Getting ready for the spring trip going over some old photos from two years ago to see where I’d like to check out again. Columbia Ice Fields always on the list. Three reasons. They are stunning. They will disappear in an ever-warming world. They are almost impossible to take a bad photo of. This particular …
Ok so Google has this new app called Storyboard. Storyboard transforms your videos into comics. It selects, lays out, and stylizes video frames using experimental research technology from Google that runs entirely on your device. Google Play Load the video it does the magic and then offers up a few style variations, save, share or …
The coldest hike, I think so far, the wind a bit bitter with a cold front moving through that will see the temperatures go from just above freezing at noon to -18 overnight. Ah January, we missed you…. The loop is rated moderate and six months ago I would have argued with that rating… today …
Well not really. It turned cold and the snow came in November, then the strangeness started. We had very little snow and more melt in December and so far in January the same a few centimeters of snow then a day or more of warmth to melt most of it away. As people are fond …
A couple of news articles today pointing out or underlining the melt happening at both poles. First from the south… The frozen region of freshwater ice the size of France partially protects the West Antarctic Ice Sheet from collapsing into the sea. In recent years, the ice-free season in the Ross Sea has become a routine event …
After the artificially inflated expectations and stimulation of dopamine in our brains by the holidays we all start to settle back into life as we live it – day by day. This time of year starts the mental wanderings of the next trip (how long until April?) and sights yet unseen for me and results …
On a New Year’s Eve that will mark the completion of my 56th year on the planet got thinking about the passage of time. All I can say about time is kids when the elder people in your life say it just keeps going faster – listen. Not only are they correct they are telling …
CCGS Griffon bringing the buoys out of the waters of the St. Lawrence today. One of the colder days we’ve had. CCGS Griffon is a Canadian Coast Guard (CCG) High Endurance Multi-Tasked Vessel and Light Icebreaker stationed in Prescott, Ontario, Canada.[ The CCG classes her as a “High Endurance Multi-Tasked Vessel – Light Icebreaker”. Completed in 1970, Griffon is currently in active service. The ship provides icebreaking …
Trail DescriptionThe Griffith Uplands Trail is a physically challenging 10 km hiking/snowshoeing loop encompassing four mountains in the Madawaska Highlands – Lake, Buck, Spring and Godin. This rewarding wilderness route traverses a rugged Area of Natural and Scientific Interest composed of marble bedrock with open upland forests of large tooth aspen, red oak, white pine …
This loop is located in one of the more rugged parts of Frontenac Park. The trail crosses Labelle Gorge and passes a series of waterfalls which drop 16 metres from Slide Lake to Buck Lake. A moderately difficult hike – ups and downs, one small scramble and 13.2 km long. We took on the challenge on …