I stopped at the Tantalus Lookout a couple of times over the last few days during my Sea to Sky travels.
Category Archives: Travel
Sunrise at Alice Lake
Sunrise at Alice Lake near Squamish, BC, this morning. I was up at 6:30, and wandered over to the lake from the campground. I realized that the sun would peek over the mountains to the east if I sat on the beach for awhile, and soon there it was.
Lovely to greet the morning in peaceful silence, without another soul in sight.
Eventually there was some noise as this raspy Steller’s Jay checked me out as I was watching the sunrise.
Loon, Sea Lions, Seal at Porteau Cove, BC
There were lots of sea lions making a racket at Porteau Cove, BC, today, along with a lone Harbor Seal, and a Common Loon.
Turkey Vulture, Deer, Audubon’s Warbler on Pemberton Valley Road
While camping at Alice Lake near Squamish for a couple of nights, I drove up to Pemberton, and went out the Pemberton Valley Road hoping for wildlife photos.
Turkey Vulture
Audobon’s Warbler
Great Horned Owl Near Douglas Lake, BC
I spotted a large owl in a copse of trees on the Douglas Lake Road near Merritt, BC.
We turned around, and eased the vehicle back toward it, and it allowed me only a couple of quick shots before it took off.
Great Horned Owl.
Sunny Day in the Snow at the Sea to Sky Gondola
A gorgeous sunny day to take in the Sea to Sky gondola near Squamish, BC, and walk some trails at the top.
Steller’s Jay
Will get around to sharing some GoPro video another day. . .
Dusty Desk-Drawer Find – Guam Marathon
A back-of-a-desk-drawer find tonight.
I do not recall doing a marathon in Guam.
I do remember running an event there, but it was more likely a 10K.
I also remember two other things while I was there:
1) I bought a nice Hawaiian-style shirt. The saleswoman in the hotel shop quided me to a more subdued one than my initial choice. I remember she said “you don’t want to go back to Japan looking like a Yakuza!” 
2) I badly sunburned the tops of my feet while relaxing for a day or two after the race — the only area I forgot to slather with sunscreen. . .
Sad That TV Japan is Leaving Cable & Doubling in Price
We’re sad that TV Japan will no longer be available via cable. We’ve had a subscription here in Canada for many years at around C$18/month.
It’s the channel we watch together the most (my partner is Japanese), and it likely takes up the most PVR recordings.
It’s got amazingly photographed documentaries and nature shows.
Heart-warming family shows like Kazoku ni Kampai with Tsurube, and travel/history/geography/geology fave Tamori.
Morning talk show Asaichi that explores interesting places in Japan, good food, and social and health issues.
The quirky Instruction Manual Theatre.
Natural Grandeur of the East with its mind-blowing nature videos.
Somewhere Street that travels the world to document cities and their historical sites and local food. . .
Kokoro no Tabi in which we follow a crusty old dude who cycles around Japan to visit sites suggested by letters from viewers for sentimental reasons. . .
“My late mother loved walking a path to a beach near . . . .”
“The best years of my life were in elementary school in . . . where we’d climb a hill . . . ”
They are moving to an online streaming service — at US$25/month, or nearly C$40/month. Sigh. That’s over double. . .
We’ll probably cough it up, but sometimes “progress” sucks, eh?
I’ll Always Love Saskatchewan Skies
Grain elevators in the distance against a brooding, snow-coming-soon sky during a trip to Saskatchewan last week.
I left Saskatchewan in the mid-80s, but damn, I’ll always love those skies. . . Sunny, stormy , . .
They are all gorgeous.
I lived and worked in Japan for nearly 15 years, and since then I’ve lived on Canada’s west coast for over 20 years, and love the mountains, the ocean, the rivers.
But I’ll always be a Saskatchewan boy at heart.
Saskatchewan Skies
Wintry skies in Saskatchewan on a recent trip to visit relatives.
Water tower and grain elevators, Wakaw
