After 5 years of using my old camera, I finally bought a new camera and it arrived early this week. Obviously this week was filled with rain and work, so except for reading the manual and taking pictures of Mister Freggels and Grizzly, I hadn't been able to test it out.
I took some pictures earlier today of the small creek flowing next to our house as test shots which I added to this post.
Normally I do not upload the full resolution of the pictures, but since these are just testshots, links to the the full resolutions are available below if you would want to take a look at the results.
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About two weeks ago, we came across a company on Etsy.com that sells wall decals. For three years we've been looking for something to decorate one of our living room walls with and after seeing the pictures listed on Etsy we finally found what we were looking for.
Shortly after ordering them online the decals arrived in the mail. I have to admit, the package looked nothing like I expected. I started to believe that the end result wouldn't be anywhere close to the pictures on the website.
After about 6 hours of work (including prep time) I was proven wrong.
I took quite a few pictures during...
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It's been a while since I've posted some new pictures since we've been skiing quite a lot the last couple of weekends (which produced a rather hilarious story involving me and a chairlift...) and I don't take my camera on skitrips. In total we've skied 6 different mountains this season, so it's been a very good season with lots of fresh powder (the surrounding mountains already had somewhere between 7 to 10 meters of snowfall).
So, time for some completely random, unconnected pictures from Vancouver and Vancouver Island:
Hope you like them!
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The Britannia Mining Museum located near Squamish, BC (map link), is built on the grounds of the old Britannia Mines and is a National Historic Site of Canada.
The Britannia Mines opened around 1900 after copper ore was discovered in Britannia Mountain around 1890. After a couple of years, a town had grown around the mine and in 1907 the Post Office was opened in the town. The town had to be relocated in 1915 after an avalanche killed 60 people and destroyed a large part of the camp. The new town became known as Town site or Mount Sheer.
By 1929, the Britannia Mines were the largest copper...
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The Wild Pacific Trail is an easy and well maintained trail located in Ucluelet on Vancouver Island, BC. The trail is still in development and is expanding every single year, drawing more and more visitors to the area. This post will focus on the Lighthouse Loop section of the trail which is probably the most popular section of the Wild Pacific Trail. If you want more info on the other sections or on the Wild Pacific Trail in general, visit the official website: http://www.wildpacifictrail.com/.
When we first hiked the Lighthouse Loop section 3 years ago, 50 percent of the trail was boardwalk....
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