Canada

22
Nov
2024

Niagara Falls Photos

I visited Niagara Falls once before as a kid. That time we stayed on the Canadian (Ontario) side of the falls. We decided to visit again, staying on the U.S. (New York) side this time even though it’s the less interesting side. We planned 1 day in Canada but ran out of things to do in New York and wound up spending 2 days north of the border. Of course, we also researched everything there is to do in the area and made of side trips to see other things that ranged from the Erie and Welland Canals (including locks), a power plant, an aquarium, a Jell-O Museum and more. Take a look at the many photos I took right here.

Posted by Michael in Photography, Site Updates
28
Nov
2020

Cape Breton Photos

Several years ago, when we took a vacation to the Canadian Maritimes, we had to cut Cape Breton off our schedule in Nova Scotia due to time constraints. We decided that Cape Breton deserved an entire trip to see it all, especially the Cabot Trail. This is that trip. In July and August 2019, it was the last major vacation we took before COVID curtailed our travel. Other than a short time in Halifax since that’s where we flew in and out of, we spent the vast majority of our time in cape Breton. It’s such a fascinating place. You almost feel as though you’re no longer in Canada. We experienced Gaelic, Acadian and Mi’kmaq cultures both by visiting museums/cultural centers and by talking to some locals. We also learned a lot about Alexander Graham Bell that isn’t taught in the US such as his huge impact on aviation.

The food in the Maritimes is always incredible and we literally ate lobster every single day of the trip. Some days we had it more than once! It’s also rare that we go back to a city we’ve previously visited, so while we were in Halifax, we hit one of our favorite restaurants and stood in line for Cows Creamery ice cream.

Click here to view the photos.

Posted by Michael in Photography, Site Updates
12
Nov
2020

Toronto and Southern Ontario Photos

In July 2018, we traveled all around southern Ontario for the first half of the trip then spent the second half in Toronto. We spent a few days at a Scottish festival and highland games in Kincardine. We also visited a marine railway, a lift lock, the HMCS Haida, Port Credit Lighthouse and the Mississauga Rib Fest. Back in Toronto, we toured the Rogers Centre, CN Tower, Toronto Island, Fort York, Ontario Legislative Building, Kensington Market, Saint Lawrence Market, Ripley’s Aquarium and every other touristy thing we could think of doing. We even experienced a “credible terror threat” because there’s never a dull moment on our vacations!

Click here to view the photos.

Posted by Michael in Photography, Site Updates
15
Jan
2017

Canadian Maritimes Videos Posted

Just in case you couldn’t figure it out from all of the tweets, Google+ posts and YouTube notifications that were generated earlier today, I finally uploaded the videos I took during my trip to the Canadian Maritimes back in August. There are 2 videos from the Digby Scallop Days festival in Nova Scotia and 4 from the bagpipe and Celtic/Highland dancing show (Highland Thunder) that we went to at the College of Piping & Celtic Performing Arts of Canada in PEI.

Take a moment to check them out here and if you haven’t seen my photos from that trip, those are available too. Also, if you’ve never considered a trip to the Canadian Maritimes, I highly recommend it.

Posted by Michael in Photography, Site Updates
15
Jan
2017

Canadian Maritimes Videos Posted

Just in case you couldn’t figure it out from all of the tweets, Google+ posts and YouTube notifications that were generated earlier today, I finally uploaded the videos I took during my trip to the Canadian Maritimes back in August. There are 2 videos from the Digby Scallop Days festival in Nova Scotia and 4 from the bagpipe and Celtic/Highland dancing show (Highland Thunder) that we went to at the College of Piping & Celtic Performing Arts of Canada in PEI.

Take a moment to check them out here and if you haven’t seen my photos from that trip, those are available too. Also, if you’ve never considered a trip to the Canadian Maritimes, I highly recommend it.

Posted by Michael in Photography, Site Updates
15
Feb
2016

Upper Canada Village/Pumpkinferno Photos

Upper Canada Village photosI just posted another album from this past October. This one contains photos from side trip to Upper Canada Village in Morrisburg, Ontario that we took while we were visiting Alexandria Bay and the 1000 Islands region. During the day, we took a guided tour of the British Canadian colonial village. After having been to many American colonial museums/villages over the years, it was quite interesting to see the colonial era from the point of view of the British loyalists. After dinner at the McIntosh Inn, we went back to Upper Canada Village which was transformed into Pumpkinferno. A seasonal display of over 6,000 hand carved pumpkins. It was quite a sight.

You can check out the album right here. Take a look at my 1000 Islands photos here and watch for my Watertown NY photos coming soon too!

Posted by Michael in Photography, Site Updates
21
Sep
2010

Alaska Photos

Denali National ParkAt long last, I’ve posted the photos from my trip to Alaska. For those of you who don’t know, I spent a week travelling by cruise ship from Vancouver, BC to Seward, AK followed by a week on land ending up in Fairbanks, AK. Some of our stops included Ketchikan, Juneau, Hoonah, Skagway, Hubbard Glacier, Anchorage, Talkeetna, Denali National Park and Ruth Glacier. We also spent Canada Day in vancouver prior to leaving and spent one day in Seattle, WA on the way home.

I took over 4,700 photos. Of those, I kept 1,300. About 600 are posted on my website. Click here to view them. I hope you enjoy looking at them a much as I enjoyed taking them!

Posted by Michael in Life, Photography, Site Updates
24
Mar
2008

Geekiest Protester Ever

Whether you agree or disagree with the opinions of these people that are protesting the presence of Canadian troops in Afghanistan, you have to check out the pink protest sign on the right side of the photo. For those of you who don’t know HTML, that’s a close tag, like what you’d put at the end of a war. haha

Clicking the photo will take you to Flickr, but you can see even more of this great photographer’s stuff at Daily Dose of Imagery.

Posted by Michael in Interesting Links, Randomness