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Awoke one morning to a fantastic cloud display in the sky above our site. We were camping in Bonnechere provincial park late in the summer. I shot using a D1X and a Sigma 15-30 + Cokin ND grad filter.

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Came across this bridge and stream while out walking around the town of Pitlochry in Scotland.

Photo of the Day

Rocky mountains near Banff, Alberta, Canada. Caught the early morning sun skimming across these peaks on my way to Banff. Shot with Nikon D200 and Nikon 24-120mm VR lens.

Summer fun in Maine

What could be sweeter than a summer road trip to Maine, going with your good friends! We headed out on a road trip to Maine this July with the Melmoth family to enjoy some ocean side camping and to put our first major long haul on the recently acquired tent trailers. Our first destination was Old Orchard beach, we camped at Wild Acres, not really all that wild but a nice family campground only a 5 minute bike ride from the ocean. Old Orchard beach is fantastic with great sand and awesome waves. The kids spent hours building sand castes and playing in the beautiful waves. Water was chilly but fun, skim boarding and boogie boarding were a blast on this stretch of the Maine coastline.






The amusement park right beside the ocean was a huge hi with young and old alike. The kids all did their first "big kid" rides and sampled a pile of "carny" food. Our next camp site was in Bass Harbour located on Mount Desert Island, we stopped for lunch in Freeport and a look around LL Bean on our drive to Bass Harbour. Bass Harbour is a nice working harbour and the location of a beautiful lighthouse, camping was more rustic but the facilities were fine. Highlight of the trip was a whale watching excursion that took us off shore about 20 miles, we saw several whales and were entertained by the number of folks who were seasick. Managed to have a nice big lobster dinner before we headed for home. More photos here.

Hot summer days at Bear Creek

The hot humid summer weather has finally hit us in the Ottawa area, even the wind is hot. We were invited up to our good friends camp in the Pontiac region of Quebec for a couple of days relaxing by their spring fed private lake. Lots of kids on hand having a blast, swimming, fishing, boating and general fun. The kids have all become fantastic swimmers and are now all professional "Canon ball" practitioners, I hope the floating dock survived their assault on the lake. I haven't swam this much in a long time, the water was refreshing, you didn't want to get out and as soon as you did all you wanted to do was get back in. Thanks to Jill and Matt at Bear Creek Outdoor Centre for all their hospitality! More photos here.

Parc Tremblant - awesome!

We spent 4 days camping in Parc Tremblant, what a beautiful place. Only a 2.5 hour drive from Ottawa it offers some fantastic camping, scenery and adventure. We were able to get a campsite in the Corniche campground, there are only 5 sites all waterfront on Lac Monroe. We were in the Diable section of the Parc which offers up lots of hikes includinga couple to stunning outlooks over the area and lots of canoeing and kayaking opportunities. The weather was typical of this summer with beautiful sun mixed with sudden torrential downpours. We are going back this fall to take in the beauty of the fall colours. More photos here.