Bigsnit Blog » Photos http://blog.bigsnit.com by Robert Ouimet Sun, 05 Feb 2012 05:56:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 The Strait of Georgia http://blog.bigsnit.com/2012/01/28/the-strait-of-georgia/ http://blog.bigsnit.com/2012/01/28/the-strait-of-georgia/#comments Sun, 29 Jan 2012 04:31:21 +0000 bigsnit http://blog.bigsnit.com/?p=5414

A sailboat motor sails up the Strait of Georgia, just outside Vancouver Harbour.

That’s Gabriola Island over on the other side.

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I love seeing Mt. Baker framed under the Lion’s Gate Bridge. It’s nice to see the dock gantry cranes at Centerm saluting.

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The sky’s looking a bit pissed off – some fast moving low cloud getting blown apart by a fairly strong wind blowing in the Straight of Georgia.

It was actually quite warm, despite the wind and speckles of rain.  Hopefully it’s snowing up on the local ski hills.

 

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I take some comfort in knowing that I can get on this highway and drive for about 3,000 miles  7,000 km and I’ll still be in Canada.

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The view astern as we head into the marina after an afternoon’s sailing in Howe Sound.

December is offering up some glorious weather which means that I’ve been able to get some great photos and video footage for a couple of my clients AND some lovely days on the water.

Since I’m keeping Madsu in the water this winter, I’m looking forward to some double-deluxe days when I snowboard Cypress Mountain (overlooking Howe Sound) in the morning then spend the afternoon sailing in Howe Sound.

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A lone fishing boat working the lower Straight of Georgia late in the afternoon.  You can almost reach out and touch Vancouver Island in the background, complete with snow.

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English Bay went from almost completely calm to a full-on gale this afternoon.

As the front moved through we got some rain, hail and then glorious sunshine. Welcome to fall in Vancouver.

According to the weather office, right about this time the wind at Pt. Atkinson was W 33 gust 39 knots.  Out at the airport they had gusts to 42 knots – that’s almost 78 km/h.

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Five days of learning, teaching and exploring here in Rankin Inlet, Nunavut.

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Spotted heading up Howe Sound this evening – beautiful night so I guess they thought they’d go for a nice little dinner cruise.

 

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This is a great sign of the times.

Not only is this charge station on Granville Island in Vancouver free, but it’s in probably the best parking spot on the entire island.

Those folks at the Edible Canada restaurant are clever, what ?

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