tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18619543144618608042024-03-13T11:06:32.674-07:00Bentley ImagesJohn Bentleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12187662663902010926noreply@blogger.comBlogger76125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1861954314461860804.post-77048140734115428702010-10-20T16:08:00.000-07:002010-10-20T16:09:40.462-07:00dougal2.mpgI had to learn how to use some new software today, so I put this little slide show together....<br /><br /><object style="background-image:url(http://i1.ytimg.com/vi/LPQKEtCvAe4/hqdefault.jpg)" width="480" height="295"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/LPQKEtCvAe4?fs=1&hl=en_US"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/LPQKEtCvAe4?fs=1&hl=en_US" width="480" height="295" allowScriptAccess="never" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></object>John Bentleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12187662663902010926noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1861954314461860804.post-35057939482902774892010-10-19T09:25:00.000-07:002010-10-19T10:04:25.501-07:00Days 10 and 11 - Nova ScotiaWe had friends waiting for us in Halifax, so we said goodbye to Quebec City and hit the road toward the Maritimes. Halifax was almost 12 hours away, and we had just put in a full day of sightseeing in Quebec, so we stopped somewhere near Moncton for the night, and made it to our destination the following afternoon.<br /><br /><br /><br /><iframe width="425" height="350" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" src="http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?doflg=ptk&ie=UTF8&msa=0&msid=106687255406887194827.000492facc18cb6c0d861&ll=46.231325,-67.304295&spn=10.642102,18.676758&z=5&output=embed"></iframe><br /><small>View <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?doflg=ptk&ie=UTF8&msa=0&msid=106687255406887194827.000492facc18cb6c0d861&ll=46.231325,-67.304295&spn=10.642102,18.676758&z=5&source=embed" style="color:#0000FF;text-align:left">Quebec City to Halifax</a> in a larger map</small><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizjPginUs44FZ4_o3IyWxdg6rq1shVDGvlpJGmrR41VA8sRkMLVXS284npSq53mOYx6uZJnKvUXQ6bYIInk94lc5khCgRPct7oDLBD2_nGC-ZTwFJbqfvV6_DELb-DNHoScqNihwUKoPk/s1600/IMG_5743.jpg"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjvLeUx-rRo0cRVP4GGixiSzSNNqzi3aVhhGNOBNDuE8Xm6JQMvtcUTOjq8TQ8IqdTA1RVV7MakX85sc3PaHMZLT_2h9-_YSfmL3wkgHxhv6lh1FgJvFG0jwnYEVeas0624iP0p56LgX0/s400/IMG_5791.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5529802124257786066" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYsESkgN0p64sLq_cc9G8VcZVSH6IE4G81CtN6bAD7gwik3DyIRmbysjJ5MQzRBeKN8qIwY4T68Ze9EGg-vWFNwXPJx6M5dxdOaNZdJOcRi2Cyp0wUfqBzHhimRLpcRkhaBBjAROlhgcM/s1600/IMG_5828.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYsESkgN0p64sLq_cc9G8VcZVSH6IE4G81CtN6bAD7gwik3DyIRmbysjJ5MQzRBeKN8qIwY4T68Ze9EGg-vWFNwXPJx6M5dxdOaNZdJOcRi2Cyp0wUfqBzHhimRLpcRkhaBBjAROlhgcM/s400/IMG_5828.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5529802112469339698" /></a>John Bentleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12187662663902010926noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1861954314461860804.post-91120204956976642822010-10-19T09:02:00.000-07:002010-10-19T09:20:15.020-07:00Day 9 - 400 years of stuff to seeWe decided that since we only have a day in Quebec City, we should find a tour guide to show us the highlights. We hired a horse-drawn carriage to take us on a one-hour trip around the old city, which was well worth the time and cost. Every building has a story.<br /><br />Although I was impressed with the architecture and history of the buildings, it was the Plains of Abraham that really got to me. This beautiful park was the site of the 1759 battle that determined the fate of North America. It's no doubt the most important piece of real estate in the country, and one that every Canadian should see.<br /><br /><br />Well, you can't go sightseeing on an empty stomach!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwrpPtKOwdjyHrfs6BBq2UvIkyPdZqerO6K_JXjNVJIpiMRXTT-bZvUl242tAOoNnVK5E5f6m7hCopYcYBtqw-LDkOBXVuukIbRw-jzrwiY6q6RF_m_lYlo8Y9b5pS-1k6wTk1CyLMTLg/s1600/IMG_5579.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwrpPtKOwdjyHrfs6BBq2UvIkyPdZqerO6K_JXjNVJIpiMRXTT-bZvUl242tAOoNnVK5E5f6m7hCopYcYBtqw-LDkOBXVuukIbRw-jzrwiY6q6RF_m_lYlo8Y9b5pS-1k6wTk1CyLMTLg/s400/IMG_5579.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5529791711380411042" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUidMBVF1Luqg9fOzLW1-NMDRNAJVYpohFX-cry_RmQUoYps_bTLLFHZXHj08AwENCTiJ0GgvYDaKDMNbxYRtSxYLdsActC0Wb1ti_ciwULTkwOcxzpchUfO8c_YjczgZNwfZ8eOYsXxY/s1600/IMG_5614.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUidMBVF1Luqg9fOzLW1-NMDRNAJVYpohFX-cry_RmQUoYps_bTLLFHZXHj08AwENCTiJ0GgvYDaKDMNbxYRtSxYLdsActC0Wb1ti_ciwULTkwOcxzpchUfO8c_YjczgZNwfZ8eOYsXxY/s400/IMG_5614.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5529791640658140738" /></a><br /><br />Dougal meets his driver.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh07SL6pXzgoEt-DOJDIQy8VNLNgknOOO17DbIfJIoSjsK3CZJbNPkwxIfycrxw-XyaN6Y2XlvM3QGTf5SG_3S-82ySOaz-AgmLnKzMnhnnUnyfw7za5WUkfGO5Zo3cZe8uvvcfMqVAM0c/s1600/IMG_5626.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh07SL6pXzgoEt-DOJDIQy8VNLNgknOOO17DbIfJIoSjsK3CZJbNPkwxIfycrxw-XyaN6Y2XlvM3QGTf5SG_3S-82ySOaz-AgmLnKzMnhnnUnyfw7za5WUkfGO5Zo3cZe8uvvcfMqVAM0c/s400/IMG_5626.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5529791619834676674" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9TIA-N64i9dPLFE79dPrHWEnRV8FGMKYnaImsX2acb30TcYLcI1rti1lfiRzaweoULqZgp-tUCWmr9LxCfd6SSYlCPUS5vII7l5OVhyphenhyphenElkli3hX5o7A3cysdPjWmbDIkNqGLYBr0yokc/s1600/IMG_5649.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9TIA-N64i9dPLFE79dPrHWEnRV8FGMKYnaImsX2acb30TcYLcI1rti1lfiRzaweoULqZgp-tUCWmr9LxCfd6SSYlCPUS5vII7l5OVhyphenhyphenElkli3hX5o7A3cysdPjWmbDIkNqGLYBr0yokc/s400/IMG_5649.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5529791614922074226" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq_QRNamYY8iVu_2HCqxyQgzvi7lZ9UE5kpjWfpG9GW58oEvXzsDwvPg9afu6uabgZBiri701Rq_CV2YJnNB5pA0WjKx-u3ATaLDh59TUOtI3GkqJFlcgHSyKOmLhIMpNzisZyRtjUfYc/s1600/IMG_5678.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq_QRNamYY8iVu_2HCqxyQgzvi7lZ9UE5kpjWfpG9GW58oEvXzsDwvPg9afu6uabgZBiri701Rq_CV2YJnNB5pA0WjKx-u3ATaLDh59TUOtI3GkqJFlcgHSyKOmLhIMpNzisZyRtjUfYc/s400/IMG_5678.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5529791593699323890" /></a><br /><br />Plains of Abraham is a good place to throw a frisbee too.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0zdmNsiZce-eskJ1YSVfarE4gRN5Li60jEGQ4tyGIKAUxLtwYR4ohI3SPHwPOybxQa6CLaTf4InbTQgcHZDW4ryCSa4ThcQH7foWFFx4fZNezPn-3_62XGs8Py36Ga2OcZ1yZ2_OLpNU/s1600/IMG_5672.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0zdmNsiZce-eskJ1YSVfarE4gRN5Li60jEGQ4tyGIKAUxLtwYR4ohI3SPHwPOybxQa6CLaTf4InbTQgcHZDW4ryCSa4ThcQH7foWFFx4fZNezPn-3_62XGs8Py36Ga2OcZ1yZ2_OLpNU/s400/IMG_5672.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5529791588750618786" /></a>John Bentleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12187662663902010926noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1861954314461860804.post-90393509817679197132010-10-19T08:35:00.000-07:002010-10-19T09:02:33.586-07:00Day 8 - On to QuebecAfter a day of stationary serenity, we got the urge to ramble once again. Picked up a car in Ottawa, and moseyed up the St. Lawrence to Quebec City, a destination I was really looking forward to, since I had never been there. <br /><br />We got off to a good start: found a cheap room in the best hotel in town (and one of the best in North America), the <a href="http://www.saint-antoine.com/">Auberge Saint Antoine</a>. To celebrate, we took in an unforgettable meal at Panache, the hotel's restaurant. The food was amazing, of course, and the setting was truly Old World: the building was once a warehouse, and on display throughout the hotel were artifacts that had been dug up during the restoration process. The property has been in continuous use since the mid-1600s. Although the weather wasn't the best, we were looking forward to a full day of sightseeing in one of Canada's oldest cities.<br /><br /><br /><iframe width="425" height="350" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" src="http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?doflg=ptk&ie=UTF8&msa=0&msid=106687255406887194827.000492fa1f950aacf127e&ll=46.053685,-73.511705&spn=5.336765,9.338379&z=6&output=embed"></iframe><br /><small>View <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?doflg=ptk&ie=UTF8&msa=0&msid=106687255406887194827.000492fa1f950aacf127e&ll=46.053685,-73.511705&spn=5.336765,9.338379&z=6&source=embed" style="color:#0000FF;text-align:left">Cantley Quebec to Quebec City</a> in a larger map</small><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjfnmPGzz00Rhyphenhyphen6pmxl8vaX7JLeQddayoERIvp2s1Y5EY4qPN4JduFrFmrS0NLAhStqh-dsKfTgh4lLLsU1iXQbGmTKAjDrt010Daly0TKsM9bqxAcPYtRhXtoS0GC15lS5SKg0mOi_NY/s1600/IMG_5590.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjfnmPGzz00Rhyphenhyphen6pmxl8vaX7JLeQddayoERIvp2s1Y5EY4qPN4JduFrFmrS0NLAhStqh-dsKfTgh4lLLsU1iXQbGmTKAjDrt010Daly0TKsM9bqxAcPYtRhXtoS0GC15lS5SKg0mOi_NY/s400/IMG_5590.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5529787129030698002" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipUCMc8AVrNCnLtmJ3pNJ6_ek_TghmO5b7qhDVV6menS7GCbjcWGvVQ0b5WWjV48fFztWXgrdPplbCC5RHDsvRtDX3s7QemoAY1px_YInqomc9J5foHx-vgDVHtSfevOYYNHFxeBD93JE/s1600/IMG_5587.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipUCMc8AVrNCnLtmJ3pNJ6_ek_TghmO5b7qhDVV6menS7GCbjcWGvVQ0b5WWjV48fFztWXgrdPplbCC5RHDsvRtDX3s7QemoAY1px_YInqomc9J5foHx-vgDVHtSfevOYYNHFxeBD93JE/s400/IMG_5587.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5529787120533219186" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb36xHJfb4vG32Q39ZrFvZNUjasOwsrnVMv2s-0LpfpHemsR31X3mUX3T8MaEd7pch5pxV4Zk887qvxHXE8RpiCrNXujZ2j_Y7ieCwgpR13gHyIPJ_HFw6Aiwl6LxCLPz4Gj75g2s0XkQ/s1600/IMG_5586.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb36xHJfb4vG32Q39ZrFvZNUjasOwsrnVMv2s-0LpfpHemsR31X3mUX3T8MaEd7pch5pxV4Zk887qvxHXE8RpiCrNXujZ2j_Y7ieCwgpR13gHyIPJ_HFw6Aiwl6LxCLPz4Gj75g2s0XkQ/s400/IMG_5586.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5529787113177042530" /></a><br /><br /><br />The perfect dessert to follow Spit-roasted St. Appolinaire Duck!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitsXqWsLlPILSneVVdXjsoPEFK2xw_zYSakU67LKwGIET0Lduod-hMLd0eoiTylp6K6BDOSjRtX6aAJlX_rAKw7sB2517wgiUGcbLBF4F8V9k9sbUuzGm206Dxz0CGB5udTOoki2yDTJ4/s1600/IMG_5498.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitsXqWsLlPILSneVVdXjsoPEFK2xw_zYSakU67LKwGIET0Lduod-hMLd0eoiTylp6K6BDOSjRtX6aAJlX_rAKw7sB2517wgiUGcbLBF4F8V9k9sbUuzGm206Dxz0CGB5udTOoki2yDTJ4/s400/IMG_5498.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5529787098043036818" /></a>John Bentleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12187662663902010926noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1861954314461860804.post-26750930438617378462010-10-19T08:31:00.000-07:002010-10-19T08:35:56.946-07:00Day 7 - Chillin' in CantleyFinally, a day with no driving. Just sitting by the Gatineau River...<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJjI8JSV3m8PiXl5VKEu5oQ9BJ1HbB_CMCwzXExXOm_EmycN5xiiO94LELBgOS00DMZlTPhh2EZWXQsqWl1TpkDCJ8WhbDZSzoYzESXXz7LMVBml1tDjPjpRf9R8Q7vT28oZG88qiuE7g/s1600/IMG_5457.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJjI8JSV3m8PiXl5VKEu5oQ9BJ1HbB_CMCwzXExXOm_EmycN5xiiO94LELBgOS00DMZlTPhh2EZWXQsqWl1TpkDCJ8WhbDZSzoYzESXXz7LMVBml1tDjPjpRf9R8Q7vT28oZG88qiuE7g/s400/IMG_5457.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5529781201556376434" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhns-5k8Vg2Kc6yOhQw-scS1niZzHok1kYnOavvtApPTcmfdwgVbbbWYbMTQ3dIQW9xdlamxRj5ghxG1EBKQuIlinArS1D4NNml6qdmOpY2eJEAblVDCNVz3sOu25m0pmBfjaoHsfXZ8Ts/s1600/IMG_5464.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhns-5k8Vg2Kc6yOhQw-scS1niZzHok1kYnOavvtApPTcmfdwgVbbbWYbMTQ3dIQW9xdlamxRj5ghxG1EBKQuIlinArS1D4NNml6qdmOpY2eJEAblVDCNVz3sOu25m0pmBfjaoHsfXZ8Ts/s400/IMG_5464.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5529781196988383202" /></a>John Bentleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12187662663902010926noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1861954314461860804.post-88137888417224979272010-10-11T11:18:00.000-07:002010-10-11T11:26:42.056-07:00Day 6 - Ottawa awaitsI think my shutter finger was getting sore, because we only took a few photos despite the beautiful scenery. We made it to Ottawa easily, and enjoyed our first home cooked meal in a week.<br /><br /><iframe width="425" height="350" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" src="http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=106687255406887194827.0004925b66dd649efd934&doflg=ptk&ll=45.909122,-78.348999&spn=2.675695,4.669189&z=7&output=embed"></iframe><br /><small>View <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=106687255406887194827.0004925b66dd649efd934&doflg=ptk&ll=45.909122,-78.348999&spn=2.675695,4.669189&z=7&source=embed" style="color:#0000FF;text-align:left">Day 6 - Sudbury to Ottawa </a> in a larger map</small><br /><br />Steak dinner for Dougal. Is this Ottawa, or am I in doggy heaven?<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNtmd2q655r_U8rBqty7QBZP9I0X6JV5fqbxxG3nLNFUP8XVW1g2fJoC5pAlgU1K4xuP7wD8Jgzyjse09ys0hbA7VFMjeyZuhCpyKvb5ZwdXR_FjKH3rhBnbVC3pnESXTnwLr_RFFpIYs/s1600/IMG_5356.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNtmd2q655r_U8rBqty7QBZP9I0X6JV5fqbxxG3nLNFUP8XVW1g2fJoC5pAlgU1K4xuP7wD8Jgzyjse09ys0hbA7VFMjeyZuhCpyKvb5ZwdXR_FjKH3rhBnbVC3pnESXTnwLr_RFFpIYs/s400/IMG_5356.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526856301945819522" /></a>John Bentleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12187662663902010926noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1861954314461860804.post-52093777866444564062010-10-11T10:34:00.000-07:002010-10-11T11:17:12.555-07:00Day 5 - Thunder Bay to SudburyLotta driving today, not much time to stop and take photos. We had to take some shots of Lake Superior, though. It was a very windy day and the lake had ocean-size waves rolling across it. This was a very beautiful, but rugged, part of the trip. The highway was only 2 lanes wide with lots of curves as it hugged the lake for several hundred miles. This was the only leg of the trip where we saw an accident. Two of them, actually, both moving trucks that appear to have just slid off the road. Furniture everywhere. Talk about a yard sale...<br /><br />That night we said goodbye to our traveling companion Chris, who was on his way to his new home in Huntsville the next morning, while we had our sights set on Ottawa.<br /><br /><br /><iframe width="425" height="350" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" src="http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=106687255406887194827.0004925adae36bbb52a7a&ll=47.75678,-85.14613&spn=5.170752,9.338379&z=6&output=embed"></iframe><br /><small>View <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=106687255406887194827.0004925adae36bbb52a7a&ll=47.75678,-85.14613&spn=5.170752,9.338379&z=6&source=embed" style="color:#0000FF;text-align:left">Day 5 - Sudbury to Thunder Bay</a> in a larger map</small><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ5x-nMeOZaFGvBgJlIk4lSZq99jQ9YPbXefXvDdfx5yBdTKkTU_5PaR__QJaqqKqmO1PKxLv6qomlj2Oramu_8GAMv3uWhX_1oPi3ajC0UsJBnAazGvNPWzzw1SAkZrp4aRY3EDJZQIc/s1600/IMG_5335.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ5x-nMeOZaFGvBgJlIk4lSZq99jQ9YPbXefXvDdfx5yBdTKkTU_5PaR__QJaqqKqmO1PKxLv6qomlj2Oramu_8GAMv3uWhX_1oPi3ajC0UsJBnAazGvNPWzzw1SAkZrp4aRY3EDJZQIc/s400/IMG_5335.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526848658319339586" /></a><br /><br /><br />Proof that dogs can indeed take catnaps.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBk-kUadFqcsMqecWylWbu0qU3RrhPqyuzx-HVf0Ds1tIa4QKZYuFZV5s29bxovwrWmLHPjwCBczbKfv9h0tQc7FVslw8HOCStAzJT-nJC9IT5Ev9EtehyTYkdZz3K_rEDx0v1YlGKTPA/s1600/IMG_5332.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBk-kUadFqcsMqecWylWbu0qU3RrhPqyuzx-HVf0Ds1tIa4QKZYuFZV5s29bxovwrWmLHPjwCBczbKfv9h0tQc7FVslw8HOCStAzJT-nJC9IT5Ev9EtehyTYkdZz3K_rEDx0v1YlGKTPA/s400/IMG_5332.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526848649806088018" /></a><br /><br /><br />Northern Ontario going for the southern California look.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuDkDASRR7-hYIBnA5LTncxilqQYV8BtuXVbBowNO9FJ-wj7bDkOMkzIysOGu4ydm5-AKDQq69vSGNupsnVIxa_GOVNwFCDZ71SkrGatM5h63xW4O-M6ficoCoDp9e0UgNc38I0rNee9k/s1600/IMG_5322.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuDkDASRR7-hYIBnA5LTncxilqQYV8BtuXVbBowNO9FJ-wj7bDkOMkzIysOGu4ydm5-AKDQq69vSGNupsnVIxa_GOVNwFCDZ71SkrGatM5h63xW4O-M6ficoCoDp9e0UgNc38I0rNee9k/s400/IMG_5322.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526848330974626802" /></a><br /><br /><br />Goodbye, you crazy old U-Haul, you...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIjWMgPSjbICIDFNSbFaowo5Lf9K-EDu0t6pWsLsOo1QV94f_sO3f5qwc2a_F9-uiYmdUIc2tXmMVcxXUMFpDxIXqFaftl6sUOK1Bav69NwLCtt0p5doX5hi-Oz8ycVjf2GTtyUt99gBo/s1600/IMG_5341.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 284px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIjWMgPSjbICIDFNSbFaowo5Lf9K-EDu0t6pWsLsOo1QV94f_sO3f5qwc2a_F9-uiYmdUIc2tXmMVcxXUMFpDxIXqFaftl6sUOK1Bav69NwLCtt0p5doX5hi-Oz8ycVjf2GTtyUt99gBo/s400/IMG_5341.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526848663048834882" /></a>John Bentleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12187662663902010926noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1861954314461860804.post-64077711213691299152010-09-26T09:07:00.000-07:002010-09-28T00:02:50.848-07:00Day 4 - Thunder BayThe motel in Verdin was a little underwhelming, to say the least. I thought all those big rigs parked in the lot meant the place was pretty nice. I guess truckers can be wrong sometimes too. It was next door to a Tim Horton's though. But then again, pretty much <span style="font-style:italic;">everything</span> on this highway is next to a Tim Horton's.<br /><br />Since we had only planned on getting as far as Regina the night before, we were now officially ahead of schedule, which was a good thing because the eastern Ontario leg is only two lanes, and the weather was starting to get dicey. Thunder Bay was our destination tonight -- a good 12 hours of driving awaited us. Plus a stop at the <a href="http://www.mint.ca/">Royal Canadian Mint</a> in Winnipeg. We found a nice little motel in the country that night, and collapsed into bed.<br /><br /><iframe width="425" height="350" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" src="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=Virden,+Manitoba,+Canada&daddr=Thunder+Bay,+Ontario,+Canada&hl=en&geocode=FZCm-AIdK-H7-Sn79rMDEjbnUjEWQtUF1wytgQ%3BFTrE4gIdnOOt-imN6RZMdyFZTTF0ix2PNFcFPQ&mra=ls&sll=49.85729,-121.724885&sspn=2.135511,6.328125&ie=UTF8&ll=49.17757,-95.101325&spn=5.02749,9.338379&z=6&output=embed"></iframe><br /><small><a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=embed&saddr=Virden,+Manitoba,+Canada&daddr=Thunder+Bay,+Ontario,+Canada&hl=en&geocode=FZCm-AIdK-H7-Sn79rMDEjbnUjEWQtUF1wytgQ%3BFTrE4gIdnOOt-imN6RZMdyFZTTF0ix2PNFcFPQ&mra=ls&sll=49.85729,-121.724885&sspn=2.135511,6.328125&ie=UTF8&ll=49.17757,-95.101325&spn=5.02749,9.338379&z=6" style="color:#0000FF;text-align:left">View Larger Map</a></small><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCNXB9HMAcEsNpuw8JSFdMJ1_6XJ3EBAd1P4z_AcPVFA5GwNsg2VQcCgYfaAmMFLu3tR-eef5PrVP2FE0HejIy4ZdUT4LQ2XyrO5ZbkLK4XC0xVZfzkX0ggx09-8xCaDjWHYw2QmJP9po/s1600/IMG_5252.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCNXB9HMAcEsNpuw8JSFdMJ1_6XJ3EBAd1P4z_AcPVFA5GwNsg2VQcCgYfaAmMFLu3tR-eef5PrVP2FE0HejIy4ZdUT4LQ2XyrO5ZbkLK4XC0xVZfzkX0ggx09-8xCaDjWHYw2QmJP9po/s400/IMG_5252.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5521288170053876690" /></a><br /><br />Typical road fuel. A cross country drive is not a good place to start a diet...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-lunCUIemyPQskrQZODzZ4HMTvvsctaI8Cy9gub_5S8_EZBPx52pxofoos4FiLL_Xuou8mMyzF_PzTOKY9qlrNfe72u4A8AWjTsJxIC7iExTjH9BcEc1Xx9Y3aEcIo1oO7bcmEcDi5do/s1600/IMG_5277.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-lunCUIemyPQskrQZODzZ4HMTvvsctaI8Cy9gub_5S8_EZBPx52pxofoos4FiLL_Xuou8mMyzF_PzTOKY9qlrNfe72u4A8AWjTsJxIC7iExTjH9BcEc1Xx9Y3aEcIo1oO7bcmEcDi5do/s400/IMG_5277.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5521288888553722594" /></a><br /><br />A very rare giant quarter where the Queen looks kind of like a fluffy dog... <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEwrLRNzdJLT0xioUCZbQwObS1JULeO-gtE-8vznD1QaYqWgOoGhu5Q9AgrTBC-TIduS-6WG8c2uBYh_0w1aB_2so6qLGawVNtPhYOBvZvnsdX2I2LjEXxM1f6AkZYZK8SQ3jqeuMIifI/s1600/IMG_5263.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEwrLRNzdJLT0xioUCZbQwObS1JULeO-gtE-8vznD1QaYqWgOoGhu5Q9AgrTBC-TIduS-6WG8c2uBYh_0w1aB_2so6qLGawVNtPhYOBvZvnsdX2I2LjEXxM1f6AkZYZK8SQ3jqeuMIifI/s400/IMG_5263.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5521288881430846930" /></a><br /><br />Sunflowers as far as the eye can see.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzJAfwYXaw9YyaSJatQQrkgFmslXci6EIUYLYKFNS1YCzKfL9o42VHcBDtRJuqZoOt4NaT2P-5ILMejf4ecb6dXDgsdJookOVdB2IGOhICT3YCp-EIoX1mafw_uusKsAsDGMIuq8_5WXM/s1600/IMG_5245.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzJAfwYXaw9YyaSJatQQrkgFmslXci6EIUYLYKFNS1YCzKfL9o42VHcBDtRJuqZoOt4NaT2P-5ILMejf4ecb6dXDgsdJookOVdB2IGOhICT3YCp-EIoX1mafw_uusKsAsDGMIuq8_5WXM/s400/IMG_5245.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5521288870573965570" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj17_xCpKeZi5hCEFlJLfV4DW4h96JO_1h5muHQrimwjKzRjk5l6Nr_SuviJuB20knNu318zwAAgV1BNvyKusPMCrGLfvi1yuQfn4pahbKtFyb5b3oU_tC5PUWM7Ea5hbqfVzKq1giBI8g/s1600/IMG_5283.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj17_xCpKeZi5hCEFlJLfV4DW4h96JO_1h5muHQrimwjKzRjk5l6Nr_SuviJuB20knNu318zwAAgV1BNvyKusPMCrGLfvi1yuQfn4pahbKtFyb5b3oU_tC5PUWM7Ea5hbqfVzKq1giBI8g/s400/IMG_5283.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5521290848509712994" /></a><br /><br />Our hideaway for the evening. this shot was actually taken the next morning cause we didnt get to the place until very late the night before.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRWJPlHmZ27VKLapoJ4y4vp-BaQRumIcOw8kGUaB4j7FPLOQEFJBhdkhNCztS3G5WR-kzr374yu9ESBe_dMqV_8h1ilYUhVhp-dNoZFGXRPQ3o4WfHM-IDbCH_gQx7yzer_4k6HfT2DTA/s1600/IMG_5296.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRWJPlHmZ27VKLapoJ4y4vp-BaQRumIcOw8kGUaB4j7FPLOQEFJBhdkhNCztS3G5WR-kzr374yu9ESBe_dMqV_8h1ilYUhVhp-dNoZFGXRPQ3o4WfHM-IDbCH_gQx7yzer_4k6HfT2DTA/s400/IMG_5296.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5521290853217814674" /></a>John Bentleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12187662663902010926noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1861954314461860804.post-80332153996325637252010-09-21T08:53:00.001-07:002010-10-11T11:14:57.815-07:00Day 3 Picking up speedAfter a detour to the Calgary airport to drop off one wife, one dog and two kids, the three remaining humans, one dog and two birds continued eastward, through the wheat fields and oil wells of Alberta and Saskatchewan. We stopped every few hours to get some exercise and take a few photos. The mosquitoes were waiting for us at every turn. We made it as far as Virden Manitoba that night, a little over 1000 kilometres. I was expecting miles of parking-lot flat vistas and acres of wheat fields, and was surprised at the rolling terrain and beautiful scenery. <br /><br /><iframe width="425" height="350" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" src="http://maps.google.ca/maps/ms?gl=ca&doflg=ptk&ie=UTF8&msa=0&msid=106687255406887194827.000490c71e5d06c2425d6&ll=49.887557,-106.875&spn=9.91325,18.676758&z=5&output=embed"></iframe><br /><small>View <a href="http://maps.google.ca/maps/ms?gl=ca&doflg=ptk&ie=UTF8&msa=0&msid=106687255406887194827.000490c71e5d06c2425d6&ll=49.887557,-106.875&spn=9.91325,18.676758&z=5&source=embed" style="color:#0000FF;text-align:left">Day 3 - Calgary to Virden Manitoba</a> in a larger map</small><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9UBpzBhCG2HODfbLQz2TAjqdyRzRXdoJNn6q008D42kKFtduLMgzWDbzEUrzUQ9ORjyGMs4z4b8MQT6QW2g1KIVehk66mwFebJ1nG9YKHftGRp8Cp5aD63K2LY1xS8ieRhIyUqOm5KZM/s1600/IMG_5175.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9UBpzBhCG2HODfbLQz2TAjqdyRzRXdoJNn6q008D42kKFtduLMgzWDbzEUrzUQ9ORjyGMs4z4b8MQT6QW2g1KIVehk66mwFebJ1nG9YKHftGRp8Cp5aD63K2LY1xS8ieRhIyUqOm5KZM/s400/IMG_5175.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519399028201340082" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmNoEPmwRZB7_b1kW5Bo7RljxwJlbOGLb11AgCfw8a0pq9HyuQ72nMFYJ9m_x-6gXEpVeK-o9L-iIKyreW8g70cAGcX8q93TrOkqXDoAEOHN6qc_rLgxI1HwPYOJQfq0k-K4XuQF3Glhw/s1600/IMG_5185.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 188px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmNoEPmwRZB7_b1kW5Bo7RljxwJlbOGLb11AgCfw8a0pq9HyuQ72nMFYJ9m_x-6gXEpVeK-o9L-iIKyreW8g70cAGcX8q93TrOkqXDoAEOHN6qc_rLgxI1HwPYOJQfq0k-K4XuQF3Glhw/s400/IMG_5185.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519399025564689090" /></a><br /><br /><br />There's a dog in there somewhere...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG6iohjWbqy6tWH2Znhu_ZCmn8O80YgDm4cW_VdgpnHcuP7S7Z936RGkxFNtJcpl8hgXBYaDGKgY_2LmZfYf1HMeyfhOm58Bi8po80EjdL0__Kx0FH9XCrbG5Ps_QG5G67fvEY1Bj8pnI/s1600/IMG_5201.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 203px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG6iohjWbqy6tWH2Znhu_ZCmn8O80YgDm4cW_VdgpnHcuP7S7Z936RGkxFNtJcpl8hgXBYaDGKgY_2LmZfYf1HMeyfhOm58Bi8po80EjdL0__Kx0FH9XCrbG5Ps_QG5G67fvEY1Bj8pnI/s400/IMG_5201.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519399016927835122" /></a><br /><br />There he is! Frolicking through the wheat fields...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtuCHZcKR0iTpiiR7Y9FY8C4fnbQ8YLt2ooAI7rl2ixMsCAfzpSjOWgCNpkWYu5pSrRi3aV860S6r0I2ZGk_KmBiG6QNiuUFbKwJ70TqPzbl1SAIY785hhXyq01uux0q4tE-1_nkFHx4Q/s1600/IMG_5210.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 205px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtuCHZcKR0iTpiiR7Y9FY8C4fnbQ8YLt2ooAI7rl2ixMsCAfzpSjOWgCNpkWYu5pSrRi3aV860S6r0I2ZGk_KmBiG6QNiuUFbKwJ70TqPzbl1SAIY785hhXyq01uux0q4tE-1_nkFHx4Q/s400/IMG_5210.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519398869232345938" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSzUUOWnDzCa_i29a-Sp03NCux8kNSx9we1cOVJxqSOjV4Ai8WZGJuOehWEe0vpoX1hS_v76dSCW9hEcze-xvN7YRb3hgfVMIFj3ZiYPWezeK0MkL0uDycxcykIcruyOq-SuWNV-5BJLM/s1600/IMG_5212.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 216px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSzUUOWnDzCa_i29a-Sp03NCux8kNSx9we1cOVJxqSOjV4Ai8WZGJuOehWEe0vpoX1hS_v76dSCW9hEcze-xvN7YRb3hgfVMIFj3ZiYPWezeK0MkL0uDycxcykIcruyOq-SuWNV-5BJLM/s400/IMG_5212.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519398867750366466" /></a><br /><br />... As opposed to Swift Current, 'The Standoffish, Snooty, Unfriendly City'.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsNeL1KyuEt8Tk9c-xXElJ0oS3t5G9Bl7vV1ifinL-p6eMz3N4XacdfL7tLm3G8PuhHnWoly5_y8xhYLCjAG4ZwNx0P19GGOuSYzE_q7ht7ZrfOTEA93EgsItnNQ4niAE7XIPFLLMidWA/s1600/IMG_5230.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsNeL1KyuEt8Tk9c-xXElJ0oS3t5G9Bl7vV1ifinL-p6eMz3N4XacdfL7tLm3G8PuhHnWoly5_y8xhYLCjAG4ZwNx0P19GGOuSYzE_q7ht7ZrfOTEA93EgsItnNQ4niAE7XIPFLLMidWA/s400/IMG_5230.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519398855764688978" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjnt1wrq9VhyphenhyphensQ-nPYKU4-Yh4C0J1F-IS8fQzXwhoPhUAqaNAzyjLYnZ8lXWoC-_i3-kGhJIuI_SmLuYUkBjuurP_FO6CdIl0J_nT9Lt3DVvYu6T0E4Zk2sITTnL4eM6gP-UgHlI2Y9Oc/s1600/IMG_5233.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjnt1wrq9VhyphenhyphensQ-nPYKU4-Yh4C0J1F-IS8fQzXwhoPhUAqaNAzyjLYnZ8lXWoC-_i3-kGhJIuI_SmLuYUkBjuurP_FO6CdIl0J_nT9Lt3DVvYu6T0E4Zk2sITTnL4eM6gP-UgHlI2Y9Oc/s400/IMG_5233.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519398848000141186" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMPSYwfrXks258ICL_J6uTUNWORBUpn5GaTY6R5ue0OGHNZQ_ZncXAhhdDZwlgMkkt5UZkPnjD8EfpCmj-uJiJuokjBmOc596n0tx_nPojgD4wWFexOmZnZbfpHmidUxidxy1TZcvJCwU/s1600/IMG_5237.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 311px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMPSYwfrXks258ICL_J6uTUNWORBUpn5GaTY6R5ue0OGHNZQ_ZncXAhhdDZwlgMkkt5UZkPnjD8EfpCmj-uJiJuokjBmOc596n0tx_nPojgD4wWFexOmZnZbfpHmidUxidxy1TZcvJCwU/s400/IMG_5237.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519398842623052210" /></a>John Bentleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12187662663902010926noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1861954314461860804.post-77527349347020379602010-09-21T08:31:00.000-07:002010-10-11T11:11:04.458-07:00Road Trip Day 2After an easy drive to Kamloops the first day we decided to get serious about making some progress. We were determined to make it to Calgary the second night, so Rockies here we come. I was pretty impressed that a U-Haul filled with furniture and towing a minivan made it up and down those mountains with nary a complaint.<br /><br /><iframe width="425" height="350" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" src="http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=106687255406887194827.000490c6d83663d1dc238&doflg=ptk&ll=51.027576,-117.202148&spn=4.837623,9.338379&z=6&output=embed"></iframe><br /><small>View <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=106687255406887194827.000490c6d83663d1dc238&doflg=ptk&ll=51.027576,-117.202148&spn=4.837623,9.338379&z=6&source=embed" style="color:#0000FF;text-align:left">Day 2 Kamloops to Calgary</a> in a larger map</small><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPIRrkSM8ePEQJGzBvNH-CCXxBUYV4vdcYx1SQsymPTUXVE51CCf40gSAEZIkJp81hGS6W5wCobAa4zkaWPdqf9wZDTHd_bHtHrWeXT2sKsbUkPvdbrhaSStm3A77LHZBnJyWPhVysg58/s1600/IMG_5061.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPIRrkSM8ePEQJGzBvNH-CCXxBUYV4vdcYx1SQsymPTUXVE51CCf40gSAEZIkJp81hGS6W5wCobAa4zkaWPdqf9wZDTHd_bHtHrWeXT2sKsbUkPvdbrhaSStm3A77LHZBnJyWPhVysg58/s400/IMG_5061.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519392573517356226" /></a><br /><br />This is the location of the <a href="http://transcanadahighway.com/bc/Craigellachie.htm">Last Spike</a> on the Canadian Pacific rail line.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGe5zRJVrw0TqGiohleeUcNPbHz3GMePs2yub3EHHfkJkljHlP-8AJR9wXjHjG1U5oYQdUZXmEjEgOvpqnMqPZQdB_6sUm0g3cSUju9gPw4cSK1SCAYfOHQlu-OBzkiuEZUVnk3NdOUmA/s1600/IMG_5075.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGe5zRJVrw0TqGiohleeUcNPbHz3GMePs2yub3EHHfkJkljHlP-8AJR9wXjHjG1U5oYQdUZXmEjEgOvpqnMqPZQdB_6sUm0g3cSUju9gPw4cSK1SCAYfOHQlu-OBzkiuEZUVnk3NdOUmA/s400/IMG_5075.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519392580314903330" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmb2zpLHTwPHD449fZuASqwvLAiorSuF01k-aQzxbHqhNjHEf6qhN_-CNelvedNAc7rIvXwCDYzBj8QNIPUE_oZp_55N93LTAl0NOqnG9bWkzQCtvF6UEKmx4Gsm0BCrasFAqphNt93E0/s1600/IMG_5093.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 293px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmb2zpLHTwPHD449fZuASqwvLAiorSuF01k-aQzxbHqhNjHEf6qhN_-CNelvedNAc7rIvXwCDYzBj8QNIPUE_oZp_55N93LTAl0NOqnG9bWkzQCtvF6UEKmx4Gsm0BCrasFAqphNt93E0/s400/IMG_5093.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519392591081900530" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW_8R5ffSultX2A16Xp1CBzIO9HF50jHE1r-_3Pi6j3HDflvB8AwLHXSs0aaRxQpKr_GySA0IHH4W_M3LZxn50wvZljcHZQ8hST4YaxLYr4BN41RDJwZGMHa4ynbU7YaoiuFY5F86rBHw/s1600/IMG_5104.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW_8R5ffSultX2A16Xp1CBzIO9HF50jHE1r-_3Pi6j3HDflvB8AwLHXSs0aaRxQpKr_GySA0IHH4W_M3LZxn50wvZljcHZQ8hST4YaxLYr4BN41RDJwZGMHa4ynbU7YaoiuFY5F86rBHw/s400/IMG_5104.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519392599525834274" /></a><br /><br />Dogs wearing hats. They are everywhere in Lake Louise!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgafBnpSrHxOPptfpKxoJELmPgu3Ld8pb__Mlyn3WwF8gfjqq8JOVKBKtZCY_MNLUAeynbMOecwoDO-j9iWiCmdzZ9c_oRlH6IskyJJMo5TGr8icITTPvPrCO6fq9i2_7BOWAjAPN73WjY/s1600/IMG_5111.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgafBnpSrHxOPptfpKxoJELmPgu3Ld8pb__Mlyn3WwF8gfjqq8JOVKBKtZCY_MNLUAeynbMOecwoDO-j9iWiCmdzZ9c_oRlH6IskyJJMo5TGr8icITTPvPrCO6fq9i2_7BOWAjAPN73WjY/s400/IMG_5111.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519392603271940578" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUT8TDp0Lisjm4Z2uP1gmJPezD9UsorODy15JuQBDqTBiIjbnFuMrOi08jo3iS3npzULXn2YAFHwBGdhSFtwIUl6O-Vo01s2Et937M7A3Fv8y7W-HXLo-H6M-b1RezwPMqCPKpapR3S1Q/s1600/IMG_5123.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUT8TDp0Lisjm4Z2uP1gmJPezD9UsorODy15JuQBDqTBiIjbnFuMrOi08jo3iS3npzULXn2YAFHwBGdhSFtwIUl6O-Vo01s2Et937M7A3Fv8y7W-HXLo-H6M-b1RezwPMqCPKpapR3S1Q/s400/IMG_5123.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519392716060552162" /></a><br /><br />This is our rig: no sharp turns and no backing up - ever.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEEnuuIadTGwL-DRJ0kiXezZkipvNwN5sqCV11O-QoxVNPgO9-Ji7Qo_sloE2Xs0CU8WIAcJ4xU1RQ-XfbF1oDibqX1MvD6yXtiwImYrueaLQez6pkfk2tRkxJBi_EBFZx6uiwTZfuPgA/s1600/IMG_5124.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEEnuuIadTGwL-DRJ0kiXezZkipvNwN5sqCV11O-QoxVNPgO9-Ji7Qo_sloE2Xs0CU8WIAcJ4xU1RQ-XfbF1oDibqX1MvD6yXtiwImYrueaLQez6pkfk2tRkxJBi_EBFZx6uiwTZfuPgA/s400/IMG_5124.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519392723098776114" /></a>John Bentleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12187662663902010926noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1861954314461860804.post-54735604814348467962010-09-21T08:11:00.000-07:002010-10-11T11:08:45.078-07:00Road Trip!!! Day 1For almost 3 weeks it was just me, Sylvie and Dougal with nothing but miles of highway in front of us - destination: Halifax. Why? Because I've never driven across Canada before, and it just seemed like a good idea at the time.<br />We were travelling as far as Sudbury Ontario with some friends who were moving there, so we started out with 4 adults, 2 kids, 2 dogs, 2 birds, one station wagon and one 26-foot-long U-Haul moving truck towing a minivan. First stop was Kamloops, where our convoy invaded my sister's place for the first night. <br /><br /><iframe width="425" height="350" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" src="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=Vancouver+bc&daddr=Kamloops+BC&hl=en&geocode=FQt57wIdQIKp-CkllQ21IO6FVDEciNbXbMfgpg%3BFY9BBQMdn77T-CkxOw090yx-UzHnRWmaqpY-0g&mra=ls&doflg=ptk&sll=50.33571,-122.821441&sspn=0.016518,0.049438&ie=UTF8&ll=49.859235,-121.728516&spn=2.478964,4.669189&z=7&output=embed"></iframe><br /><small><a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=embed&saddr=Vancouver+bc&daddr=Kamloops+BC&hl=en&geocode=FQt57wIdQIKp-CkllQ21IO6FVDEciNbXbMfgpg%3BFY9BBQMdn77T-CkxOw090yx-UzHnRWmaqpY-0g&mra=ls&doflg=ptk&sll=50.33571,-122.821441&sspn=0.016518,0.049438&ie=UTF8&ll=49.859235,-121.728516&spn=2.478964,4.669189&z=7" style="color:#0000FF;text-align:left">View Larger Map</a></small><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyCECtLWBaUMonyBXn3lIDfRIBsbQYlxYLfnlpXcz-SqmddGp8fzV4qQ8fv1xndL7Pk2eg6vcBI2Nr7yihEKZ_O5e0l0gtvsu3AnVAwn6tQAQFEjNMxMV4PtrpTq5yZcB2bmydN_3EMEk/s1600/IMG_5030.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 291px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyCECtLWBaUMonyBXn3lIDfRIBsbQYlxYLfnlpXcz-SqmddGp8fzV4qQ8fv1xndL7Pk2eg6vcBI2Nr7yihEKZ_O5e0l0gtvsu3AnVAwn6tQAQFEjNMxMV4PtrpTq5yZcB2bmydN_3EMEk/s400/IMG_5030.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519386852487499698" /></a><br /><br /><br />When I see a 30 foot high statue of a duck, I have to take a picture of it. That's just the way I roll.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEint5nVbQ8IKxaJBQF7IMqpGp9SwCMrap4hZsgPnL5vwjbY8O2tzEPSMk5DO2vLUX-mGlgMzLdllGIiysxNwqgEdhYt-b-b9XgO02kQTP_d-1JCQhKnAvbpwFbZ5ig7-h8qSaL_qvbSQl8/s1600/IMG_5029.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 258px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEint5nVbQ8IKxaJBQF7IMqpGp9SwCMrap4hZsgPnL5vwjbY8O2tzEPSMk5DO2vLUX-mGlgMzLdllGIiysxNwqgEdhYt-b-b9XgO02kQTP_d-1JCQhKnAvbpwFbZ5ig7-h8qSaL_qvbSQl8/s400/IMG_5029.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519386862382283090" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioE-vcIokDKEHq87bVyXwuaOgHekRKMM0WxaWCyL0W-Ir6G1WNXOz_bUhuY5A9KEPVZJ_u_xSrtVjbuBCmoXJgABv6O4J93vGRTWHb6PdIykQUdRpFnsNIJyVspYN_jyYaFsyIDfsrB8M/s1600/IMG_5038.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 205px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioE-vcIokDKEHq87bVyXwuaOgHekRKMM0WxaWCyL0W-Ir6G1WNXOz_bUhuY5A9KEPVZJ_u_xSrtVjbuBCmoXJgABv6O4J93vGRTWHb6PdIykQUdRpFnsNIJyVspYN_jyYaFsyIDfsrB8M/s400/IMG_5038.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519386869119307714" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLtFn1w-GSNhCFMiK0UK3E946CZ-RrghbV_be7GpR18tCSSJjcBLpX_4MpesLbF2NsXxtOo6jEjwL0LVDbITrGVF1Sg0R3Uv7H_1Bupy6moiW1e15tWrgT9noVve-A3L1wAwnM0foG3Os/s1600/IMG_5045.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 292px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLtFn1w-GSNhCFMiK0UK3E946CZ-RrghbV_be7GpR18tCSSJjcBLpX_4MpesLbF2NsXxtOo6jEjwL0LVDbITrGVF1Sg0R3Uv7H_1Bupy6moiW1e15tWrgT9noVve-A3L1wAwnM0foG3Os/s400/IMG_5045.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519386876474800482" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHIyrFfWkqQ07NtBOp4lvkoG6ok7cydQqwbX8RV0aZg30-zsbfDp3bHImMhnnmDm4R8LB41avTsxbM5EOMv74068tfOJBakIYu5EUDzLqBWgPOY8OYjxxe3hDyBPr0etF32tD1hnwIuNE/s1600/IMG_5047.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 178px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHIyrFfWkqQ07NtBOp4lvkoG6ok7cydQqwbX8RV0aZg30-zsbfDp3bHImMhnnmDm4R8LB41avTsxbM5EOMv74068tfOJBakIYu5EUDzLqBWgPOY8OYjxxe3hDyBPr0etF32tD1hnwIuNE/s400/IMG_5047.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519386890490414674" /></a><br /><br />The Merry Pranksters. Plus my sister.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRvuiROOAnId_y6ldHPAXd6PketZI-bgeJ6AEkkQSZW6T2I8ymTjyBcTRU3VVw35eaXCpQsJd4prVSH87sqgc3J7W3MTlElyD7RlmwgDkOv-FisnIqHue5ADKuLwNy7_4lEU0rp8dtWtE/s1600/IMG_5060.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRvuiROOAnId_y6ldHPAXd6PketZI-bgeJ6AEkkQSZW6T2I8ymTjyBcTRU3VVw35eaXCpQsJd4prVSH87sqgc3J7W3MTlElyD7RlmwgDkOv-FisnIqHue5ADKuLwNy7_4lEU0rp8dtWtE/s400/IMG_5060.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519388307632634386" /></a>John Bentleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12187662663902010926noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1861954314461860804.post-88757871677100690432010-08-20T22:42:00.000-07:002010-08-20T22:55:03.298-07:00Hendrix was here...Grandma and Grandpa Hendrix that is. According to the plaque on the front lawn of this Strathcona heritage home, the Hendrixes lived here from 1938 to 1952. Grandson Jimi apparently came up to visit from time to time. I was asked to shoot this beautifully restored home by the good folks at <a href="http://www.trilliumprojects.com">Trillium Projects</a>. Hendrix House can be found at 827 East Georgia.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrqAtg8ZuZNWTU64d6W3UW2F8-8swrskH6EzZheeubz3qfr_u3yLK4fssYBRPWgp6ZfCq7_EtMi9e8-i5lpseAjIhce0R_1dJu7GKCiqV7I4Q5sVAggZkETiPWYQXGQfnJpL8dV6iIITk/s1600/IMG_2904.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrqAtg8ZuZNWTU64d6W3UW2F8-8swrskH6EzZheeubz3qfr_u3yLK4fssYBRPWgp6ZfCq7_EtMi9e8-i5lpseAjIhce0R_1dJu7GKCiqV7I4Q5sVAggZkETiPWYQXGQfnJpL8dV6iIITk/s400/IMG_2904.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5507737181735175810" /></a>John Bentleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12187662663902010926noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1861954314461860804.post-35231240101819768392010-08-10T22:08:00.000-07:002010-08-10T22:22:50.173-07:00Front Row CentreUsually when I walk in a room with floor to ceiling windows like this I get a little nervous. Lighting up a room this size, and avoiding huge reflections in the windows from my flashes, can be daunting. But I recently switched over to a new photographic technique which involves taking the same shot at different exposures and blending them together. What you end up with is an image that has very few dark shadows or overexposed areas, and it's all done with ambient light - no flashes.<br /><br />I shot the larger rooms and the window views that way, and I'm pretty happy with the result. It's more time on the computer, but less time on location. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9hqhzXJAcxcH5af419lb-dRuy8vBAbZSt9q7xMrRK3nBHvfzX_wkM1WQ65e6W6HBLza6nyzNnvz4FUAt2R6sJu9tQ1iiSWm_eT3aUPpFb7bCuUozHmcVjAJM2qsTbs7HsDyrQMjGjpGo/s1600/IMG_0625_26_27_28_29_30_fused.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9hqhzXJAcxcH5af419lb-dRuy8vBAbZSt9q7xMrRK3nBHvfzX_wkM1WQ65e6W6HBLza6nyzNnvz4FUAt2R6sJu9tQ1iiSWm_eT3aUPpFb7bCuUozHmcVjAJM2qsTbs7HsDyrQMjGjpGo/s400/IMG_0625_26_27_28_29_30_fused.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504018145577736658" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpEPkhC9193ferOUR3t-PKfdr00ldq2dnHBTYTOvomv3SbDSGFkzf5ypg2gZsraJX4-yS-Dtl5p2Ud7TL7A0f75y5zBNCgtECwhxncwO8Y4Dfr-u3KF8R3DXVBG3LuupvOS1e5sCgKu3o/s1600/IMG_0638.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpEPkhC9193ferOUR3t-PKfdr00ldq2dnHBTYTOvomv3SbDSGFkzf5ypg2gZsraJX4-yS-Dtl5p2Ud7TL7A0f75y5zBNCgtECwhxncwO8Y4Dfr-u3KF8R3DXVBG3LuupvOS1e5sCgKu3o/s400/IMG_0638.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504018135035209298" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw6FBtPDylfQa4Akas1w5tWnUhPXOswuq_rKkDzAZYej9jWpFPZCEx5niGAdAVZneFg0JTdZ_rOKVJv5jAe1C7C5PvXMariBjnHrHxSNAYD6mpj8BghCpWCsYlP_uiIIni8-6wvHUz_yQ/s1600/IMG_0621_2_3_4_fused.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw6FBtPDylfQa4Akas1w5tWnUhPXOswuq_rKkDzAZYej9jWpFPZCEx5niGAdAVZneFg0JTdZ_rOKVJv5jAe1C7C5PvXMariBjnHrHxSNAYD6mpj8BghCpWCsYlP_uiIIni8-6wvHUz_yQ/s400/IMG_0621_2_3_4_fused.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504018132078617346" /></a>John Bentleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12187662663902010926noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1861954314461860804.post-9635139973527375582010-08-09T08:43:00.001-07:002010-08-09T08:49:30.220-07:00... And Man Created DogIf you're a dog lover (and if you aren't, what's wrong with you?) you will want to check out this National Geographic special<Br><br /><embed src="http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/channel/videos/satellite/satelliteEmbedPlayer.swf" bgcolor="#000000" flashVars="videoRef=08486_00&shareURL=http%3A%2F%2Fchannel.nationalgeographic.com%2Fepisode%2Fand-man-created-dog-3136%2FVideos%2F08486_00&embedConfigFileName=config.xml" allowFullScreen="true" name="flashObj" width="496" height="279" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" swLiveConnect="true" allowScriptAccess="always" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash"></embed>John Bentleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12187662663902010926noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1861954314461860804.post-28341289909218569732010-08-08T07:42:00.000-07:002010-08-08T10:24:38.241-07:00Another Trillium ProjectShooting renovations is much different than shooting for realtors. For reno jobs, I can focus on the details of the room, rather than trying to make the room look as big as possible. And views are not important at all, so I can use more subtle lighting for the interior.<br /><br />The images below are from a recent <a href="http://www.trilliumprojects.com/">Trillium Projects</a> renovation. They are revamping their website and are sending me around to take some high quality photos of their recent work. It's always a pleasure to shoot for these guys, their work is first rate.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7jHLonmr9wUCXeSkyV9ZGn4ZhnzF2q0UC2GM_ILIzf_VDD2X8RCp62a0xltJJ_u8uwXJPpfeuYBv600jxfK0Ow6tNzBQxkvlAktb92IM_qSDh6vgw9jswIjsTRymXtn5Tw8LRISATIaY/s1600/IMG_0511.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 252px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7jHLonmr9wUCXeSkyV9ZGn4ZhnzF2q0UC2GM_ILIzf_VDD2X8RCp62a0xltJJ_u8uwXJPpfeuYBv600jxfK0Ow6tNzBQxkvlAktb92IM_qSDh6vgw9jswIjsTRymXtn5Tw8LRISATIaY/s400/IMG_0511.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503067449185749538" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim93s84Dsl5fvT_5e8MKdMZs0cWLY4n6yRnIm7NwSp5jgBi6sGKEIhyphenhyphenRXDCu_Nt_IzqNpFN4WRg2k4ZsajdIr3qUzluKZTASg7SsCAQdrbwfnUAm_qQBKa8rVHhKzQt4XdbKj3o3c04mg/s1600/IMG_0463.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 290px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim93s84Dsl5fvT_5e8MKdMZs0cWLY4n6yRnIm7NwSp5jgBi6sGKEIhyphenhyphenRXDCu_Nt_IzqNpFN4WRg2k4ZsajdIr3qUzluKZTASg7SsCAQdrbwfnUAm_qQBKa8rVHhKzQt4XdbKj3o3c04mg/s400/IMG_0463.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503067436298810178" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpz3gNBUNOjaFvBCTH1YCAR6C3kgcKR4GXQf2jkfHXk4uSJkoxGgfvFKPMxlGHG_oQB0_plUqdZdcR4DNWas2LsivwigInvS0ngg6jG00AacU2ExhBM9JBuHVdNRjlSSRT2NRk7l2Ie8Y/s1600/IMG_0454.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 368px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpz3gNBUNOjaFvBCTH1YCAR6C3kgcKR4GXQf2jkfHXk4uSJkoxGgfvFKPMxlGHG_oQB0_plUqdZdcR4DNWas2LsivwigInvS0ngg6jG00AacU2ExhBM9JBuHVdNRjlSSRT2NRk7l2Ie8Y/s400/IMG_0454.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503067427790851218" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPgk5X3Xnb3OKTLPgxwv8P8xmRo810SoYVqa1J7l5ij0u4_HpJPvAgSOpM2vat8WI73QQNgvwNB6j1xS7FcpMvIOHtT4Vt8iG8Hj9nd-FzdTto45dmqJqi3pC_5nmwouwbLFXGU0mzJzs/s1600/IMG_0441.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 276px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPgk5X3Xnb3OKTLPgxwv8P8xmRo810SoYVqa1J7l5ij0u4_HpJPvAgSOpM2vat8WI73QQNgvwNB6j1xS7FcpMvIOHtT4Vt8iG8Hj9nd-FzdTto45dmqJqi3pC_5nmwouwbLFXGU0mzJzs/s400/IMG_0441.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503067423740157810" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5QniduuLL1VrghmcY8SPJGsUvZlq2PkSEaECMd-zF7JFLqjrLxzr2glK0m4FG6PB4KCzX2Y7W6_-Q1qQ9XJHtTEzzL1mPUVvKTm5dTFcIHovrQHyO9IgNk6MoyQ1RHH_H5LSKCun4nak/s1600/IMG_0435.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 292px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5QniduuLL1VrghmcY8SPJGsUvZlq2PkSEaECMd-zF7JFLqjrLxzr2glK0m4FG6PB4KCzX2Y7W6_-Q1qQ9XJHtTEzzL1mPUVvKTm5dTFcIHovrQHyO9IgNk6MoyQ1RHH_H5LSKCun4nak/s400/IMG_0435.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503067415024455090" /></a>John Bentleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12187662663902010926noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1861954314461860804.post-61951816043707430852010-07-19T22:54:00.000-07:002010-07-19T23:35:18.308-07:00On the Golden MileI just shot both units of a duplex at the corner of Alma and Point Grey Road - that's either the beginning or the end of the Golden Mile, depending on where you start, I suppose.<br /><br />Both units have been completely restored to include vaulted ceilings, marble counters, and Texada Island maple finishings. The sunshine and professional staging made my job easy. See the complete listing at <a href="http://www.debbiecustock.com/listings.html">Debbie Custock's</a> website.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvwDRBJyNTnA50lokjUOLP2ZsnE3D1AaGjZZTrofVYYG_lCbt1aOwh8EdcHJp_qpggClGInyKw7dnZNA7MVvvQDshVrsPajb3kp-laCzSYEEJF4Up1gCY5IaKUkdiAHtj35Mjtb8ZnAzc/s1600/IMG_7511.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvwDRBJyNTnA50lokjUOLP2ZsnE3D1AaGjZZTrofVYYG_lCbt1aOwh8EdcHJp_qpggClGInyKw7dnZNA7MVvvQDshVrsPajb3kp-laCzSYEEJF4Up1gCY5IaKUkdiAHtj35Mjtb8ZnAzc/s400/IMG_7511.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495867833706448210" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZl1Ln891GMDh3x27C2vhGjp8PmOfkYHQWTC7oOK5pmX_ZeHuWwfI_hyphenhyphenOLWlzjNw9NKt3SqPXp6DpHr6xQjRcAp8pyQhCsH61YDsFArQBq7DI_yzq1-RGPxpWt3hrjHEDdWgjYufrYx9g/s1600/IMG_7323.jpg"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiECrx4STarY0-lmaH2ECfO-PdsB-veYz5WC-8IuZ1zYMfnPisfZVPIZcKYhOFDQA-691RYVw-rzyY6mj-h3KnNgovOALNCQNbJumdxu64iHo5ZAatDqF9NsKP9ofopUtz1jF3g6NYHdIU/s400/IMG_7232.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495867644512762258" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTGuZS5rMakiMsAO2QC0gNQkc7V6sWgFoxLqKAZjfZBhC2iG1yu2AMtUijrSk8YhWNKi3IjQLP4KltCnp-UovE9q4lRZ3w1sR9R0W8uU5lfZG34slIcVoaj76AF0Gg-vhwEOK2PxaSn1M/s1600/IMG_7221.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTGuZS5rMakiMsAO2QC0gNQkc7V6sWgFoxLqKAZjfZBhC2iG1yu2AMtUijrSk8YhWNKi3IjQLP4KltCnp-UovE9q4lRZ3w1sR9R0W8uU5lfZG34slIcVoaj76AF0Gg-vhwEOK2PxaSn1M/s400/IMG_7221.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495867639350412386" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGYkN0rYUdx_iLGVgkyXMI8o1z2Ir9MvaI8RpXuPbjvWEAvaqlEk3AbhjQ0SafBFXwrsiAGTlHUOwOF-4wZSHIZjdZGR469EaBWtULmNHTSqkw4PDz_kiecffrVPPNMJr7bjUviR2lh2Y/s1600/IMG_7210.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGYkN0rYUdx_iLGVgkyXMI8o1z2Ir9MvaI8RpXuPbjvWEAvaqlEk3AbhjQ0SafBFXwrsiAGTlHUOwOF-4wZSHIZjdZGR469EaBWtULmNHTSqkw4PDz_kiecffrVPPNMJr7bjUviR2lh2Y/s400/IMG_7210.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495867631144178274" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPsSy_3kkXj4xAO_XrVpNBMWgQhTcFfxkMrRUgn25n8I-juXoky_LkKufgDrXmJ5aZm2vpmWWOp0-gzk56UP9lHt2akrRNIY7msZZb7axsIDPr3-M6DliW7UAWTTrVgI9JeUJFA_183g8/s1600/IMG_7200.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPsSy_3kkXj4xAO_XrVpNBMWgQhTcFfxkMrRUgn25n8I-juXoky_LkKufgDrXmJ5aZm2vpmWWOp0-gzk56UP9lHt2akrRNIY7msZZb7axsIDPr3-M6DliW7UAWTTrVgI9JeUJFA_183g8/s400/IMG_7200.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495867625678232434" /></a>John Bentleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12187662663902010926noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1861954314461860804.post-17801714227560829472010-07-09T10:10:00.000-07:002010-07-10T13:56:20.929-07:00Buried TreasureWaterfront homes in Crescent Beach don't come up for sale very often, so this is a pretty rare listing. This home's stone and wood interior makes it feel like a cottage, but with top of the line appliances and finishings it is anything but. <br />This is a private sale, so if you're interested drop me a line and I'll hook you up!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH_YgncAjQ8c_YvCpExoXpj2Tqg3sGgvGcvuN65zfmOkHVmIBfHl8Qqan3JYiTM38VYLFKyohkLpIE-WepFqAInLPXUjJHq0rFYDP2n93dv9uplcKnWVFge9-ZE5AI1BY8DTxSYq40jb0/s1600/IMG_5338And7more.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH_YgncAjQ8c_YvCpExoXpj2Tqg3sGgvGcvuN65zfmOkHVmIBfHl8Qqan3JYiTM38VYLFKyohkLpIE-WepFqAInLPXUjJHq0rFYDP2n93dv9uplcKnWVFge9-ZE5AI1BY8DTxSYq40jb0/s400/IMG_5338And7more.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491956712358035394" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisdKvvTcZcd9Nwyw5myNtwmHr1GuXbJRLHI0Tu7HSF9TFxpV0lNg3Rm3v2l7qbqs2uSz13aLu-cA5rBIf0WMNCIM0x5hdVq-otHSw_Rv6hSfDETGcHtfiy_XU6zhsRcbFDIkP9r8Sg4g8/s1600/IMG_5315.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisdKvvTcZcd9Nwyw5myNtwmHr1GuXbJRLHI0Tu7HSF9TFxpV0lNg3Rm3v2l7qbqs2uSz13aLu-cA5rBIf0WMNCIM0x5hdVq-otHSw_Rv6hSfDETGcHtfiy_XU6zhsRcbFDIkP9r8Sg4g8/s400/IMG_5315.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491956708831241890" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxFlFSPmbEIoPjkfO5stE9MiVxPvkyoyHHPtG03mgHledVx7Z3iy0gped8FxUNHj6AoIdjiJpWCtdn1-KQF11tYjI6bJSzwunkn4Qfu08DndkC6rJGYK8vtL5AuHEOEpQldgvW15-6P-4/s1600/IMG_5318.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxFlFSPmbEIoPjkfO5stE9MiVxPvkyoyHHPtG03mgHledVx7Z3iy0gped8FxUNHj6AoIdjiJpWCtdn1-KQF11tYjI6bJSzwunkn4Qfu08DndkC6rJGYK8vtL5AuHEOEpQldgvW15-6P-4/s400/IMG_5318.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491956703172074498" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy4lkuiE7RQLme5Hr9zlDesYg8sIx4ilfU9ktxUCCA62Nx54ZsroTropaidZLtBkm8xOhjsN5ebbrU3enYD78HUQcSOR9nhbpvgxEXik9QVJGBURUUbj-Wf9M7pcr01uo_K4ito4LE0EU/s1600/IMG_5375.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy4lkuiE7RQLme5Hr9zlDesYg8sIx4ilfU9ktxUCCA62Nx54ZsroTropaidZLtBkm8xOhjsN5ebbrU3enYD78HUQcSOR9nhbpvgxEXik9QVJGBURUUbj-Wf9M7pcr01uo_K4ito4LE0EU/s400/IMG_5375.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491956691008485154" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaBG3pqGlaSKK25mTxPj68633hHMCtTj778fFX9cRjQduKgvyhRc9N1yyFKCrMdDJC78TxuIeCm0t2hUUix5ssHX_Enz2b02EqSNNiri4852I8Pq0jwjWNVOWmOP5nkOGgizS-vdk_Grw/s1600/IMG_5393.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaBG3pqGlaSKK25mTxPj68633hHMCtTj778fFX9cRjQduKgvyhRc9N1yyFKCrMdDJC78TxuIeCm0t2hUUix5ssHX_Enz2b02EqSNNiri4852I8Pq0jwjWNVOWmOP5nkOGgizS-vdk_Grw/s400/IMG_5393.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491956687429531538" /></a>John Bentleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12187662663902010926noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1861954314461860804.post-39995100235847447382010-07-01T08:08:00.000-07:002010-07-01T08:37:48.685-07:00CongratulationsJust have to post a congratulatory note to one of my clients, <a href="http://www.sebastianalbrecht.com/">Sebastian Albrecht</a>, for setting a new record of 14 ascents up the Grouse Grind in one day!John Bentleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12187662663902010926noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1861954314461860804.post-54475250321476938632010-07-01T07:29:00.000-07:002010-07-01T08:04:12.632-07:00My own Twilight SagaThe idea behind a twilight shoot is to capture images between the time the sun sets and complete darkness. That way you can get a long exposure indoors, while sucking in the remaining light outside for a nice rich blue colour in the sky as well as the twinkling lights of the city.<br /><br />So the other night I loaded up my car and headed towards Cypress Mountain at about 8:30 pm, to this beautiful penthouse suite with a 180 degree view of the city. Although it was built 20 years ago, it is a beauty, with floor to ceiling windows, a rooftop pool, and the most sophisticated lighting system I have ever seen in a home.<br /><br />There were literally dozens of light switches for each room, all on dimmers, so I spent the majority of my time looking for the right switch and playing with the levels to get the lighting just right. Twilight doesn't last very long, so before it got dark I had to scope the place out completely, and figure out the shots I wanted to get during that half hour of golden time.<br /><br />Once the sun sets behind the mountain it disappears quickly: it took about 10 minutes for the sunset to move from Point Grey to downtown. <br /><br />Once the interior lights were dimmed and the sky became darker, the views were breathtaking, and changed every few minutes. I didn't get home until late that night, but I just had to download these images and check them out before I hit the sack. It took quite a while to select and process the images, but I was very happy with the result. Hopefully my client, <a href="http://www.ericchristiansen.com/PropertyDetails.aspx?ItemID=400">Eric Christiansen</a>, is too!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnvUZ4-ZI4UFzwACrAEYxWH9P9idR9Gghschz7dar0IDmswr8cMjNn6HtdJ2WMv5D9A5vXwcEz81j9onuYjrwZWHSCC_Qol2xRtMI3uvdGYwj0rCY-rVz4F2tnrTEVKj5-HEZDgAcBRXQ/s1600/IMG_5224.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnvUZ4-ZI4UFzwACrAEYxWH9P9idR9Gghschz7dar0IDmswr8cMjNn6HtdJ2WMv5D9A5vXwcEz81j9onuYjrwZWHSCC_Qol2xRtMI3uvdGYwj0rCY-rVz4F2tnrTEVKj5-HEZDgAcBRXQ/s400/IMG_5224.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488953463928528802" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimtUUwVIRcvvLBQD2wRN5QZCHItAI9aOEOVlzpFXfWXAQmecm4zSPw-mvmTwzkKd5z4sOnx3NcI_7a6DMU3H_6g6EZ38-TZ0o82rd0-7uNKDbWkM9jiTRNeWWUN9rlIyHEdMZcFY3uJv8/s1600/IMG_5213.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimtUUwVIRcvvLBQD2wRN5QZCHItAI9aOEOVlzpFXfWXAQmecm4zSPw-mvmTwzkKd5z4sOnx3NcI_7a6DMU3H_6g6EZ38-TZ0o82rd0-7uNKDbWkM9jiTRNeWWUN9rlIyHEdMZcFY3uJv8/s400/IMG_5213.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488953455633319586" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU883P0mlWurTse2hfQuDycc7RaJ_cN2TSfAIkihjRTuFI-IAmbmYcXU6oKHvQwf-wlGZ8DruzF_MK5YbnbLSg0p-Fj_RgRZYVUbAQkTVr1MNPwN5GEZuShKks_Q0PMZNQtqQLwUaa1vQ/s1600/IMG_5204.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU883P0mlWurTse2hfQuDycc7RaJ_cN2TSfAIkihjRTuFI-IAmbmYcXU6oKHvQwf-wlGZ8DruzF_MK5YbnbLSg0p-Fj_RgRZYVUbAQkTVr1MNPwN5GEZuShKks_Q0PMZNQtqQLwUaa1vQ/s400/IMG_5204.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488953448608276786" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitTQg1NznUQHlIVuIWjTKc3vK3TbSaJU223A6rUlh4aDKoZaXLtTHFyeV8OfBnVJh5FllFQXTBrLSiBrnbFTC70GgOz-pBVxi3UEnijlwg0p7JgCtd9YN4FmhpjItcJxNOAgQ1qEdJGjk/s1600/IMG_5175.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitTQg1NznUQHlIVuIWjTKc3vK3TbSaJU223A6rUlh4aDKoZaXLtTHFyeV8OfBnVJh5FllFQXTBrLSiBrnbFTC70GgOz-pBVxi3UEnijlwg0p7JgCtd9YN4FmhpjItcJxNOAgQ1qEdJGjk/s400/IMG_5175.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488953439917068610" /></a>John Bentleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12187662663902010926noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1861954314461860804.post-3651220829331407312010-06-22T09:05:00.000-07:002010-06-22T09:06:51.207-07:00If it's in the New York Times, it must be true<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/22/nyregion/22appraisal.html?emc=eta1">Here's an article</a> about the value of good real estate photography.John Bentleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12187662663902010926noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1861954314461860804.post-49208457914717987612010-06-20T22:40:00.000-07:002010-06-20T23:23:42.559-07:00Change of SceneryMy niece got married a couple of summers ago, during a torrential downpour which prevented her from getting some photos with her favourite horse. Enter Uncle John, camera in hand, for a restaged photo session with Robyn all done up in her wedding dress and fancy hairdo, a freshly scrubbed horse, and some perfect early evening sun the other night.<br /><br />This was my first try at a portrait involving a horse. It was a lot of fun, but tricky. Horses are big, often dark, and don't stand still. Especially when there are big flashy lights going off in their face. Must remember that for next time...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCgnughZ54k41NYBZZjpPG_4QgvJMST9IuUTj9Vj6x-UHf0bBu8PORwuq0Os1oUtUu6X0FRXs_Ky0jmIQkJCGKIhw4gPDWHz3FE6GlMj9nsTUlqWD1pmyoSBD0lDkTUVkxKlS3Pqrr0vs/s1600/IMG_2338.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 296px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCgnughZ54k41NYBZZjpPG_4QgvJMST9IuUTj9Vj6x-UHf0bBu8PORwuq0Os1oUtUu6X0FRXs_Ky0jmIQkJCGKIhw4gPDWHz3FE6GlMj9nsTUlqWD1pmyoSBD0lDkTUVkxKlS3Pqrr0vs/s400/IMG_2338.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485103899220938978" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrOgjvQWYpqLVJ5YPnKun5DWaJra7nHjpdSa1RkGqnkeytEbsh5LtyCr4ahBiVWUti5cPj5tSQjTEufpJvn8-fOIfwx3UkJvb_sis-n_ALWDlxLd5hmmBZF1XwIWlgtyb6VumF1-T9HZs/s1600/IMG_2321.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrOgjvQWYpqLVJ5YPnKun5DWaJra7nHjpdSa1RkGqnkeytEbsh5LtyCr4ahBiVWUti5cPj5tSQjTEufpJvn8-fOIfwx3UkJvb_sis-n_ALWDlxLd5hmmBZF1XwIWlgtyb6VumF1-T9HZs/s400/IMG_2321.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485103808185260146" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3W-_dx_H8acGXoEzT8xv98025n7k0sLEVc6I9xS4NAJ-94fxzVHZb4OVThVaZaLMLSI-g73Jz_ivUMXlb4_LJa0Nt50YRvpW8UknixnF61MRNgAroNRXgn-UC3kufIfNuO9beZyECEfE/s1600/IMG_2403.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 244px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3W-_dx_H8acGXoEzT8xv98025n7k0sLEVc6I9xS4NAJ-94fxzVHZb4OVThVaZaLMLSI-g73Jz_ivUMXlb4_LJa0Nt50YRvpW8UknixnF61MRNgAroNRXgn-UC3kufIfNuO9beZyECEfE/s400/IMG_2403.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485104127723247346" /></a>John Bentleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12187662663902010926noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1861954314461860804.post-3599734138571943262010-06-15T08:18:00.000-07:002010-06-15T08:49:17.568-07:00Bigger IS better!It has always been a big source of frustration to me when I see some of my photos reduced to tiny thumbnails on some realtors site. I work hard on my images, and to see them reduced and compressed until they are almost unrecognizable is heartbreaking sometimes. <br /><br />It's not the fault of the realtor. They don't usually have a choice when dealing with sites like realtylink.org and website templates designed by Ubertor and the like. They were all built with bandwidth costs in mind. It's a lot cheaper to display a small, compressed image than a large, high resolution one. But that's not a big issue any more. Bandwidth costs are relatively cheap, and according to one recent report, 87% of home buyers are using the Internet to search for homes (I would have thought it was closer to 100%). And, based on the comments of virtually all of my realtor clients, good quality photos play a huge part in generating interest for properties.<br /><br />So it looks like someone finally heard my whining and built a realtor website application that can handle big photos. <a href="http://www.judithmatheson.com/">Judith Matheson</a> just showed off her latest listing <a href="http://www.visualtour.com/applets/flashviewer2/viewer.asp?t=2219863&sk=200">here</a> using a template designed by <a href="http://www.visualtour.com/">VisualTour.com </a>. According to Judith, it's so easy to update that even she can do it!<br /><br />Looks to me like this Flash application determines the size of your monitor and delivers the largest possible image to you. Which can be good or bad, depending on the quality of the photos. In the case of Judith's listing, I sent her the usual size images, which are pretty small, so as a result they look a little fuzzy on my 24 inch monitor. We're going to have to fix that. Here are some of the same images from that shoot, which by the way, is a stunning townhouse in Richmond.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYeY0aw0hcxYb8xUc-6OqfoTghyphenhyphengmQpIMfwDpOuXZudff-4K4viBpd29IDPNqQ3OyGxHrHOC72H_Lj24SZO5pU9nuqMIExsgVvl1DBQtCh0G_Ff6ZfpC3IJUE6gEChKkVSCHw2P-gP9E4/s1600/IMG_0825.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYeY0aw0hcxYb8xUc-6OqfoTghyphenhyphengmQpIMfwDpOuXZudff-4K4viBpd29IDPNqQ3OyGxHrHOC72H_Lj24SZO5pU9nuqMIExsgVvl1DBQtCh0G_Ff6ZfpC3IJUE6gEChKkVSCHw2P-gP9E4/s400/IMG_0825.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483027603791198258" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiGgtM_UEi-1QuCHrKDADVGI6leaTJVqNxfDg7OK4UixM6yXy2bOn6JwLHWeDOjB5TOByE2tqK7ZNNHAa5w_WFFBsvOeF8w-NnGPehWVZi_DhF3zdgeETgtOOtMI70G9HxrSHkFjh3yiA/s1600/IMG_0809.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiGgtM_UEi-1QuCHrKDADVGI6leaTJVqNxfDg7OK4UixM6yXy2bOn6JwLHWeDOjB5TOByE2tqK7ZNNHAa5w_WFFBsvOeF8w-NnGPehWVZi_DhF3zdgeETgtOOtMI70G9HxrSHkFjh3yiA/s400/IMG_0809.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483027601918476930" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBUjNk9LJ7DyNIPoQHidZVGcCdgJmp-aKfqEsoxZCFt_KEC8jarvifZC_QGSqgFzAe3DZwXWT_VdLLnLdFTrHAIVPrdGXjPtZTeRX-hlqMHYfr0cXG9fx8luBCzIQBZA2sLrtt3pRXPS0/s1600/IMG_0798.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBUjNk9LJ7DyNIPoQHidZVGcCdgJmp-aKfqEsoxZCFt_KEC8jarvifZC_QGSqgFzAe3DZwXWT_VdLLnLdFTrHAIVPrdGXjPtZTeRX-hlqMHYfr0cXG9fx8luBCzIQBZA2sLrtt3pRXPS0/s400/IMG_0798.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483027594014242194" /></a>John Bentleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12187662663902010926noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1861954314461860804.post-39686844845510354752010-06-08T22:06:00.000-07:002010-06-21T08:02:23.943-07:00Less is MoreI was pretty impressed when I walked into this<a href="http://www.lhermitagevancouver.com/"> L'Hermitage</a> condo in Yaletown yesterday. I thought the staging was really well done -- lots of white to avoid distracting from the spectacular view, splashes of bright colour here and there, and no clutter. Then I found out from ace realtor <a href="http://vancouverbesthomes.com/">Dale McGauran</a> that it <i>always</i> looks like that. No staging, just real life. I can't understand how people can live like that. I mean, where do they put all their stuff? Everybody has stuff. Don't they?<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIF4pFs5DywCUE3s0R6dz4FQfNJLAF3Fzwd4lFu2_6EDOoeW5U5wNW-uOtKi7dxIG41W2NV2aQ1UpGA8jqnXad3ZrsnUhUyARFSd8Mn6Yudho2Z02W7zUKKJrmS2gi83sfumdFnS5Hv5o/s1600/IMG_0781.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIF4pFs5DywCUE3s0R6dz4FQfNJLAF3Fzwd4lFu2_6EDOoeW5U5wNW-uOtKi7dxIG41W2NV2aQ1UpGA8jqnXad3ZrsnUhUyARFSd8Mn6Yudho2Z02W7zUKKJrmS2gi83sfumdFnS5Hv5o/s400/IMG_0781.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480639619209410322" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPQzD2CUh-oZ7pRRxl2hcuwJiVXtiKcpxt3RsbE0IaAffO9RyRghhODKUZavDf9lvS93nsJVAie8ET20Hwxb_0UsLd6udOsVkRVRQsioG1zv7P9GJu_ynmfzoKLs7TvQ9xY46l4DkLoVk/s1600/IMG_0768.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPQzD2CUh-oZ7pRRxl2hcuwJiVXtiKcpxt3RsbE0IaAffO9RyRghhODKUZavDf9lvS93nsJVAie8ET20Hwxb_0UsLd6udOsVkRVRQsioG1zv7P9GJu_ynmfzoKLs7TvQ9xY46l4DkLoVk/s400/IMG_0768.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480639605127068882" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhELhTBCuWmwkGjNubtjmedLSiMyj_ggEGr-8ARgaVLm7XVlPge1Mb3u3_2glV72l_cBehwlTBP6yh-LKhv_CYvurS4D9nyBsdsdh86s3yJkuDbu9LdilAly_uiRgwHWeC9cr59W8j9mOQ/s1600/IMG_0763.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhELhTBCuWmwkGjNubtjmedLSiMyj_ggEGr-8ARgaVLm7XVlPge1Mb3u3_2glV72l_cBehwlTBP6yh-LKhv_CYvurS4D9nyBsdsdh86s3yJkuDbu9LdilAly_uiRgwHWeC9cr59W8j9mOQ/s400/IMG_0763.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480639587737099234" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge-rjvatai96I-T6ijhtyi_cKaL8V3BMOlw9Z7capZqsSwnqA4c44FQxP08PkeFGpYTseqq2GtwtoAWWTMVmllydX4ZLdkqWA3Bm_tZJOr7kB6yjIrYKaHsuI-ghVg7V-avH7DBxPWirk/s1600/IMG_0747.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge-rjvatai96I-T6ijhtyi_cKaL8V3BMOlw9Z7capZqsSwnqA4c44FQxP08PkeFGpYTseqq2GtwtoAWWTMVmllydX4ZLdkqWA3Bm_tZJOr7kB6yjIrYKaHsuI-ghVg7V-avH7DBxPWirk/s400/IMG_0747.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480639576428180354" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRsuLJ0GMsoTUZ1OoetNWUd2TVY0qxYlmg7tK6n4xo7iNilDvQGSWstAwONtJGC-BLOBFpbFYbRigVso1lqWcjT2o9KVEZpPNnxcfJoYT9V2ipXd68wgZ6ktLMYuyHJhFVKdhJu6DImR4/s1600/IMG_0738.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRsuLJ0GMsoTUZ1OoetNWUd2TVY0qxYlmg7tK6n4xo7iNilDvQGSWstAwONtJGC-BLOBFpbFYbRigVso1lqWcjT2o9KVEZpPNnxcfJoYT9V2ipXd68wgZ6ktLMYuyHJhFVKdhJu6DImR4/s400/IMG_0738.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480639566069665570" /></a>John Bentleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12187662663902010926noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1861954314461860804.post-806381333259577002010-06-05T08:59:00.000-07:002010-06-05T09:16:42.841-07:00Classy renoIf you've ever dreamed about having a big studio in your home to pursue your artistic passions, here it is. This east side beauty includes a coach house in the back yard big enough for you to finally build that scale model of the Eiffel Tower out of toothpicks. The rest of the house has been beautifully renovated too. Check out the complete listing on <a href="http://www.vancouverresidence.com/12627-408-e-17th-ave.html">Lorne Goldman's</a> site.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9WVuOE2Tff59-H28XGuFis9_mQy_3bzzsYUgIDqqiDaRXGSrCvXEEMH3SdFhBQbOXDHOx_oClXeWQYYEnQljUgaDPWhTuupeq3wJvwXMV2Cv0FkhvZTtJYAmrqLTW5tlRyYnXXsd372k/s1600/IMG_9415.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9WVuOE2Tff59-H28XGuFis9_mQy_3bzzsYUgIDqqiDaRXGSrCvXEEMH3SdFhBQbOXDHOx_oClXeWQYYEnQljUgaDPWhTuupeq3wJvwXMV2Cv0FkhvZTtJYAmrqLTW5tlRyYnXXsd372k/s400/IMG_9415.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5479323973018416914" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguCw-4_5gZimHO2Qk85gh2r5ZpuE1mDNE08yyrSqnviA_-4-8gCz6-RwKydasEyUn10F3ZkpKCb5j6QB37ARPOWf4-gV9YN8lE_TX4g2_rwyMy9mT9gqBYyvAFzd1j7r5qtlfIyj2Nxbg/s1600/IMG_9401.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguCw-4_5gZimHO2Qk85gh2r5ZpuE1mDNE08yyrSqnviA_-4-8gCz6-RwKydasEyUn10F3ZkpKCb5j6QB37ARPOWf4-gV9YN8lE_TX4g2_rwyMy9mT9gqBYyvAFzd1j7r5qtlfIyj2Nxbg/s400/IMG_9401.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5479323964374992194" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM6ZgiumW7uXnV9kyfL-mMTbiBTDkLKPeGflE0bQyYBeBivoi9LaQv5TPkqc6cTVm_ml5Dbcaqy-edgcMhYNh9taPltWE2IW-RzYqYdBtkgDXeJgLNMgCr5_ylb4d8R0Ry3MxoCUZv_iQ/s1600/IMG_9397.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM6ZgiumW7uXnV9kyfL-mMTbiBTDkLKPeGflE0bQyYBeBivoi9LaQv5TPkqc6cTVm_ml5Dbcaqy-edgcMhYNh9taPltWE2IW-RzYqYdBtkgDXeJgLNMgCr5_ylb4d8R0Ry3MxoCUZv_iQ/s400/IMG_9397.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5479323954976271970" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUvDkujF8lGwoJk_2oZ9efrfEWHwOFA9yZX-Jrlavrs0uTaCN7qeO6MW5-8eA8QVAHE5MzbsX3DB9l1Mp7UUNjqoPVeFAhG0xB1BnsY9eaQIEeLg9AmMIB99ILHyTP3ZhDPDZkHwsMVOs/s1600/IMG_9422.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUvDkujF8lGwoJk_2oZ9efrfEWHwOFA9yZX-Jrlavrs0uTaCN7qeO6MW5-8eA8QVAHE5MzbsX3DB9l1Mp7UUNjqoPVeFAhG0xB1BnsY9eaQIEeLg9AmMIB99ILHyTP3ZhDPDZkHwsMVOs/s400/IMG_9422.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5479323941139176690" /></a>John Bentleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12187662663902010926noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1861954314461860804.post-47059544936948763742010-06-05T08:50:00.000-07:002010-06-05T08:57:14.615-07:00The Big WI have shot many places in the Woodward's building in the past. There was a lot of turnover last year, when the construction was finally completed. This latest condo has the best view that I have seen from there though. On the 23rd floor, it has a huge wraparound deck, giving you a view from Coal Harbour to the big W. Which is pretty cool, unless that thing is lit up at night. Is it?<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinrZmNpognuKspo40ZSkigb0vx4lsN1kh0sWdmC5mdAqmBbVef-F80j-tuzEtLVc5Ty1HefNFrvyuMcpJvrTfwrgMVxZSIFGVjw-HOhzmK4UReA7apeoibYh03JI2zy0AIj5FZ4Pag8fU/s1600/IMG_0587.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinrZmNpognuKspo40ZSkigb0vx4lsN1kh0sWdmC5mdAqmBbVef-F80j-tuzEtLVc5Ty1HefNFrvyuMcpJvrTfwrgMVxZSIFGVjw-HOhzmK4UReA7apeoibYh03JI2zy0AIj5FZ4Pag8fU/s400/IMG_0587.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5479318839171409154" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9e6fCUR-yqul2zgWojAHa_AtKtK3jUSgTZvFCJCnMk1fX_vzNKOVTtORPL8jDtKcbJ321TlmbKavqEd7HmGp2bYUHh7GO59aHOU8wB74qoe2dRRuM-cA8bBSLB4GNrEy5EzHZOK7DWjQ/s1600/IMG_0580.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9e6fCUR-yqul2zgWojAHa_AtKtK3jUSgTZvFCJCnMk1fX_vzNKOVTtORPL8jDtKcbJ321TlmbKavqEd7HmGp2bYUHh7GO59aHOU8wB74qoe2dRRuM-cA8bBSLB4GNrEy5EzHZOK7DWjQ/s400/IMG_0580.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5479318833091366786" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggRxkRCeB4Wv8ICWPSKsTfgD8WBieNCSmPLGabvDHeUcv9ZdQzbrd9x-fxSMlUVFnNZADx7Tv1M-Ertr_ZC-rOZUc1Gwkvh5g1Zxgdy0qjWy2DdNeypk_tOW3R3WBwd-J2HSFHiNAD8sI/s1600/IMG_0575.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggRxkRCeB4Wv8ICWPSKsTfgD8WBieNCSmPLGabvDHeUcv9ZdQzbrd9x-fxSMlUVFnNZADx7Tv1M-Ertr_ZC-rOZUc1Gwkvh5g1Zxgdy0qjWy2DdNeypk_tOW3R3WBwd-J2HSFHiNAD8sI/s400/IMG_0575.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5479318821703750306" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicMFSphQc5oRlq5_bP5qhBSKPy1HwKmRmHmy7NPJ1OW6SFmXBXxcJ7-pXC0S5zbORyBYfJxEh0WrfNluVY1EQ1CsSjRmydPH0qTMnophS09TZolSuS4MPv88yio9T_0Yk7QMti_FwfGpU/s1600/IMG_0558.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicMFSphQc5oRlq5_bP5qhBSKPy1HwKmRmHmy7NPJ1OW6SFmXBXxcJ7-pXC0S5zbORyBYfJxEh0WrfNluVY1EQ1CsSjRmydPH0qTMnophS09TZolSuS4MPv88yio9T_0Yk7QMti_FwfGpU/s400/IMG_0558.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5479318813018454786" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga_WsNm1Hj8sVHzfEU8AglMIKkPnTvegYIY_JJTGgT7Ei_TkJLJ5T0CqMjqXslPOvM9Fik2KEp6PyxxrZBzZOVoIBkV3o5H5Wuk6aPJRNtLVydAuZWWTYiacfWvmG-kuRSFoyt_Fijxms/s1600/IMG_0550.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga_WsNm1Hj8sVHzfEU8AglMIKkPnTvegYIY_JJTGgT7Ei_TkJLJ5T0CqMjqXslPOvM9Fik2KEp6PyxxrZBzZOVoIBkV3o5H5Wuk6aPJRNtLVydAuZWWTYiacfWvmG-kuRSFoyt_Fijxms/s400/IMG_0550.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5479318809125158626" /></a>John Bentleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12187662663902010926noreply@blogger.com0