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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This week we learned about the snowy owl's visit to Vancouver. We've heard it's pretty rare to see these birds down here. They migrate south once every 4 or 5 years. They normally call the Arctic Circle home, but when their main food source (lemmings) declines they seek other places.
This weekend we drove to Boundary Bay. We weren't the only ones out there, several cars were parked along the road. We walked up to the dyke trail and it didn't take us very long to figure out where the owls were. We scanned the marsh and were able to count 4 or 5 owls in a blink of an eye.
Really impressive!...
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Monterey is probably one of the nicest places (and one of the most expensive places) in California, but I'll always remember it as the place where I got slapped on the head by a Pelican... It seems that it is possible to take wildlife pictures with a wide angle lens, but you might get into some close encounter scenarios.
Anyway, pictures! Enjoy :)
Steller Sea Lion Naptime
Who says you can't do bird photography with a wide angle lens? I present you: Wide Angle Pelican
Conquering the waves
Lone Cypress on the 17 Mile Drive
Monterey Sunset
Ine...
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It's been several years since we've been on a "ski holiday". We've been skiing and snowboarding a lot in the last few years, but it was always just for the day (two at most). Don't get me wrong, we love the fact that we can go out just for the day, but it's different than going skiing for an entire week.
We decided to change that this year, and so we ended up booking a longer ski trip. Together with a few friends we went to Big White Ski Resort, BC. It was our first time ever out there and it was truly amazing! It's so different than any other ski resort we've been to. The resort is located...
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We won't be having internet access in the next few days so we just wanted to wish everyone a Happy New Year. We hope everyone their wishes and dreams may come true this year!
Below some pictures of one of our activities from the last few days.
Instructor explaining everything
Kris
Kris waiting to go
Mom and Dad getting ready!
Having fun on the lake: Mom, dad, Kris and Ine
Lot and Fred
We had an awesome time! First we went on some trails with the snowmobiles and after riding around we were guided to a frozen lake. Because it was an open space we were allowed...
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Morro Bay is a small waterfront town between Los Angeles and San Francisco. The town's most striking feature is Morro Rock, a 576 foot high volcanic plug and the harbor which is located right by the rock allows you to have a very nice dinner or stroll at sunset.
Anyway, pictures:
Morning mist at Morro Rock.
Grizzly enjoying some morning playtime.
The dunes factory...
More Grizzly playtime
A Marbled Godwit, aka bird
Morro Rock Sunset
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This weekend we decided to go snowboarding and skiing on Cypress Mountain. We've been there before, but only for snowshoeing. We can now finally say we've been on all three local mountains for snowboarding and skiing.
I'm pretty certain Cypress has the biggest ski area of all three and therefore would be our new favourite local mountain.
Cat and Kris
Top of Mt. Strachan
Cat on Mt. Strachan
Facing East
Ready to go down
Kris, Cat and me
Pretty cloudy down there!
Sea-to-Sky
On Sunday we hiked the Buntzen Lake Trail. We figured Grizzly was in desperate need of some exercise and to make...
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From LA we took the Pacific Coast highway all the way back to Vancouver. The name kind of gives it away, it's a route along the coast. The Californian coast is very pretty, but we do have to admit we like the Oregon Coast better.
One of our first stops was San Luis Obispo and even though our hotel was located there, we actually spend most of our time in Morro Bay. A beautiful little town in California. Lots of little gift stores, artist galleries, nice restaurants and very dog friendly.
Below some pictures of our route along the coast.
Morro Bay
Dinner at the Gallery (awesome restaurant,...
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Time for another blog post about our trip.
We left Vegas and chose to drove along Route 66. I didn't think about it at the time, but when you decide to take that stretch of road, you probably want to be well prepared. There's no gas station, houses or restaurants (civilization for that matter) for miles! We obviously made it to our destination but just something to think about.
Our first stop was Joshua Tree National Park.
Joshua Tree National Park
We didn't spend a lot of time in the park, because it was too hot to leave Grizzly in the car. It's a nice park, but I do think that the best...
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Because we didn't want to drive all the way from Yellowstone to Vegas in one trip we decided to spend the night in Midvale. Little town in Utah, nothing special, except for an amazing Thai Restaurant: Thai Spice. The reason why I'm mentioning it: the best Thai place I've ever been to!
On our way to Midvale, we drove through Grand Teton National Park. We asked the rangers what the best location was to spot some animals and he told us to take a little dirt road called Pacific Creek Road. It was a very nice route, but we didn't get to see any animals sadly enough.
Grand Tetons
On the picture...
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