But here are a few pictures to tide everyone over.
Sorry I can't really give much detail yet. Sixty days is just alot to write about.
Kyler
In Colorado
I am not going to even attempt to recap all that has happened on the trip. That is what I am going to work on when I get home. It is just too much stuff to write about while I am here. I am keeping notes in audio and text form. Along with all of the pictures it should be fairly easy to reconstruct the trip in a much more meaningful form.
But here are a few pictures to tide everyone over.
Sorry I can't really give much detail yet. Sixty days is just alot to write about.
Kyler
But here are a few pictures to tide everyone over.
Sorry I can't really give much detail yet. Sixty days is just alot to write about.
Kyler
Vancouver and the Island
To help me organize my thoughts I will make this post in small sections each pertaining to a small part of the trip.
Boat Cleaning
In Vancouver I helped my uncle with the cleaning of his boat. This is a rather large undertaking as it requires a massive boat life to lift his rather large boat. Then it required some elbow grease and a pressure washer to clean off the barnecles. Coincidentally I started reading Moby Dick while I was on the boat with him.
Art Show
My aunt had an art show opening while I was in town. Her paintings are still lifes painted in a realistic manner from photographs. It is an extremely interesting technique that looks fantastic and causes the images to become more abstract as you approach them.
I worked as the events photographer. That seems to be something I am starting to do alot on this trip.
My Erin's Rats
My cousin Erin got some rats as pets. They seem like really great pets. Always very active and seem really robust. They are also pretty cute little animals.
Ping-pong
As a kid I was always trying to be good at things. One of those things was ping pong, and I knew I was good at ping pong when I started to beat my dad sometimes. It seems it is time to pass the torch already as my cousin Halley can now beat me in Ping pong. It is very impressive.
High School Friends
I also had the opportunity to meet up with friends from highschool. I saw Kim, Lauren and Mike. I really like how well I can still get along with my friends from highschool. I can tell now that those friendships are actually going to exist for a long time.
Vancouver in Brief
There was all sorts of stuff happening in Vancouver, but most of all it was nice just to sort of be part of the family living there. I got to know what it was like to live in their house with them and see the world in a slightly different way than I do at home. Vancouver is a nice place to be.
Ferry
The bus is the best way to take the ferry to Vancouver Island. Your first on and first off and don't have to wait in any lines. I refused to buy a 10$ burger on the ferry trip and thus was very hungry. My supply of raisins and nuts had run out. I have since refilled it.
Meeting the family
It is most intersting to be on the Island because it is the first time I have seen my cousins in about 12 years. It has been a very long time.
The Island
The simplest way I could describe being on the island is that it is like being at the lake indefinitly. It is sort of like being on vacation all of the time, except you need to work. Everyone here is so friendly, and everyone seems to know everybody. I've met alot of people while I have been here. What is really surprising is my ability with names here. I think I have actually met about 30 people whose names I actually remember in only 5 days. That doesn't happen often.
The Avalanche
I have spent a few nights here at the bar that my cousin Leegion works at. Most nights I have been bringing my camera to photograph whatever show is playing to help with some advertising later.
Leegion's Birthday
I happen to have great timing and arrived in time to go to my cousin's Birthday. We had a great time at he Avalanche bar listening to some a Blue Grass Band. They let some of the guys from our party play their bass. At the end of the night, my cousin David, his friend, and my Aunt Gail also went up and sang some songs. It unexpected, but a blast. Too bad I hadn't brought my audio recorder to that.
Nymph Falls
I went with my cousin David and his girlfriend to Nymph Falls. Just beautiful.
More stuff has happened here, but there is just too much to tell. I shall probably be departing on Tuesday. I'm thinking I might just make a huge bus run all the way down to San Francisco. It's only 42 hours away by bus.
Kyler
Boat Cleaning
In Vancouver I helped my uncle with the cleaning of his boat. This is a rather large undertaking as it requires a massive boat life to lift his rather large boat. Then it required some elbow grease and a pressure washer to clean off the barnecles. Coincidentally I started reading Moby Dick while I was on the boat with him.
Art Show
My aunt had an art show opening while I was in town. Her paintings are still lifes painted in a realistic manner from photographs. It is an extremely interesting technique that looks fantastic and causes the images to become more abstract as you approach them.
I worked as the events photographer. That seems to be something I am starting to do alot on this trip.
My Erin's Rats
My cousin Erin got some rats as pets. They seem like really great pets. Always very active and seem really robust. They are also pretty cute little animals.
Ping-pong
As a kid I was always trying to be good at things. One of those things was ping pong, and I knew I was good at ping pong when I started to beat my dad sometimes. It seems it is time to pass the torch already as my cousin Halley can now beat me in Ping pong. It is very impressive.
High School Friends
I also had the opportunity to meet up with friends from highschool. I saw Kim, Lauren and Mike. I really like how well I can still get along with my friends from highschool. I can tell now that those friendships are actually going to exist for a long time.
Vancouver in Brief
There was all sorts of stuff happening in Vancouver, but most of all it was nice just to sort of be part of the family living there. I got to know what it was like to live in their house with them and see the world in a slightly different way than I do at home. Vancouver is a nice place to be.
Ferry
The bus is the best way to take the ferry to Vancouver Island. Your first on and first off and don't have to wait in any lines. I refused to buy a 10$ burger on the ferry trip and thus was very hungry. My supply of raisins and nuts had run out. I have since refilled it.
Meeting the family
It is most intersting to be on the Island because it is the first time I have seen my cousins in about 12 years. It has been a very long time.
The Island
The simplest way I could describe being on the island is that it is like being at the lake indefinitly. It is sort of like being on vacation all of the time, except you need to work. Everyone here is so friendly, and everyone seems to know everybody. I've met alot of people while I have been here. What is really surprising is my ability with names here. I think I have actually met about 30 people whose names I actually remember in only 5 days. That doesn't happen often.
The Avalanche
I have spent a few nights here at the bar that my cousin Leegion works at. Most nights I have been bringing my camera to photograph whatever show is playing to help with some advertising later.
Leegion's Birthday
I happen to have great timing and arrived in time to go to my cousin's Birthday. We had a great time at he Avalanche bar listening to some a Blue Grass Band. They let some of the guys from our party play their bass. At the end of the night, my cousin David, his friend, and my Aunt Gail also went up and sang some songs. It unexpected, but a blast. Too bad I hadn't brought my audio recorder to that.
Nymph Falls
I went with my cousin David and his girlfriend to Nymph Falls. Just beautiful.
More stuff has happened here, but there is just too much to tell. I shall probably be departing on Tuesday. I'm thinking I might just make a huge bus run all the way down to San Francisco. It's only 42 hours away by bus.
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| Summer 2009 |
Kyler
From Edmonton, Onto Kelowna, Through To Vancouver
So the trip has continued unhindered. I stayed in Edmonton till thursday night with my grandma Norma. We had a nice simple visit together. We went on a walk to see my grand fathers memorial tree, and we made fudge, and we watched a movie.
I also took some time at her house to take pictures of the stuff around her house. She has traveled the world and has a great sense of taste and thus has an amazingly well decorated house. Most peoples nicknaks are just junk, but her's are definitly treasures.
Grandma then dropped me off at the Greyhound Station and my real bus adventure started.
I took the bus all the way to Kelowna overnight. The only unfortunate part of taking the bus is that it stops everywhere. Roughly every hour the bus will make a stop at some small town to pick up one or two people, or to drop off a package. This made sleep very difficult. But I think I will get the hang of it.
I have to say that taking the bus is exceptionally relaxing to any other type of transportation I have taken. You have lots of space to sit in. Great big windows to look out of. It is probably the closest thing you could find to taking the train, except more convenient because it actually goes where I want to go.
So in Kelowna I stayed in a hostel for 3 days. I pretty much realized that hostels are really equivalent to living in residence. They just seem to share alot in common with each other. I can't say that I really jumped into the whole hostel experience, that just doesn't feel like the point of the trip. I did however meet some people, and was able to have a barbecue with a whole Australian Rules Football team. Though I can't say that I fit in well with that crowd.
I spent most of my time in Kelowna finding a nice spot to sit and read. I finished off two books while I was there.
And as always I took lots of pictures while in Kelowna.
I think there will be alot of this type of handheld self portrait on this trip or else there we be barely any photos of me. Or I could go all Survivor Man and set up my camera to take pictures of myself doing stuff in action.
And now I am in Vancouver, I seem to have gotten here at a great time as there was a frenzy of activity tonight, with a whole bunch of people showing up for dinner.
I'm happy to be on this trip and I am slowly honing in on the actual purpose of the trip. It doesn't feel like most other trips that I have been on. It is a peculiar experience to show up in a city by yourself and see what happens. I can really tell that I am doing exactly what I would do.
Take for instance my arrival in Kelowna. I had just arrived after an overnight bus ride, having slept badly and not eaten much. Yet I decided to walk 5 Km with my full bags weighing roughly 55 lbs to the hostel I was staying at. Why? To make sure I could cary my bags that far and to see the city. With a group I would have never done that, but alone, why not.
As I observe how my trip is going I will continue to keep you informed.
And as always, more photos in the full Album
Kyler
I also took some time at her house to take pictures of the stuff around her house. She has traveled the world and has a great sense of taste and thus has an amazingly well decorated house. Most peoples nicknaks are just junk, but her's are definitly treasures.
Grandma then dropped me off at the Greyhound Station and my real bus adventure started.
I took the bus all the way to Kelowna overnight. The only unfortunate part of taking the bus is that it stops everywhere. Roughly every hour the bus will make a stop at some small town to pick up one or two people, or to drop off a package. This made sleep very difficult. But I think I will get the hang of it.
I have to say that taking the bus is exceptionally relaxing to any other type of transportation I have taken. You have lots of space to sit in. Great big windows to look out of. It is probably the closest thing you could find to taking the train, except more convenient because it actually goes where I want to go.
So in Kelowna I stayed in a hostel for 3 days. I pretty much realized that hostels are really equivalent to living in residence. They just seem to share alot in common with each other. I can't say that I really jumped into the whole hostel experience, that just doesn't feel like the point of the trip. I did however meet some people, and was able to have a barbecue with a whole Australian Rules Football team. Though I can't say that I fit in well with that crowd.
I spent most of my time in Kelowna finding a nice spot to sit and read. I finished off two books while I was there.
And as always I took lots of pictures while in Kelowna.
I think there will be alot of this type of handheld self portrait on this trip or else there we be barely any photos of me. Or I could go all Survivor Man and set up my camera to take pictures of myself doing stuff in action.
And now I am in Vancouver, I seem to have gotten here at a great time as there was a frenzy of activity tonight, with a whole bunch of people showing up for dinner.
I'm happy to be on this trip and I am slowly honing in on the actual purpose of the trip. It doesn't feel like most other trips that I have been on. It is a peculiar experience to show up in a city by yourself and see what happens. I can really tell that I am doing exactly what I would do.
Take for instance my arrival in Kelowna. I had just arrived after an overnight bus ride, having slept badly and not eaten much. Yet I decided to walk 5 Km with my full bags weighing roughly 55 lbs to the hostel I was staying at. Why? To make sure I could cary my bags that far and to see the city. With a group I would have never done that, but alone, why not.
As I observe how my trip is going I will continue to keep you informed.
And as always, more photos in the full Album
Kyler
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