Category Archives: Home and About

Posts about activities around home, trip planning, and short trips.

Visiting Gettysburg – A Step Back In American History

Visiting Gettysburg – A Step Back In American History We were on our way home after visiting St. Augustine, Florida and points in-between. The weather was below seasonal and rain was falling intermittently all day long. That meant that the … Continue reading

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Heading home

After the warm sunshine of Florida, Georgia and South Carolina, it was time to head back north to our home in Kanata. Driving conditions were fine although the amount of traffic was surprisingly high in some sections of our route. … Continue reading

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Exploring St. Augustine, Florida

Exploring St. Augustine, Florida The day before, we had travelled from Charlotte, NC, avoided a potential accident when a semi-trailer in front of us had a tire failure, and arrived in St. Augustine rather late in the day only to … Continue reading

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A Spring Outing

A Spring Outing Graeme wanted to get out on the trail to obtain some high speed shots of birds in flight with his Sony NEX-FS700 with SELP18200 lens.The easiest place to do that is on the many trails in the … Continue reading

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It’s Tax Time Again – Revenue Canada PHISHING e-mail time

Since returning from my trip to the Grand Canyon with the three kayakers, I have spent a bit of my time reviewing which photos I will be adding to our MegaPixelTravel website. Much of my time, though, I have spent … Continue reading

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Returning Home – Vancouver to Ottawa

Returning Home – Vancouver to Kanata Certainly had an interesting time since leaving Kanata on January 23rd to fly to Vancouver, pick up three kayaks, travel to Las Vegas with those three kayaks to meet three padders flying in from … Continue reading

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Dead Horse Ranch State Park, Cottonwood, AZ

Dead Horse Ranch State Park, Cottonwood, AZ After hiking up to the Devil’s Bridge near Sedona, AZ, I headed over to Cottonwood, AZ and found a spot to pitch my tent for the night at Dead Horse Ranch State Park, … Continue reading

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Devil’s Bridge Trail, Red Rock Secret Mountain Wilderness, Sedona

Devil’s Bridge Trail, Red Rock Secret Mountain Wilderness, Sedona, AZ I decided that I would move to a different location today but, before leaving the Sedona area, I returned to the Red Rock Secret Mountain Wilderness Area to hike up … Continue reading

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Sedona Area Bird Watching

I enjoyed looking for birds around Red Rock State Park so, today, rather than hiking among some more red rocks, I decided instead to focus on looking for birds at a couple of locations recommended to me by the folks … Continue reading

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Red Rock State Park, Sedona, Arizona

Red Rock Canyon State Park, Sedona, Arizona With ugly weather swirling through the Grand Canyon and snow covering the roadways in Flagstaff, Arizona, I had decided to travel down the Oak Creek Canyon along 89A to Sedona, Arizona.  Dropping down … Continue reading

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