Quebec Carnival
February 17, 2025. One more from Quebec Carnival as we arrived home (very late) on the train today. Still way better than driving would have been. https://flic.kr/p/2qMg7bU
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Night Parade
by Stephen Downes February 16, 2025February 15, 2025. Photo from the night parade at Quebec Carnivale. We were here for a conference at Universite Laval and added a couple of days to enjoy the city. https://flic.kr/p/2qM1pyS -
Bird on a Rope with a Seed
October 18, 2024. On the way home from Mont Tremblant we stopped to see the Sentir des cimes, a skywalk and forest tower. The season was perfect with brightly coloured leaves and nice fall weather. Along the way there were birds, and this was one. htt... -
Riviere Rouge
July 11, 2024. This is the Riviere Rouge at Brebuf, which I finally visited by bicycle. That wan't my plan, but there was a lot of construction on the P'tit Train du Nord trail between Tremblant and Labelle, so I took an alternate - and much longer, a... -
Chateau Frontinac
February 4, 2024. We had another fun day at the Carnival today, walking 7 kilometres around Quebec City (including up the escarpment after the funicular stopped running. This is the classic photo of the Chateau in the same style taken by thousands of ... -
Claudia Bouvette
February 3, 2024. This is Claudia Bouvette in concert a the Quebec Carnival. Easily the coldest concert we've ever been to. We spent the day enjoying Carnival. https://flic.kr/p/2pwhk8Y -
Quebec Carnival
February 2, 2024. We spent the day driving to Quebec City today for the opening on Quebec Carnival. Though it's a Canadian institution, this is the first time we've even been to it. We got out passes this evening and retreated to the hotel in the face... -
La Verendrye
August 10, 2023. This is today, Day 12 on my ride to La Verendrye via Véloroute des Draveurs (out) and Petit Train du Nord (back). I saw exactly one other bikepacker out there. View progress here: ridewithgps.com/users/5664109 https://flic.kr/p/2oUWsa... -
Parc du Lac-Beauchamp
June 25, 2023. This is the trail through Parc du Lac-Beauchamp, at the eastern edge of Gatineau. It was an easy 5 km walk, though it was warm and the smoke from the firest fires filled the air. https://flic.kr/p/2oKxfYr -
Forêt-la-Blanche Ecological Reserve
October 23, 2022. We went for a hike in the Forêt-la-Blanche Ecological Reserve today, 4.6 km and 314 m of elevation gain. It felt a lot easier this time than the last time we were there. Beautiful fall day, warm and sunny, still with some good colour.... -
Sentier Iroquois
September 11, 2022. The is the river along the Sentier Iroquois near Duhamel, Quebec. It's an area of rugged beauty. Andrea and I went for what turned out to be a strenuous 8 km hike up to the falls and back on a sweltering late summer day. A lot of wo... -
Bikepacking Anticosti Day 12
by Downes September 9, 2022August 18, 2022. Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixKHv3Bb4yM&list=PLeBQHgzQN9x... Rain day in Port Menier https://flic.kr/p/2nKzJ3x -
Bikepacking – Day 6
August 12, 2022. Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYHgTGDQcVQ This is fog over Baie Martin. https://flic.kr/p/2nJkog3 -
Sept-Iles
August 9, 2020. Bikepacking Anticosti Day 3 - www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6iEqkbEQ8w - A full day on the ferry, a quick walk through Sept-Isles, arrival (at last!) at Anticosti. https://flic.kr/p/2nHQ8yb -
Politicians
November 7, 2018. The flight home. Here I am in the small section of Montreal airport where they stuff people into mini-airplanes. The politicians headed to places like Moncton often flow through here. I find it interesting that politicians look, act a... -
Papa
January 5, 2018. I was in Gatineau for the day today working with the people at CSPS on the business intelligence project (it was my introduction to using IBM Cognos). I spotted this on the way home. According to Google Maps it's called Papa. I quite l... -
Christmas Moose
December 19, 2017. I was in Gatineau today to do a workshop with the people at CSPS where we talked about business intelligence, data analytics, KPIs, and such. On the way out I spotted what was probably intended to be a reindeer but to me looked much ...
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