Victoria harbour has the distinction of hosting the second highest daily number of float plane landings and take-offs in the world, beaten only by Anchorage,...
More musical abstracts today. This was taken just outside the Seattle EMP Museum where there is a kids’ play park with some really interesting and different...
Seattle’s EMP Museum (it used to stand for “Experience Music Project”) houses a fascinating collection of music, film and video-game...
I had expected Victoria to be picturesque but I was taken aback by just how lovely the city and its famous waterfront is. I was also rather surprised at how compact...
The inner harbour waterfront in Victoria, B.C. is dominated by two buildings – the Fairmont Empress Hotel and this one, the British Columbia Legislature....
Today’s hiking was around the China Beach and Mystic Beach areas near Jordan River on Vancouver Island. We arrived at China Beach pretty early (by vacation...
Just before sunset yesterday evening, we were caught in a short rain shower as we walked around the inner harbour of Victoria, British Columbia. One pleasant...
I must admit that I wasn’t much of a fan of Dale Chihuly’s glass art before coming up to Seattle on this trip. What I had seen of it always...
We’re heading across to Vancouver Island this morning and spent last night in a hotel close to the ferry terminal. This rail bridge was close by and made...
During our NxNW2015 trip, we spent the first day and night in Seattle and were very fortunate to be invited to visit the top floor of the University of Washington...
We’ll stay with the Space Needle today. One of the challenging things about shooting popular landmarks is finding some way to capture the scene that...
The Space Needle was built for the 1962 Worlds’ Fair and was, at that time, the tallest building west of the Mississippi. It’s elevators take...
Flying out of Seattle is always a hit-and-miss affair for me. I try to pick a seat that will give me the best view of Mount Rainier but it seems that I normally...
I can’t think of any more iconic sight in the city of Seattle, Washington, than the Space Needle seen here from Kerry Park. The 605-foot tower was privately...
Our annual NxNW photoblogger trip is underway! Most of us arrived yesterday afternoon and spent the time wandering around downtown. After a leasurely dinner...
The sleepy little town of Wimberley is about 20 minutes from us. Nikki lived there in a little house down by the river when we first met and our youngest...
As a lover of modern architecture, I had a great time during the morning Nikki and I spent in La Défense during our trip to Paris last year. The business...
We’re planning another vacation to Canada for this summer so here’s a shot from my last trip north of the border in 2009. This was taken from...
Let’s stay in London today. Here’s a shot from the famous Great Court in the centre of the British Museum.
One of the (many) highlights of our summer trip back to the UK last year was a ride on the London Eye. The views of the city from the top are amazing.
