Tag Archives: Ottawa

Old Quarry Trail, Kanata

Posted on January 5, 2011 by Ron

Old Quarry Trail, Kanata (Location) Nice temperatures and a perfect blue sky was all that I needed to head over to the Old Quarry Trail by the Hazeldean Mall with carrots in one pocket and sunflower seeds in the other … Continue reading →

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Polar Bear Jump – Video and Additional Photos

Posted on January 1, 2011 by Graeme

As promised, here is a short video from this year’s Polar Bear Jump into the Ottawa River. Click on the image below and shiver along with the participants. Polar Bear Jump – Video and Additional Photos Below is a collection … Continue reading →

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Polar Bear Jump – New Years Day – Ottawa

Posted on January 1, 2011 by Graeme

Polar Bear Jump – New Years Day – Ottawa In support of Stopping Children’s Cancer, SEARS holds the Great Canadian Chill. This year, the event was located at Britannia Beach. (Location) The Great Canadian Chill is basically a Polar Bear … Continue reading →

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Polar Bear Swim – New Year’s Day – Britannia Beach, Ottawa, Ontario

Posted on January 1, 2011 by Ron

Polar Bear Swim – New Year’s Day, 2011 – Ottawa, Ontario Update: THe cold water is waiting for the 2012 event – see our 2012 blog Graeme and I and my father got to Britannia Beach (Location) this morning for … Continue reading →

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New Year’s Eve – Ottawa, Ontario

Posted on January 1, 2011 by Ron

New Year’s Eve – Ottawa, Ontario My wife and I headed to Parliament Hill for New Year’s Eve. Some years they have fireworks, other years they don’t. This happened to be one of the years when they didn’t. We waited … Continue reading →

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Season’s Greetings

Posted on December 26, 2010 by Ron

Season’s Greetings Starting up a website. www.megapixeltravel.com, with my son, Graeme, was one of the major milestones for the year. Graeme had been prodding me to think about a blog format for my photo postings for quite some time so … Continue reading →

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Lunar Eclipse, December 21, 2010

Posted on December 21, 2010 by Ron

Tonight, we are supposed to be experiencing the first lunar eclipse that will fall on the Winter Solstice (start of winter in Northern Hemisphere) in 300+ years. At the moment, the sky is pretty cloudy where I live, so I … Continue reading →

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More Deer Photos – Old Quarry Trail, Kanata, Ontario

Posted on December 18, 2010 by Ron

More Deer Photos – Old Quarry Trail, Kanata, Ontario I’ve started off today’s blog with a photo of a young fellow trying to feed a number of white-tailed deer which came in quite close but, in the end, ate from … Continue reading →

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Deer on the Old Quarry Trail – Kanata, Ontario

Posted on December 13, 2010 by Ron

Deer on the Old Quarry Trail – Kanata, Ontario It was -8C, a light wind was blowing, a few flakes of snow were falling and the deer were there to greet me as I took a brisk walk around the … Continue reading →

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Chickadees and More – Sarsaparilla Trail – Bell’s Corners, Ottawa

Posted on December 4, 2010 by Ron

Chickadees and More – Sarsaparilla Trail – Bell’s Corners, Ottawa The Chickadees were hungry today and quickly cleaned out my supply of black sunflower seeds. Didn’t take long before two fellows came along the trail and these two fellows were … Continue reading →

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