just up the road we encountered the 'Frank Slide'

All those rocks came from this mountain on the other side of the highway:

Many people are still buried under the rocks.

We turned south in Pincher Creek. Now, if we'd been smart we would have stayed at the hotel we spotted there (they had a water slide, which should have tipped us off). But, we decided to push a bit further, after all there were a number of 'dots' on the map that seemed to be about the same size.

Twin Butte ... had nothing.

We stopped south to get some rest at this amazing spot where we were looking over the high plains, to the Rockies in Montana:

We were getting pretty tired and hung out for a while, so I took more photos

When we got into Cardston, the 'better hotel' according to the person we asked at the gas station, looked flee and potentially rat infested and you couldn't pay us to stay there.

From this angle you can't see the drunk slumped in the doorway

Only one thing to do, head further east and back north (very much the wrong direction) to Lethbridge. It was a tough decision. But I think the right one. A giant almost hour long straight stretch.

Eventually we found a decent clean Super 8 with a bar walking distance (i.e. next door).

Day 2 had some nice scenery, but still none of the hard-riding roads we came for.

Maybe tomorrow?

The odd couple rides again - Departure

2011-08-25T21:53:00.000-07:00

I didn't sit down to create a ride report last year, for a number of reasons, not the least of which is that getting to the ride was hectic as I had a bike stolen shortly before we intended to leave.

This year was different, though it was still Jerry and I, which means touring on bikes that couldn't be more different. Jerry on a full on sportbike (minus some miscellaneous parts lost in crashes) and I on the trusty dual sport, with 110 hp less than Jerry's ride.

The goal this year was to ride California, or, Montana. We decided early on which way to go (I think with about 8 or 9 hours to go before leaving ;) ).

I was pretty much packed by Thursday night

And everything went together nicely so I didn't have to take my saddle bags:

Saturday morning Michelle helped me carry everything down and took the "before" photo:

Jerry and I met for breakfast and headed out east. By the time we reached Hope we realized that while it may be mid-August, in the mornings you need to layer up if you want to head into the mountains

Along the way Jerry tested his go-pro video camera and everything seemed to work fine. Just after Osoyous Jerry tested the 954 a bit more (i.e. he took off up Anarchist summit) and that worked fine too.

I really don't have much more to say about the first day. We rode through to Castlegar and found a Super 8 to stay in. They had a water slide to go with their pool and we had way too much fun. I'm surprised we didn't get kicked out of the pool :D

When you look up 'Stunning' in the dictionary

2011-08-15T19:46:00.000-07:00

... maybe you should see this:

Day 3 of our road trip at 6000+ feet in Glacier National Park. I may have to get that printed very large to show some sense of scale, the place is amazing.

Bjorn

Ice cream girl

2011-08-06T09:09:00.000-07:00

Ice cream after dinner last night in the last bit of sunlight of the day.

My kind of deck

2011-08-01T08:14:00.000-07:00

Location? Well, it's somewhere well above the Sea-to-Sky. Away from traffic cops and most traffic for that matter. And you can't get there on a sportbike.

But you can get there on a dualsport, even 2-up, which really was the first time I took someone 2-up while offroading. Riding with someone on the back in those is definitely more challenging :)

Michelle and I enjoyed a little snack, sat in the sun and enjoyed the views.

Walk to dinner

2011-07-31T10:34:00.001-07:00

We went to the Paddlewheeler pub on Friday for dinner and the food was very good, I recommend you stop there sometime and give it a try.

Of course I took a camera along :)

I've shot this building from a lot of different angles, I think it's the amount of wear on the metal that interests me. At some point I'm hoping to get a photo I'm truly happy with.

I'm also still hung up on patterns and light

Self portrait inside the new Westminster Quay (now "River market")

Was I saying something about patterns and light earlier? ;)

Just as we got to the other side of the tracks there were salsa dancers in the square. It felt really random, but also cool. Last year we missed the free concerts there and I'm still a bit unhappy about that. Such is life :)

Hope you're having a good weekend.

Bjorn

Chipped

2011-07-30T18:35:00.000-07:00

Look at this long (and hard) enough and the photo itself will start to look crooked :)

Also from the July 12th walk through New West.

Not forgotten

2011-07-30T09:00:00.000-07:00

Now behind fencing, the old structure still stands, but for how long?

(You can't see the fence of course as I climbed up onto some barriers to take the shot over it ;) )

Busy day at Jericho

2011-07-29T18:02:00.000-07:00

After doing the 'small loop' I ended up riding into Vancouver to meet up with Michelle for dinner after she was done playing footbag.

The group played longer than expected so I cycled a bit more and stopped at the pier at Jericho.

Before Lillooet

2011-07-29T09:00:00.000-07:00

Tony was supposed to be there on this ride, but sadly he got a flat and we managed, after 1 1/2 hours, to damage the spare tube changing it.

I eventually went on to do the 'small loop' by myself (Vancouver -> Lillooet -> Lytton --> Hope --> Vancouver

Crooked, backwards and bisected

2011-07-28T18:22:00.000-07:00

I know I'm not doing enough with my photography when images sit on my camera for over 2 weeks without me looking at them.

The following are from a little walk through New West and it's the 'oddball' images that I enjoyed.

"Straight" up

Corner lamp

Cut-off and backwards

Choppy grid

Clouds over glass

Porteau at Sunset

2011-07-28T17:57:00.000-07:00

I stopped on a ride back from Squamish to have a look around. The sun was just touching the last bit of the hill.

Another great day dual-sporting

2011-07-17T19:50:00.000-07:00

The goal was to get from Harrison Hotsprings to Boston Bar. I'd never been that way, but after a bunch of checking and getting info, it sounded like it would be fine on a KLR.

We had 10 riders at the meet, a pretty big group.

Things got going pretty fast. Unfortunately I was having some issues with the front tire on the wet stuff (after all the rain there were some 'slimy' sections). So I slowed and took my time. We basically ended up with 2 groups.

Everyone got together at the forks.

Some great scenery along the way. I didn't get the camera out nearly enough. I'm hoping to get back there this year and take a bit more time to take photos.

In the long run, the water always wins.

I hit a nasty rock right before this, but luckily no flat :)

And then I forgot I had a camera. Or, more realistically, I was working hard muscling the bike around and didn't stop to dig it out.

We had to get over a tiny bit of snow at the pass and a large slide had just been repaired. No problems getting into Boston Bar for some lunch.

A few of us split off at that point to head home, the main group went to ride some more. Great day (even with the rain on the way home ;) )

Industrial Art

2011-06-27T11:55:00.000-07:00

Road-crayon

2011-06-27T06:00:00.000-07:00

Back to the Elaho for the first time ...

2011-06-26T22:14:00.000-07:00

... this year.

This ride almost didn't happen, Tony and I had originally planned to ride to Lilooett but he ended up being busy.

So I decided that instead of the long pavement ride, I'd try to organize a little off-roading. Luckily some other folks from dualsportbc wanted to join.

Five of us cruised to Squamish and by the time we reached the end of the pavement picked up one more:

As I was the only one who'd been 'back there' I took the lead. The road was in decent shape and we were making excellent time. Until I had the closest call I've ever had with a deer! Doing a true emergency stop when you're doing 90 km/h on a gravel road (potholes & all) and missing a deer by a couple of feet at the most is an excellent way to get a massive adrenaline spike.

JT, who was behind me, said it was the closest miss he's ever witnessed.

After a couple of minute stop and a number of deep breaths, we took off again.

The first rest stop was along the river in a little camp ground. Someone asked if I wanted to be in the picture and I decided that was a good idea.

There were some real serious 'marbles' on the road and the bikes were sliding pretty good. The KLR being top heavy I had to steer-with-the-rear a lot and gas it to get through the corners. Apparently following the tracks was not hard ;)

Our next stop was at the lookout, I'm sure I've taking this picture a number of different ways over the years.

I find it hard to give the place a sense of scale. It's amazing to look into the valley you are riding into and realize just how small you are.

We headed as far back as we could get and eventually got stopped by a very large tree that had been uprooted. We were at 2900 feet, a pretty decent climb.

And a helluva view.

After exploring a number of dead ends (it got to be a bit ridiculous) and encountering some active logging areas, we turned around and headed back.

I did manage to spot the small side-trail that takes you to the riverbank. The trail being mid-turn on a 60 km/h turn lead to a lot of bikes skidding as folks tried to slow down to make the turn in :D

We hung out here in the sun for a while and had some more snacks and those with smaller tanks took the opportunity to fill up from the spare cans.

We came from that-a-way

And were headed this-a-way

They do look somewhat alike ;)

Despite ball-bearing type gravel, dumbasses in white Jeeps almost taking us out and a whole bunch of dust, everyone made it out fine.

What a great day of riding!

Nautical

2011-06-26T18:00:00.000-07:00

Cloud-grid

2011-06-26T08:00:00.000-07:00

Old School

2011-06-25T18:00:00.000-07:00

Torn up

2011-06-25T08:43:00.000-07:00

The woods they warned you about

2011-06-24T22:43:00.000-07:00

At the edge of the woods

2011-06-20T22:50:00.000-07:00

Dwarfed

2011-06-19T22:45:00.000-07:00

Twin Towers

2011-06-18T21:19:00.000-07:00

Free Fall

2011-06-18T09:46:00.001-07:00

Awesome.

Carry-all

2011-06-13T18:28:00.000-07:00

By the old barn

2011-06-12T09:06:00.000-07:00

On of those times you ride past, stop and say "Nope, got to go back and take that photo" and go back.

How marshmallows are made

2011-06-11T22:08:00.000-07:00

I was out on the KLR today, just took it easy (ok, maybe "easier") and stopped and took some more photos.

Some film, some digital :)

More to follow.

Almost abstract

2011-06-09T22:59:00.000-07:00

I'm don't know why I posted this image. On the one hand, there is something confusing and almost random about it. On the other, something appeals to me that I can't really put into words.

The Duffy

2011-06-09T22:40:00.000-07:00

The "problem" with really enjoying riding a motorcycle in a "spirited" fashion, is that you don't get a lot of chance to stop and take some photos and really enjoy the scenery.

On Sunday, Jerry and I went and rode the Duffy Lake road for the first time this season. It was an amazing day of riding and I even mentioned to get a "somewhat scenic" shot when we stopped to rest a bit:

What I normally get, is a lot of pictures of gas stations. And even with some effort at some point they are still just that. :)

The trusty KLR:

The abused but still going strong 954 (if you back up far enough, you can't even see the battle-scars ;) )

After a 8+ hours on the road, we were absolutely beat, despite some pretty long breaks to recoup on the way.

I think we are going back this weekend to do it all over again :)

Broken

2011-06-04T12:49:00.000-07:00

But still good.

I'm still working out which modes on the camera application work best in what circumstances.

I very much like this one :)

yummy

2011-06-04T10:15:00.001-07:00

Breakfast was good today ;)

Product Shot

2011-05-30T22:54:00.000-07:00

... or maybe just one of my watches ;)

Running out the door

2011-05-22T08:21:00.000-07:00

Something a little different.

Lost

2011-05-21T17:08:00.000-07:00

Taken with the camera in my new cellphone. Edited in picasa. Very usable for web content. :)

Off Commercial

2011-05-07T20:07:00.000-07:00

Memories

2011-05-06T21:44:00.000-07:00

... of December

... and then I remember

2011-05-01T15:12:00.000-07:00

It seems that at the beginning of each riding season, I start shopping for a 'better' bike than the KLR.

And then I start riding it and find myself, on days like today, not stopping just because the pavement runs out, but instead I keep going... to see places like this:

It's not a pretty bike, but it gets you to some amazing places :)

Riding

2011-04-30T17:33:00.000-07:00

Michelle and I were out for over 2 hours today on the bikes

It did include some of this though ;)

That house

2011-04-26T21:27:00.000-07:00

You know the one.

10

2011-04-26T21:26:00.001-07:00

From a 'sanity walk' at work.

Sperling

2011-04-26T21:23:00.000-07:00

Finally got back on the road bike today after fighting a cold for a bit. Feels good :)

Inside out

2011-04-13T20:48:00.000-07:00

Sometimes

2011-04-13T20:45:00.000-07:00

... you have to get up close.

Backs turned

2011-04-10T12:30:00.000-07:00

Breakfast

2011-04-10T12:27:00.000-07:00

Scratched & Wet

2011-04-10T12:25:00.001-07:00

Vancouver Reflections

2011-04-10T12:23:00.000-07:00

Tin

2011-04-09T11:16:00.000-07:00

Steveston

2011-04-08T20:06:00.000-07:00

Blossoms

2011-04-07T21:18:00.000-07:00

Spring

2011-04-06T20:26:00.000-07:00

Been busy.

But I'll try to post more in April :)

Untitled

2011-03-18T22:31:00.000-07:00

Shiny

2011-03-09T20:26:00.000-08:00

Inside out and outside in

2011-03-08T22:34:00.000-08:00

Boiler & Tank

2011-03-07T18:03:00.000-08:00

The lesson is: Graffiti leads to fresh paint.

Only an idiot would ride a road bike in these conditions...

2011-02-28T18:39:00.000-08:00

I felt better after doing 20 kms tonight, despite the cold and sleet :)

Late February Snow

2011-02-27T12:42:00.000-08:00

We went for a walk in the unseasonably late snowfall.

Cracked

Encounters

Style

Untitled

This shot was well spotted by Michelle :)

Tracks to nowhere

Due for a coat

Draining rocks

Jumbled

Winter evening by the river

2011-02-26T08:08:00.000-08:00

This shot involved some fence jumping :)

Retrospective

2011-02-24T21:40:00.000-08:00

Right now I'm missing riding... so much so it's almost a physical thing.

Can't wait to get mobile again and be on the road with no destination or schedule.

In the lava fields

On the inside, looking out

2011-02-24T19:21:00.000-08:00

A new park being born

2011-02-24T19:17:00.000-08:00

Looking back

2011-02-23T21:46:00.000-08:00

Time for reflection.

2010 Road trip in one picture

Better days

2011-02-23T21:21:00.000-08:00

At some point, someone was proud of the achievement ...

New West wall art

2011-02-22T21:27:00.001-08:00

It was pretty chilly this afternoon, but the sun was out and I didn't want to miss the opportunity to shoot.

Minimalist

Modern

Abstract

Industrial

Hope you are enjoying the longer days!

Bjorn

Dinner at Burger Heaven

2011-02-19T19:18:00.000-08:00

Looking a little rough around the edges

Didn't actually drink this

Hawt

Barnett Marine Park - set 3

2011-02-18T19:57:00.000-08:00

Beacon

Post

One more from Chinatown

2011-02-15T22:11:00.001-08:00

Early on morning

2011-02-10T17:03:00.000-08:00

Shot before work a week or so ago.

Chinese New Year Parade - part 2

2011-02-07T21:03:00.000-08:00

More "none Chinese" participants

More Liberals

These girls had umbrellas at least

Quiet Main

Glazed

Stares

End of the parade

Worn out rabbit

Chinese gardens

Preparing for the Lion

Sneaky photographer

Bastards with cameras were everywhere

Remnants

Lion