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TCI Check… Flame… nope…

Raj — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 00:59:11 +0000

Well I took the girls to TCI and had a great time. You can see the full gallery here and read my Trip Advisor review here. It was quite something to say the least and it is a place that now rivals Disney in my heart. If I want a “do something” vacation, I’ll hit the Parks, if I want to do nothing, I’ll hit TCI. Finally, as the Flame has passed Edmonton now, I don’t think I’ve got a chance this time around to run it… maybe the next Olympics that come by… I should be 50 something by then.

Mountain trips are done

Raj — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 14:36:14 +0000

A shot from Jasper - the Athabasca River.

Well, the traveling part of September is over, and now the only interesting thing is the Turkey Trot (I’ll be doing the 8k route tomorrow). It will be Aishani’s first fun run… well, she’ll be wheeled.

The gallery from Banff and Jasper is online, be sure to check out the shot of the Milky Way.

Home at last

Raj — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 16:51:08 +0000

Well, I’m done traveling for a while and I’m glad to be home – not that it’s going to be any less busy – Turkey Trot is coming up on the 26th here. While in Banff and Jasper I got some great sky shots, I’m working on getting them posted soon.

The Resort

Raj — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 22:47:50 +0000

Just in case anyone is wondering, or is trying to book (or had booked for them via Hotels.ca et.al) “The Resort at Canmore”, it doesn’t exist. It’s really the Worldmark by Wyndham.

Shots from Victoria are up

Raj — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 14:30:09 +0000

Courtesy of Me

Victoria certainly was an adventure. First trip with all the kids, first flights, first time to the Inner Harbour (I think). Travel is always worth it, and when I can score a few good shots from the process, why not. My Victoria album is online now.

Humpback!

Raj — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 03:39:37 +0000

Saw a Humpback in the wild, likely from about 700m away, but wild as likle closer than I’ll get for a while. Was totally worth the money, had there been no whale, then the “rock sausages” wouldn’t have quite tipped the scales, as cool as they were. Seeing Bald Eagles would have have blown the top off this experience, or saved a non whale trip.

Sci100 Archivist

Raj — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 16:10:34 +0000

It looks like I will be headed to Jasper after Banff as the archivist for Science 100. I’ll be taking stills and video of all the cool goings on there.

September in the Mountains

Raj — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 13:49:15 +0000

Courtesy of shenxy

This September is going to see us in the mountains quite a bit. First to Victoria, which really doesn’t have that many mountains in the area, but BC is still all about mountains. Following that, within a few days, we are off to Jasper. Hopefully between the two trips on either side of the Rockies I can pull out some good shots. Topping it all, I might still have a chance to go with Sci100 on the field trip to Jasper like I did last year.