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Cold morning in Banff

Kris — Mon, 07 May 2012 03:45:16 +0000

These last 2 pictures of our quick trip to Banff were taken right before we started our long drive back to Vancouver (around 850km). The day started out very cold at -15C in Banff and ended very warm at +22C in Vancouver, quite a contrast (37C difference…).

Last US Trip pictures + new website.

Kris — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 05:43:38 +0000

I was kind of bored of our old blog layout so I thought I would start from scratch and create a new website. Since we didn’t have a whole lot going on this weekend, I decided it would be the ideal time to get this done, so “Lo and Behold” our new website look, new About Us page, … . I hope everyone likes it and if you’re missing some functionality you want to see back from the old site or if you see bugs, please let me know!

I also managed to go through the last batch of pictures from our US trip, driving from Northern California into Oregon, right before we started the long way home through Oregon and Washington which was mainly driving (and spending a whole lot of money in Powell’s books…).

I hope you enjoy the new pictures and the new website!

Young Couple at Trinidad Beach State Park

Trinidad Beach State Park

House on the rocks

Lone rock on the beach

Empty Sea Lion's Cave, Oregon

Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone

Kris — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 02:33:45 +0000

I know these picture posts might be a bit boring, so I’m cutting my Yellowstone series short and will finish with some sunset pictures of Mammoth Hot Springs with a touch of Ine and Grizzly posing at Old Faithful Geyser.

Yellowstone’s Norris Geyser Basin

Kris — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 02:03:02 +0000

The Norris Geyser Basin is the hottest geyser basin in the park and is located near the northwest edge of Yellowstone Caldera near Norris Junction and on the intersection of three major faults. Norris Geyser Basin is so hot and dynamic because two faults intersect with the ring fracture zone that resulted from the creation of the Yellowstone Caldera of 640,000 years ago.

Yellowstone Pictures Pt.1

Kris — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 05:04:33 +0000

A day on the Oregon Coast

Kris — Sun, 29 May 2011 02:57:58 +0000

Remaining pictures of the last leg of our US trip from last year, a day of driving along the beautiful Oregon Coast. I guess this means we urgently need to start planning our next big trip…

First light falls illuminates the Hecata Head Lighthouse on the Oregon Coast. The lens of the lighthouse must have been the inspiration for the eye of Sauron in Lord of the Rings…

Early morning at Cape Perpetua on the Oregon Coast.

Yaquina Head Lighthouse

Sunset at the appropriately named Sunset Beach on the Oregon Coast.

Hope you like them!

Pacific Ocean Sunset

Kris — Wed, 11 May 2011 02:32:30 +0000

Sunset on the Coast of the Pacific Ocean in Ucluelet on Vancouver Island.

Ucluelet Pictures Part 1

Kris — Mon, 09 May 2011 02:05:02 +0000

Found some time on this lazy Sunday to process the pictures from our Ucluelet trip a couple of weeks ago. I’ll spread them over a couple of posts and here’s the first batch:

View from Radar hill in Pacific Rim National Park

Mr Tinybird, the hummingbird.

A Tide Pool along the Wild Pacific Trail

Relaxing in the Jacuzzi in our Terrace Beach Resort Cabin

Stay tuned for more.

The Ghost Town of Bodie, California

Kris — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 01:17:35 +0000

Bodie is a ghost town east of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in California near the Nevada border.

Bodie began as a mining camp following the discovery of gold in 1859 by a group of prospectors. By 1879, Bodie had a population of approximately 5000–7000 people and around 2000 buildings. Murders, shootouts, barroom brawls, and stagecoach holdups were regular occurrences in the Wild West boomtown.
Over the years, Bodie’s mines produced gold valued at nearly US$34 million.

Abandoned car in Bodie, California.

The first signs of decline started in 1880 when promising mining booms in Butte, Montana; Tombstone, Arizona and Utah lured men away from Bodie. By 1910, the population was decline to a mere 698 people and by 1920 only 110 people were left in town.

Bodie is now an authentic Wild West ghost town and in 1962 it became Bodie State Historic Park. With a total of 170 buildings remaining, Bodie was named California’s official state gold rush ghost town.

Grizzly, the lone Bodie survivor posing with Ine.

Mono Lake, CA

Kris — Sun, 20 Feb 2011 23:33:51 +0000

Mono Lake is a lake in Mono County, California, formed at least 760,000 years ago as a terminal lake in a basin that has no outlet to the ocean. Because it lacks an outlet, dissolved salts make the lake very alkaline and salty. Between 1941 and 1982 water flowing into the lake was diverted to provide water for Los Angeles which caused the lake to shrink drastically, exposing the previously submerged tufa towers which can be seen in the pictures.

The lake was recently in world news when NASA discovered the first known microorganism on Earth able to thrive and reproduce using the toxic chemical arsenic, which opens up the possibility of life on planets which were previously deemed inhabitable. You can find more info on this on the NASA website.
Since this was discovered AFTER Grizzly visited the area, we’re still convinced Grizzly left some alien poo, since we all know he is an alien from Planet Fluffy. (Some of his kind are not so secretive about it though…)

Anyway, enough talking, time for some pictures: