George finds the most amazing scientific photos.
What type of cloud is that? It is not a naturally occurring one.
Looking perhaps a bit like a gigantic owl monster, the cloud pictured above resulted from … < click here to find out more>.
It comes from a website called Astronomy Picture of the Day
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day off, originally uploaded by Tsunami Notes.
A surreal dreamscape.
My favourite time of the day is dusk.
I try to get outside for sunset.
送你一颗棉花糖 Cotton Candy, originally uploaded by Westwinds_Zhou.
I love summer.
I was ride-along shotgun on a hiking / biking trip with George Novak to Yellowstone National Park. It truly is a fantastic destination, much improved (I feel) by the forest fires of 1988. The park is open and bright. There is a real feeling of renewal.
It’s famous for geysers, hot springs, and other geothermal features and is home to grizzly bears, wolves, and free-ranging herds of bison and elk. We saw a lot of wildlife.
Photos and video clips I posted on besthike.com. See those by searching besthike for “Yellowstone”.
This is the last post in this travelogue. But you can find photos & a video clip of Grand Teton National Park on my hiking blog.
Chris emailed this photo from Philadelphia. He is a coach with the travelling Cirque du Soleil show Quidam.
One of my favourite events of the year is the HPTC camp in Idaho hosted by Dave Adlard.
At the end of camp all coaches are lined-up against a wall in front of a firing squad of gymnasts. Contest winners get to “pie” any coach. Here Bobby launches a sneak attack at Dave. It was brilliant.
Check out over 80 pictures of camp on Flickr.
Video clips of coaches getting a pie in the face.
» next travelogue post on this trip – Mismo Gymnastics, Missoula, Montana
Canada Day fireworks off the dock.
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I missed another wonderful weekend at the Long cabin in Saskatchewan.
Luckily Warren posted 284 photos on Flickr so I can feel like I was there.
Not for the gym camp. But all the grilled lamb chops I can eat!
More photos of Dave and Lisa Adlard’s restaurant on Flickr.
I finally got a US$25 Flickr Pro account. After years of hosting my own photos, it’s time I moved to a web host. I will add more photos to this set over the next couple of weeks — easy to do in Flickr.
» next travelogue post on this trip – gymnastics camp photos
I drove out with my brother Rob to visit our parents in Parksville on Vancouver Island.
Mom and Dad are mid-70s, doing great and enjoying the new scenery on the Liquid Sunshine Coast. They recently relocated from the Kootenays in central BC.
Rob set up the “guest room” in the garage.
We made several trips to the dump.
Rob and Yvonne booked 3 days at a lovely resort called Pacific Shores. The highlight is a huge salt water fish tank.
Parksville is still a quaint, undeveloped seaside town of barbershops and thrift stores. Starbucks opened recently but it’s empty. Pensioners don’t cotton to yuppie over-priced coffee chains.
Rob & Yvonne will eventually move out to the coast too. Rob’s doing about C$8000 of renovations to the house this summer, squeezed between fishing & golf days.
Alexander, a neighbour, has the most fantastic rose garden.
This is the hub of a new “Waterfront Walkway” – a shoreline boardwalk.
Rick McCharles 