Seaplane Over Vancouver

October 5th, 2020 Before relocating from Canada in spring of 2018, I was given the gift of a seaplane flight over Vancouver. In a mere 30 minutes, the plane departed from the harbor, crossed over the Lion’s Gate Bridge and Stanley Park, turned north to the Sea to Sky Highway, circled closely over snow-covered West Lion mountain and returned to

Now Boarding

October 4th, 2020 After yesterday’s visit to Pacific Spirit and Stanley parks in Vancouver, today we’re at the harbor for the next adventure. We’re taking to the sky but this time we’re not aboard the magic carpet. Climb in, buckle up and get ready for your first flight in months! See you tomorrow!Kelly Photos of the Day: Adding a bit

Repost of the Day: Autumn at Stanley and Pacific Spirit

October 3rd, 2020 More fall! Nature speaks in deep reds and golden yellows at Stanley Park and Pacific Spirit Regional Park in Vancouver. Leaves are like confetti, celebrating the end of another summer. Enjoy! Tomorrow we’re back on the magic carpet, on our way to the next destination. Kelly Repost of the Day: Adding a bit of light to the

To the Moon!

October 1st, 2020 Happy Mid-Autumn Festival! In celebration of the day and tonight’s harvest moon, here are a few photos of the lunar eclipse of 2015 which also took place on the same day as the 2015 Mid-Autumn Festival. I photographed the moon from the balcony of our city apartment, with the blue glow of Vancouver’s B.C. Place reflecting on

Repost of the Day: Pure Color at Butchart Gardens

September 30th, 2020 The Mid-Autumn Festival is tomorrow so after Tuesday’s mooncakes in Southeast Asia, we’re flying the magic carpet back across the Pacific to view the spectacular fall foliage on Vancouver Island. Also, I recently learned a new word: lagniappe. It means extra, perk, tip or bonus. And I have a bonus for you today! After our recent adventures

Pure Color at Butchart Gardens

An October afternoon at Butchart Gardens, in photos. Heavenly! Are words even necessary? Not really, other than mentioning that Butchart Gardens is just outside Victoria on Vancouver Island. Trails lead through 55 acres of trees, plants and flowers, still cared for by the Butchart family more than 100 years after Jennie Butchart transformed the former limestone quarry into a complex

Sea to Sky and Peak to Peak

Storms have been rolling through Vancouver during the past week, so I thought I’d share two recent local adventures before fall turns to winter. The Sea to Sky and Peak to Peak experiences sweep you up, down and all around the mountains between Squamish and Whistler, B.C. Both outings take you right into the wilderness within one to two hours

A Quest to See Killer Whales

We were very lucky on our quest to see killer whales yesterday. We spotted quite a few of them, just south of Vancouver in the Strait of Georgia, not too far from the shoreline at the airport. Sockeye salmon are spawning right now — heading toward the Fraser River — but they have to get past all of these killers