Ottawa Pride
August 25, 2024. We went to the Pride parade in the city today. It was a shorter parade than usual but the crowd was as large as ever. We always attend but made a special point of it this year. https://flic.kr/p/2qc6JCF
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Football
August 24, 2024. The opening kickoff of tonight's RedBlacks game, a hard fought and very entertaining win over the BC Lions. Football in Ottawa is fun again! Also did some writing this morning and got out for a bike ride this afternoon. https://flic.k... -
St. Albert
August 23, 2024. The view from my bicycle entering St. Albert from the rest. The bridge crosses the Nation River. Started the day with a meeting, then filling in a spreadsheet for management, and some writing, with a late afternoon bike ride. https://... -
Architecture
August 22, 2024. This is the wall of the Metro here in Casselman down by the highway. To me, it paints a picture of a society that has given up. No effort has been made to make it attractive or even not ugly. What really caught my eye was that there w... -
Flasks
August 21, 2024. Coffee mugs and flasks on sale at the Starbucks near my office (by 'near' I mean 1.2 km - the NRC campus is a food and services desert). Longish day today with a thorough Research Ethics Board meeting in the afternoon. Since our force... -
Hydrangeas
August 20, 2024. Taken in the evening in low light using the long lens from in side my home office. I've been a bit off all day, maybe have a bit of a bug, or just didn't sleep right. Experimenting auto-posting this to Mastodon. I hope they appreciate... -
Bumper Crop
August 12, 2024. First day back in the office since before my bike ride and this is what I found. You may recall back in June I found a potato left on my desk had sprouted. I put it into some water and then in mid-July put it into some dirt. I gave it... -
Flooded
August 11, 2024. The walking trail at Lavigne Natural Park near Bourget, where we tried to take our weekly hike today. The weather wasn't great and the trail conditions even worse so we called it after only half a kilometer or so. Nice pictures though... -
Tim’s Mug
August 9, 2024. A new Tim Hortons mug I bought on the Quebec trip to get my bike. The traditional Tim's mug has all but disappeared, so I was glad to find this. That's a CFL game on the screen in the background - I like the way they have one game a ni... -
RedBlacks
August 8, 2024. The RedBlacks make their entrance into tonight's football game. It was a game not to be missed, as it went into overtime, we thought we won it, then we thought we lost it, and as we were on the way out the teams returned to play some m... -
La Pocatière
August 7, 2024. The view from the biking trail near La Pocatière. We picked up my bike in Rimouski and on the way back scanned the entire roite between La Pocatière and Kamourasks looking for my tent poles, including a segment that has to be covered b... -
Magic Masala
August 6, 2024. Magac Masala flavoured potato chips, purchased at a Subway in Drummondville. I put in a day of work, then took Andrea in to her doctor's appointment this afternoon, then we drove to Riviere du Loup on our way to pick up my bike in Rimo... -
Waiting
August 5, 2024. This was taken at 1:30 a.m. as I sat waiting for my train in Rimouski, which would ultimately be an hour late. The plan was to leave it locked there at the train station and drive back and pick it up in a couple days. https://flic.kr/p... -
Island
August 4, 2024. My final day on the trail. This is an island in the St. Lawrence I passed on my way to Rimopuski. Day 15. Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_eI09ewcPk&list=PLeBQHgzQN9x... https://flic.kr/p/2qaChPG -
Chicken
August 3, 2024. Day 15 of my trip, waking up at L'Islet and going to a campground near Bic, about 40 km. Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=69ns98_RXmE&list=PLeBQHgzQN9x... https://flic.kr/p/2q8UFsz -
Rivière-des-Caps
August 2, 2024. Day 14 of my trip. A better day, a long 80 km day. Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WK4xX_7FSI&list=PLeBQHgzQN9x... https://flic.kr/p/2q8SaSt -
La Pocatière
August 1, 2024. Day 13 of my trip and somewhat unlucky, as I lost my tent poles somewhere between this sign and my stay at Kamouraska. Video" www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7DoSrvL0L4&list=PLeBQHgzQN9x... https://flic.kr/p/2q8Tkwy -
Unlucky
August 1, 2024. 80 km day. The tent poles you see on this bicycle disappeared some time through the day. Unlucky. Day 13 of my ride. Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7DoSrvL0L4&list=PLeBQHgzQN9x... https://flic.kr/p/2q8r3zy -
Out of Sherbrooke and to happier trails
July 27, 2024. Day 8 of my trip. Goyt out of Sherbrooke and on to a rail trail. Happier times. Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lckdnFzKS6o&list=PLeBQHgzQN9x... https://flic.kr/p/2q8xc5V -
Sherbrooke
July 26, 2024. From Mont Orford to Sherbrooke. A frustrating day. Day 7 of my trip. Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRBieBwmyTQ&list=PLeBQHgzQN9x... https://flic.kr/p/2q8qHih -
Coffee
July 25, 2024. Day 6 of my trip. This is coffee. Rest day at Mont Orford park (little did I know it would be my last rest day of the trip). Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=CeOSB3tmgVI&list=PLeBQHgzQN9x... https://flic.kr/p/2q8pJzY -
Kamousaska to Orford
July 24, 2024. Kamouraska to Mont Orford parks. Day 5 of my bike trip. Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CvzAPjdWZg&list=PLeBQHgzQN9x... https://flic.kr/p/2q8vrKf -
Montreal
July 22, 2024. Day 3 of my bikepacking trip. From one end of Montreal to the other. Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5R4HqBy00A&list=PLeBQHgzQN9x... https://flic.kr/p/2q8tvja -
St Justine to West Montreal
July 21, 2024. Day 2 of my bike trip. St Justine to West Montreal. Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zj4urUVfFc0&list=PLeBQHgzQN9x... https://flic.kr/p/2q8uJym -
Lansdowne Park
July 19, 2024. Looking at the back of the stands at Lansdowne Park in Ottawa. We were there for the RedBlacks game (which we won!). I worked from home today, and after work set up the bicycle for my trip starting tomorrow. Here's the set-up video and ... -
Office Farming
July 17, 2024. This is the latest photo of my self-starting potato in my office. I've given it some dirt and lots of water. I'll be away for a couple of weeks so who knows whether it will make it. But I'm giving it the best chance. https://flic.kr/p/2... -
Rideau Street
July 14, 2024. This is Rideau Street at the Bay. It was so hot we went mall walking instead of hiking, bought some essential stuff, and stayed cool. https://flic.kr/p/2q5bEnk -
St. Lawrence
July 13, 2024. This is the St. Lawrence River near the Long Sault parkway. It was a bright brilliant and very hot day today, and because people were driving so badly I decided to stick to off-road bicycle trails, so I went from the Lost Villages memor... -
Fenceline
July 12, 2024. We drove home from Tremblant today, sadly. But we were back early enough that I could get out for a short ride. This is a fenceline I see every time I do the St. Albert loop. https://flic.kr/p/2q41mQh -
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...
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