Photos
These pictures were taken in August of 2010, as I drove across the country from Vancouver to Nova Scotia. Most of the pictures have very little to do with tree planting, but some of them show some great Canadian scenery.
A heron on a small lake.
The next several photos are scenery between Pemberton & Lillooet, in British Columbia.
Getting closer to Kamloops, British Columbia.
Now further north, up past Mackenzie, British Columbia.
A logging truck. These are pretty small logs, but it's good to see any sort of activity in the logging & silviculture activity.
Lots of dead (red) pine trees outside Mackenzie, which have been attacked by the Mountain Pine Beetle.
Sarah laughing at my dog, Milo.
Close to Jasper National Park, in Alberta.
Wild mountain sheep.
Downtown Edson, Alberta.
Driving through Alberta.
Canadian wheat.
Clover.
My truck.
The prairies are pretty flat, for the most part.
Near Drumheller, Alberta.
Sarah & Milo.
Early morning on the prairies.
Oil patch facilities.
A farm in Saskatchewan.
There really are lots of antelope, "home on the range."
A bale of hay.
Lots of hay bales.
Modern day grain elevators. The old wooden structures are rapidly disappearing from the prairies.
Salt in Saskatchewan.
Another pile of salt.
Milo, in Saskatchewan.
Regina, Saskatchewan.
More grain elevators.
Flags. I don't know the significance.
Welcome to Manitoba.
A large tree on the side of the road just west of Portage La Prairie, Manitoba. This has always been a landmark for me when driving across the TransCanada Highway, since this tree is on a very flat section of the highway and can be seen from about eight kilometers away.
I can't remember exactly where this was. Somewhere in Northern Ontario, possibly Vermillion bay or Rossport?
An Inukshuk, alongside the TCH.
A plaque to commemorate the last spike at Feist Lake.
The English Bay Inn. This place was great.
A cut block on the side of the TransCanada.
Switching time zones, yet again. Canada has quite a few time zones.
Leaving Thunder Bay.
A glimpse of Lake Superior. It's pretty big.
Taking a break on the shore of Lake Superior.
A highway road sign. I should have taken photos of all the amusing road signs. This one probably means, "trucks exploding out of the ditch." I didn't get a photo of the "badgers crossing" sign in BC (really), nor of the confusing sign in Alberta that can best be described as "unicyclist juggling."
A cell phone tower in Ontario.
A cat-tail.
Goodbye Elton John. This road is in an area with several gold mines.
Even more dangerous than trucks exploding out of the ditch is school buses exploding out of the ditch.
Back to Lake Superior photos.
This photo was taken outside of White River. I drove through this exact area quite a few years ago when there was a major forest fire and the highway was shut down for quite a while. It's good to see how fast and thick the pine are coming back.
Wawa, Ontario.
That's quite a mouthful.
Sand dunes along Lake Superior.
Still overlooking Lake Superior. It's pretty big - bigger than some countries.
I'm being chased by a lot of big trucks.
Stopping at Meagan's cottage for the night.
My dog is ridiculous. Meagan's is puzzled.
Thinking about going fishing.
Going kayaking.
A large spruce beetle on my shoulder.
This is a good point.
Stuck in traffic in Montreal.
About to enter the Lafontaine tunner under the St. Laurence River.
In the tunnel.
Leaving Quebec, and entering New Brunswick. I had to turn around to take this photo, of course.
A collection of some common Canadian insects.
Sorry, but this is the only photo that I have from any of the four Atlantic Provinces. This is the CBC radio tower array outside of my hometown of Sackville, New Brunswick. These towers were the inspiration for the name for my recording studio (Thirteen Towers) and record label.