Bird on a Rope with a Seed

Bird on a Rope with a Seed

by Stephen Downes

| 2024366, chickadee, québec, Syndicated
October 18, 2024

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...
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Riviere Rouge

by Stephen Downes

| 2024366, brebuf, canada, laconception, québec, Syndicated
July 12, 2024

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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Chateau Frontinac

by Downes

| 2024366, carnival, chateau, québec, Syndicated, winter
February 4, 2024

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 ...
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Claudia Bouvette

by Downes

| 2024366, carnival, claudiabouvette, concert, québec, Syndicated, winter
February 3, 2024

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
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Quebec Carnival

by Downes

| 2024366, bonhomme, carnival, québec, Syndicated
February 2, 2024

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...
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La Verendrye

by Downes

| 2023365, bikepacking, cycling, forest, laverendrye, québec, Syndicated
August 10, 2023

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...
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Parc du Lac-Beauchamp

by Downes

| 2023365, forest, gatineau, québec, Syndicated
June 25, 2023

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
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Forêt-la-Blanche Ecological Reserve

by Downes

| 2022365, autumn, fall, forest, foretlablanche, québec, Syndicated
October 24, 2022

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....
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Sentier Iroquois

by Downes

| 2022365, duhamel, québec, sentieriroquois, Syndicated
September 12, 2022

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...
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Bikepacking Anticosti Day 12

by Downes

| 2022365, anticosti, bikepacking, camping, québec, Syndicated, wilderness
September 9, 2022

August 18, 2022. Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixKHv3Bb4yM&list=PLeBQHgzQN9x... Rain day in Port Menier https://flic.kr/p/2nKzJ3x
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Bikepacking – Day 6

by Downes

| 2022365, anticosti, biklepacking, camping, québec, Syndicated
September 3, 2022

August 12, 2022. Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYHgTGDQcVQ This is fog over Baie Martin. https://flic.kr/p/2nJkog3
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Sept-Iles

by Downes

| 2022365, anticosti, bikepacking, ferry, québec, septiles, Syndicated
August 31, 2022

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
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Politicians

by Downes

| 2018365, ca, canada, dorval, québec, Syndicated
November 10, 2018

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...
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Papa

by Downes

| 2018365, ca, canada, gatineau, québec, Syndicated
January 6, 2018

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...
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Christmas Moose

by Downes

| 2017365, ca, canada, csps, gatineau, québec, Syndicated
December 20, 2017

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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