Seattle bound in just a day or two, outside of Olympic National Park in Port Angeles, WA at a Jack in the Box for dinner after getting off the ferry from Victoria

Pictures!

Rain Forest at Pacific Rim National Park Reserve

Victoria HDR

Hard to top those past 2… but here are the rest :-p Here is my campsite at Green Point

Some moss in the rain forest…

Ahh, rain forest in CANADA???

There is a big tree I was promising you

Elevated trail

Love the rocky outcrops and islands

Crazy FRENCH PEOPLE!!! I didn’t go to the right because I thought I might get the PLAGUE

Trail down to the beach…

Looking up at it

One view of the big building…

A “figurehead”

The Empress

Its top lights change colors a bunch

Perspective

More Perspective

Late night fountains and Victoria

Victoria at Night

Have to get my license so I can fly a float plane

Cool Parking lot

Totem Pole!

Random note:
Tim Hortons -> Everywhere (almost as bad as Starbucks and McDonalds)

Here are some of my pics from the beach as I enjoyed it yesterday

Pacific Rim National Park Reserve

Jump for Joy

Go Crazy!

“ahhh!!!!”

What the hell is that?

Ahhhh… Pacific Rim National Park Reserve for the next few pics…

I got a Karma Special for Dinner, Yum!

Pyramid Mountain (Jasper) with a cloud blocking the peak

The wonderful town of Kamloops (meaning the meeting of waters, a native word, I learned that on CBC radio)

Just to the west of Kamloops

Along Highway 99

Turn around from past pic… along highway 99

Horseshoe Bay Park, West Vancouver

Horseshoe Bay Park’s little island

Horseshoe Bay Park

Looking back towards the mainland from the island

The belly of Lion’s Gate bridge

The lion himself

HDR Handstand at Green Point in Pacific Rim National Park

Green Point

Green Point (a little lighter) Photomatrix lets you play with settings, so I tried two different ways.

Green Point (a little darker)

Wow, i see GREEN at green point!

Tofino, Vancouver Island, B.C. Need to get my SES rating (Single Engine Sea)

Tofino, Vancouver Island, B.C.

Tofino, Vancouver Island, B.C. Absolutely LOVE the blue in this

Go support your local Staples store, they have provided me with internet today unknowingly!

Route 99 in British Columbia is truly scenic. Here is a roadside view

When I attempted to locate the ferry docks, I stumbled upon Horseshoe Bay Provincial Park which I loved. Definitely will go back some day.

I love how the hills just come out of the water.

And the island was super cool, of course I went over

Just really loved the landscape. I think I drove by some millionaires houses because they had these outstanding views and were just decadent places.

On my way out to the island…

Just really liked this place. One of my favorite “stumble upons” during the trip.

On the “island”

Handstanded! This is after I got adventurous and went for a dip in the chilly water. It was my “shower”, gross, eh?

A random note… has anyone ever told you about Mount Ranier? I crapped my pants when I saw it from highway 99. In the car I actually said “holy shit!” out loud. hehe.
I didn’t get a pic, but here is someone elses…

So you’ve heard of “Lions Gate Films”? Well, here is the bridge! “Lions Gate Bridge”

And the view next to the bridge

Stanley Park, which is where I took the bridge pictures from is LITERALLY crawling with racoons…

More Bridge

and more…

Random Vancouver City

Go Vancouver Team! I think the canucks play next door to this place?

Coming back across Lions Gate at night, trippy effect

Trippier

Vancouver Skyline at 450am from Cypress Park

These were 20 second exposures

Correctly aligned. This is my favorite

A view from my dash of the Ferry Lineup at 530am

A view of the mainland from the ferry

More mainland…

Looking off the back of the ferry…

And the “Sun Deck”

Looking off the deck

off the back

Namaimo on Vancouver Island

So I’m driving, and didn’t know there were “big” mountains on the island. I looked up and saw this and about crapped my pants. Those clouds can be tricky!

Roadside park…

Cool trees, will have to get some wide angle shots…

Sweetness..

Pacific Rim National Park and Tofino, here I come, it is 1123am here and I’m off!

Off to Pacific Rim National Park and Tofino! I have a campsite the next 2 days, woo hoo! One in Pacific Rim, the other near Victoria.

USA bound on Tuesday at 3pm to Port Angeles.

Pictures will come as soon as internet with speed comes.

Cheers!

Last night I slept about 30k in on 99 heading south towards Whistler, at a Provincial Park Campground. I started reading through my books on Olympic National Park and some others, and just got excited. I love this. This trip was a great idea, and totally cool. So glad I get to keep exploring!

I’m in the library in Whistler right now. The sunrise drive down from the campground was quite pretty. I’ve got reservations to get over to Vancouver Island, head over to Pacific Rim National Park, and then down to Victoria, so 2 full days over there

Then it’s off to Olympic National Park on Tuesday, and then Seattle for Labor Day weekend!

Hope you enjoy the pics, I’ve driven approximately 500 miles on smaller roads in the past day, phew! Only a little over 100km to Vancouver!

P.S.- Stick to snowboarding in Whistler. The mountain biking was a letdown, almost killed myself on the rocks, and then gave up because it wasn’t worth it.

Do you know this creature?

Pyramid Mountain… Glorious

Kamloops, British Columbia

Just outside of Kamloops heading west

Cache Creek, British Columbia

Along the roadside of 99 in B.C.

What about this guy, he your friend?

Ahhh…

Oooo…

Pretty flowers with a mountain Bokeh

Handstanded!

Most AWESOME jump EVER, it goes OVER the mountain!

2010 Olympic Bobsled and Luge Track!

Columbia Icefield

Close up of the Icefield

Wow

Athabasca Falls, Are you “Fall”-ing for someone?

wow again

Looking downstream

Winding River in Jasper

Ahh, nice view on the bikeride

Goose, Goose, Goose, Goose, Duck?

One word… “blue”

Me like this one. Shot from the makeshift biking bridge on “overland” trail.

I was there… at least my (John’s old) bike was there.

As far as I went, before I decided I should turn back…

Wind up… (the music box) (from below) (stream)

Sun breaks through…

Green, blue, white

I like this one too…

After I was “lost”, hiked up what seemed like millions of steps with my bike, and trudging back towards the campground, I found the bridge I wanted to take a picture of originally. I was soaked, and it was still lightly raining, but this made it all worthwhile!

What’s at the END of the rainbow? A POT OF GOLD… and it’s UNDERWATER!

Have you seen something more vivid? Awesome.

Handstanded the Rainbow, for the 2nd time! (see first one in Cozumel, Mexico)

So I biked a long ways, for about 5 hours or so. The red is where I THINK I went

I poured Water on both sides… Atlantic and Pacific!

Entering Alberta…

View from the roadside in Kootenay National

Another View from that Roadside… See the smoke?

Awesome

Hilly?

Paint Pots are pretty neat I’d say. Orange…

Orange Stream… They’re located in Kootenay National Park, right near the border of B.C. and Alberta

More Orange…

A little green and orange.

Orange River for the win

Awesome

The Kootenay River, right by the road

Looking upstream towards the footbridge

Marble Canyon, Kootenay National Park

More Marble Canyon

Video of the “Marble Canyon”

Awesome roadside view

Canada, eh?

View down the main street into banff, headed right at the mountain!

The infamous Banff hotel… Mortgage, or one night here?

Lake Minnewanka, Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada

More Lake (Thanks Cecil for telling me to stop by!)

Minnewanka has been handstanded!

Dreary Afternoon, today is supposed to be worse

Ahhh, animals!

Mountains!

Cloud? or Mountain?

One of my favorites of Lake Minnewanka. The boatride (not on that boat) is 40 dollars, and too much for me this time… maybe i’ll catch one at Lake Louise?

Looking down the Pier