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I went to Watersprite Lake
Watersprite Lake is a newly blazed trail near Squamish loaded with panoramic views, turquoise water, varied terrain, and a cabin built by the British Columbia Mountaineering Club. The Lower Mainland has so many hikes, every hike is a new hike . . . but this one is so new the trail even looks fresh! The first three kilometers…
Thirteen States, One Province
Step One: Go to Uganda. Meet a Canadian. Get engaged. Step Two: Enjoy life as a bride. Step Three: Hang out with all the best friends in the mountains of Virginia at an outdoor, National Geographic-inspired wedding celebration. Step Four: Start Driving. Step Five: Keep Driving. Step Six: Drive for twelve days. Through thirteen states…
Brandywine Falls
On the side of the road just south of Whistler, BC there’s a tiny little brown side that points to the entrance for Brandywine Falls Provincial Park. Nondescript, apparently inconsequential, it was a impulsive detour. Inconsequential, nothing. A brief hike along a merry little stream confirmed our theory that it was going to be a…
My Survival Kit for Destination Photography
My newly-defined role as a destination photographer has been a long time coming. First there was that time in Germany when (as a fifteen year old) I walked around with not one…not two…but THREE film cameras. I stood on a street corner in Heidelberg and knew I had been bit by the travel bug –…
12 Hours in NYC
Quick visits to major cities is my modus operandi. It’s becoming a habit, I think, and one I’m not trying to break: eight hours in San Francisco, Rome in 48 hours, three days in Washington, DC, and now a mere twelve hours in the largest city in the USA (and fourth largest in the world, according…
Be My Bridesmaid?
Aren’t we four and ten still? Writing secret messages back and forth when we were supposed to be asleep? (Sorry, Mom & Dad.) Aren’t we six and twelve still? Bickering over who had to make the bed and what the standard of “clean” would pass for a clean room? Aren’t we just eight and fourteen, facing the enormity of a…