Yesterday's sunset was crazy...

As the title says, yesterday's sunset was crazy. Bo went to the gym. I was alone driving hoping to catch some amazing sunset. Whenever I wanted to do that, the first place came to my mind is Shirley's Bay along Ottawa river. It's surreal, quite and with most of element that we can find close by, i.e. open space, west facing, waterfront, stones, marshes and beach like areas,etc. 

Anyway, yesterday's sunset was crazy... crazily beautiful which made it easier to understand why some sensitive people would cry watching sunset... for the record, I NEVER did.

The following are some pictures from the last a couple of months:

At Marshes Golf Club:

At Nepean Equestrian park.

At Pinhey's Point,

If you want to see more pictures of this event, visit my flickr site: at http://www.flickr.com/photos/haofeng/ .
 

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Trip to Sandbank and North Beach Provincial Park

Recent trip to Prince Edward Country, Ontario. The goal was to enjoy the beach at Sandbank and North Beach National Park. The long beach area and white sand was quite famous for family fun. How could we miss it. Note: personally, I don't swim and like most of oriental people, we don't like direct sun shire. While most of Caucasian love to tan their skin, I am almost already there while I was born... Bo loves swimming, but more of indoor swimmer. Her skin is much brighter than mine (and actually than most of oriental people which she is quite fond of). My hidden agenda for this trip to tan her skin a bit to close the color gap :-))

Let's enjoy the pictures...

Hot summer beach, boys and girls.

Orange alert ! This is me. Bo took the picture and she was happy that her picture looks great too. Please don't be surprised what I was reading. When we were leaving, it was in a rush. The only thing that I could grab for reading was the brand new fliers. Who doesn't like them :-)

Some pictures on the road: this was a rail bridge nearby the hotel. Speaking of the hotel, it was very disappointing. I used Hotwire.com to book the hotel. The price was quite attractive but Hotwire doesn't tell you what hotel that was until you paid for it. Had known that before hands, I could've done some investigation of the hotel, but not this time. It was a bad experience and I will never use Hotwire again.

The beach

A 30 second exposure with Hoya's NDx400. This is the first time I used this filter. Still need to learn...

If you want to see more pictures of this trip, visit my flickr site: at http://www.flickr.com/photos/haofeng/ .

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Happy Canada Day 2010

Every year, on July 1, it was most celebrated and paraded. Canada day 2010 was not that much different. I've been here for almost ten years. I hardly missed any day in downtown Ottawa. It was also usually the day that summer heat started to kick in. This year was a bit special, because our beloved queen was visiting. Bo was quit exiting and I was wondering why this old (but kind) lady attracted her that much. She was asking me if I forgot what I was saying at the Canadian Citizenship ceremony ? No, I did forget what I was saying but I do remember there was something about the queen that I had to do....  Oh yes, my tax money...

Never mind, let's enjoy !

The most beautiful Rickshaw puller I've even seen. 

Performing artists on the street.

And the last but definitely not the least, our beloved queen and her husband. Did you see them, really, did you see ?

 If you want to see more pictures of this event, visit my flickr site: at http://www.flickr.com/photos/haofeng/ . 

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Trip to Canadian Rockies, Banff, Lake Louise, Yoho and Jasper

Bo and I had a trip recently to our Canada's very own Rockies including Canmore, Banff, Lake Louise, Yoho, Jasper, etc. The first trip to Banff for me was about 4 years ago, I went with a group of colleagues, Christine, Sue, Dennis and Russ. This was a business trip in the winter time to meet our long term vendor and partner, Clarity. Although it was winter, I was amazed by the scenery and promised myself come again very soon. 4 years later, I fulfilled my promise. And this time it was even much better. Hard to describe in words, but better in pictures. Hope you enjoy them ! Let me know if you have any questions, email me at hollanfeng@yahoo.com

1. The most famous, Lake Louise

 

Watch out, Bo! She was stuck at the trail or tried to be heroic ... 

Lake Moraine is another famous place but wasn't in its best shape. End of May is still a bit of cold.

 

2. Town of Banff and surround areas

  

Banff Fairmont Spring Hotel, a national historical site, a very elegant place too.

Johnston Falls. A hot tourism spot but not too much a bit deal to people living in Ontario or NY area. Too many falls there.

Cascade Pond, right outside of Banff. Note: this is an HDR image merged with 5 exposures. 

 
And lake Minnewanka

Chipmunks at Lake Minnewanka were so brave. (Although we know not to feed wide animals...), they were begging food in an very aggressive way. Take a look at the following picture, Bo is feeding the little feller. 

3. Town of Canmore and surrounding areas. It's an actually very attractive and scenic place. Many people missed this place just because they were all heading to Banff, Yoho and Jasper national parks.

Real Estate is quite hot in this area. A single detached home/cottage like the ones in the following picture price ranging from 70k-1M.

 4. Yoho National Park in BC. Emerald Lake is most famous for its emerald like water :-)

Natural Bridge 

Cottages on the lake

5. Icefields Parkway, Jasper National Park. It was described as the most scenic parkway in the world. I am not sure if it is the most scenic in the work, but WOW, it was definitely the most scenic experience in my live.

Bow Lake, the origin of Bow River.

Peyto Lake (pronounced as Peetou lake). This is the most amazing view I've even see so far. 
 

Athabasca River and Falls

6. At last, doing some shopping, bringing souvenirs back home.

That's it! People say when it ends, it ends. I was always a bit sad at the end of trips, especially the ones that I really enjoyed. Note: this actually also includes the trip to my dentist, but happy for different reasons :-) If you want to see more pictures of this trip, visit my flickr site: at http://www.flickr.com/photos/haofeng/ . 


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