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Queen Charlottes Fishing Trip July - 2006
Here is a link to where we went
http://www.mvmarabell.com/
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I have larger photos at home if you would like me to send any to
you.
Just email me...
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Queen Charlottes Fishing Trip July - 2005
One of the best trips I've ever been on. 5 Days of the best
fishing ever.
Here is a link to where we went
http://www.mvmarabell.com/
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The Fleet |
Coming in for lunch |
Dad, Comtois, Belway |
Ralph & Dave Belway |
JD (organizer of the trip) |
The Frog |
Master Fisherman |
Salty Dog |
One of the many fish we caught |
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Tobago - October 2004
Laurie and I celebrated my birthday by renting a tiny house
on the beach in Tobago. Tobago is at the southern end of the
Caribbean, off the coast of Venezuela. We spent two weeks
doing nothing but swimming, relaxing, reading books and
feeding the local wildlife (birds, bats, lizards, frogs --
you name it!). It was fantastic!
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Our house, seen from the beach |
We rented one half of the downstairs
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On the deck |
Who knew that lizards like bread?? |
The canopy around our bed protected us from critters jumping
on us in the night, since all the windows are uncovered. |
Standing at one end of our apartment, looking to the other
end. It was very small
but perfect for us. |
Views from the beach in front of our house |
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Looking down over the town of Castara
during one of the daily rainstorms. The small beach right
behind the rainbow is ours. |
There were a zillion of these tiny birds,
called mot-mots. They raided the bread right out of our
kitchen! |
Our beach |
Sunset from our deck |
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Patch, the neighbourhood cat. |
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Drumheller - Summer 2004
Laurie, Kaelyn and I visited Drumheller and the Royal
Tyrrell Museum, the world's leading paleontology research
centre. Kae loved the afternoon camp just for kids.
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Kae and Laurie |
T-Rex up close |
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Kae and hmmm?? |
T-Rex again |
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Gonna have to ask Kaelyn what it is. |
Kaelyn and Raptor |
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The Hoodoos |
Sittin' around (it was hot) |
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I'm over here ! |
She climbed those hoodoos like a mountain goat! |
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Tahiti and New Zealand - Oct 2003
Laurie & I met up with Mom & Dad in Tahiti, then flew
to the smaller island of Raitea, rented a 38' catamaran, and
spent 10 days sailing around the Society Islands (French
Polynesia). Afterwards, Laurie & I had a great time driving
around New
Zealand for a week seeing the sites.
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French Polynesia |
First class...ahhh, ya gotta like it! |
Flying into Raitea
(the white line is the surf breaking
on the reef around the lagoon) |
Our hotel while on Raitea |
Relaxing before we pick up the boat |
Full sail |
Mom & Dad getting some shade |
Another fancy hotel (they like stilts) |
Sunset cocktails |
Breakfast of champs |
Our wonderful cook! |
A little exploring |
Bora Bora in the distance |
An oyster farm. This is where
Tahitian black pearls come from. |
Nice sunset shot |
Swim at sunset |
Laurie's toes |
One more sunset pic! |
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New Zealand |
A couple of the places we stayed... |
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This is zorbing... you get in this giant soft plastic ball,
toss in a couple gallons of water, and roll down a 600-foot
hill! TOO much fun!! |
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Working border collies at the sheep show |
The volcanic hot springs and sulphur pools at Rotorua |
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Bubbling mud. Laurie bought facial masks and soaps made out
of this muck! |
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Bamfield - September 2003
We visited our friends Marc and Judith at their beautiful
home in Bamfield, B.C.
(on the west coast of Vancouver
Island) for a much needed rest.
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Marc playing badminton
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Making dinner and hanging out
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The "Camperdown 2"
Fishing for salmon, crab, clams and prawns
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Yummy
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Marc and son Geoff
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The catch
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Messy job but someone's gotta do it
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Marcs new filet knife
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One of many wonderful dinners
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Aug 16, 2003
Chase-MacGillivray Fire
2003 has been the driest summer here in over 100 years. As of
yesterday, there were over 900 forest fires in BC and we seem to
be smack dab in the middle of them all!
Coming home from Sun Peaks I managed to snap these pics of a
new fire 7 km from Chase
(I took them from the side of the Trans-Canada Hwy). Let's
hope we get some rain soon!
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Mexico - March 7-22, 2003
We made our annual jaunt to our second home in Mexico,to relax and
spend some QT with the family. Here are some of the better
shots...click on any image to enlarge.
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The Colima volcano, a couple hours' drive from Manzanillo |
Laurie's aunt & uncle's place in Chapalla
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Got refreshments will travel |
We went looking for this famous knife-maker in Sayula --
the same family has been making knives here for 300 years! You
can see why we had a hard time finding the place... |
The shop
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The goods
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More knives
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The factory
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Polishing knives
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The latest owner of the knife shop--
the
15th generation!
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Kaelyn posing on our deck
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Laurie lookin' cute
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That's us...
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Entrance to our home
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The usual suspects
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Paco, the one winged pelican |
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Views from our deck...
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Sunset |
Our "Tarzan"
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JB's "Double Trouble"
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Dec 14, 2002 David Copperfield at the
Queen Elizabeth Theatre in Vancouver...
Laurie, Kaelyn and I went to Van to
meet Laurie's mom and go see
the great magician David Copperfield. It was an
incredible
show,
we had great seats (11th row), and yes...he made Laurie disappear! (She came back.)
You'll have to ask Laurie how he did
it...she ain't sayin' nothing to me :)
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Mexico
Sept-Oct 2002
"Tarzan" in dry dock.
Dad and I flew to Manzanillo then drove the boat to PV where
we had it
hauled. We had a bunch of work done to it.
It was the hottest I've ever been, you couldn't breath
without sweating!
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On our way up.
22 hours no sleep, but what an experience!
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The old guy
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There he is...Dad
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Pulling Tarzan out of the water
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Tarzan in dry dock
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After a long day installing the new
auto-pilot.
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Where we spent most of the day.
Work for 15 minutes, have a beer, etc...
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Our 5-star room -- not!
Thanks Jimmy (oh ya, the fridge doesn't work) |
Some buildup on the old prop, I'd say!
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Bamfield
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Sept 2002
Laurie and I went to Bamfield to visit Marc and Judith
for a day or so...
and ended up staying a week.
It was great!
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My beautiful wife on the ferry to Nanaimo
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Photo op!
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Picnic on the logging road to Bamfield
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Me, Marc and Judith at the buffalo bash
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Me, Laurie and Judith
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Kayaking in Barclay Sound
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Laurie and the sea lions
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Ummm....OK, that's toooo close!
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Marc and Laurie looking for more danger
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Us under a huge tree (not sure what kind)
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We were about to take this photo when a weird man ran
into the shot!
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He stayed and we took his pic...
he was weird but he had wine!
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Elton
John Concert
Aug 28, 2002
Brad & Jane, Al & Lori, Brad & Kelly, Moop
& I went to Kelowna for an evening with
Sir Elton John. Only 7000 tickets were sold and it was an up-close
and personal concert!
Click HERE
to read the write-up on the concert.
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- March 2002
(Laurie was taking the pix, so none of her!)
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On our jungle boat ride |
Kae on jungle ride |
In October 2001, Brad, Alan
and I went to Mexico to fish for marlin and sailfish.
We didn't catch a thing, but we sure had fun!
Maybe next year we'll catch something?
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Our home in Mexico...it rocks!
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"Tarzan" |
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Alan at sunset...
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Don't do it Brad, we have to go fishing at 6:00am! |
Alan trying to look like he's
having fun... |
The real Alan |
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Captain Ron!
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Spoon me baby! |
24 Hours of
Adrenaline Mountain Bike Race, Silver Star BC Sept 1-3, 2001
Team "Mandibular Disharmany" hit the slopes, not
for skiing
but for 24 hours of hell!
We rented a great house on the hill (thanks to Andreas and
Tammy) where we
had plenty of room to relax and recover. The race
consisted of over 900 riders
from across Canada. There were solo racers, 4-person, 5-person, and corporate
teams (us).
Our team consisted of 9 riders and Laurie as the team
volunteer.
The riders were:
Anrdeas, Frank, Kevin, Craig, Ian, Malcolm, Mike, Bob, Greg
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Craig at the top |
Kevin at finish 1 hr/1min |
Ian at the top |
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Relaxing after the race
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The team! |
At the finish |
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Mexico - Feb
2001
Laurie, Kaelyn and I headed back to our favorite
little Mexican getaway,
Manzanillo Mexico, where we fished, scuba dived, surfed, and
generally just relaxed
and drank cold ones.
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In LAX |
Kaelyn's new wet suit
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At the falls for the day |
The falls...very cool
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Kaelyn and fish |
Kaelyn helping fishermen with net
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Kaelyn and her friends |
Kae catching her fish
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After the big catch
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We rock! |
Come on Warren, an engineer can do better than that! |
Argghhh heavy!
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The new boat "Tarzan" |
The new boat
"Tarzan"
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St Vincent & The
Grenadines - October 2000
We rented a catamaran in the Caribbean Windward Islands for 10 days
of sailing the St Vincent Grenadines (located between St Lucia and Grenada, 100
miles north-east of Venezuela).
It was a wonderful trip, we hope to go back again soon.
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A dingy in a dingy
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Looking down at our yacht
from a mountaintop (after hiking over the mountain in the
blazing heat to get wine!) |
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We slept on deck most nights -- and got up at 5AM when
the sun got too hot to sleep.
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Just another ugly beach
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One of the nicer spots...very quiet and relaxing.
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In the Quays...they rocked!
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The Captain and his first mate.
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Mmmm yummy! My birthday dinner! |
Thumbs up for Laurie's first dive in the ocean. |
Getting coconuts the hard way
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Our favorite spot. All there was
on this tiny island was a grass umbrella and a
bottle opener. |
All of us relaxing with a
cocktail
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Diving with sharks
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A beautiful sunset
to finish the day
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Costa Rica Nov/Dec 2007
Osa Peninsula, Casa Linda |
Runway at Peurto Jimenez |
Our bed |
Entrance to house via deck |
Deck looking back into house |
From our deck looking down to beach |
Dining room looking onto deck |
Sunrise from our bed |
Our house in the jungle |
Relaxing |
Our beach looking back to house |
Our beach looking left |
Our beach looking right |
Laurie enjoying book, you can see our house behind her |
Sunrise 5:00am |
Sunrise 5:00am |
Washing the resident smelly dog |
Waterfall photo op, 30 minute hike from house |
Another small waterfall |
Waterfall photo op |
Large rock at end of our bay |
Me |
Tree? |
Ummm ya, that's me |
Toucans were numerous, all photos were taken right out our
window |
Toucan |
Macaws were numerous and noisy! |
Macaw |
Sloth with baby |
Iguana in truck |
Large Hawk came to visit regularly |
Toucan in tree beside house |
Capuchin and baby |
Large Iguana in tree beside house |
Capuchins |
Capuchin |
Capuchins very curious about us |
Capuchin in Kitchen |
Another Macaw |
Squirrel Monkey |
Squirrel Monkey |
Capuchin Monkey outside house |
Lauries bug screen |
Short Movie of Monkey coming into our kitchen to pilfer
fruit.
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