First Snow - Nov 21

First day of back country skiing in Manning Park. Even if it looks like lift assisted skiing, the ski hill is still closed. Good snow cover, but the quality wasn't quite up to our standards. It was nice to get out anyway. The XC trails were open and in very good conditions so we swapped the skinny sticks for the wide ones and did a few laps.

Blanchard Magic - Nov 11

Super smooth lift at Blanchard today. Flying out way over Samish Bay, to Chuckanat Ridge and towards Edison. Lots of happy pilots and eagles out to enjoy the reprieve from the bad weather. But temperatures are winter-like... cold-finger forced landing after a little over 2 hours.

TJ over Samish Bay

November Flying - November 4

What an amazing flight for November! Eagle were showing us where to stay up in light thermals. One-and-a-half hour airtime floating around clouds that formed and dissipated in front of us. But winter is coming: first snow is visible on the higher ridges and my fingers were cold.

AlexR Photo... finally a photo of me and not me taking photos of others flying ;-)

Short-eared Owls - October 28

Fall has arrived in Vancouver and that means 'hunting' time ... but after my hunts the animals are still quite alive. I'm quite happy just taking photos of birds and beasts. I revisited Boundary Bay south of Vancouver where short-eared owls reside all year long. The owls hunt during daytime on overcast days. They have a rather erratic flight path and it was quite a work-out to keep them in the frame of my camera. Maybe I need some exercise?