August 7th

8pm: Liberty Lake, WA Well a long drive down from Canmore to Liberty Lake, a little community just outside Spokane. It was of course much, much warmer down here than up there. The drive itself took us through the Kootenay region of British Columbia, and over the border into Idaho. The Idaho section was interesting, real redneck, hillbilly country in parts - the area we drove through is home to the remnants of the Aryan Nation. Not hard to imagine them holed up in the tumbledown shacks that you see from the highway. Anyway we reached Liberty Lake, had a really nice dinner & then took the kids to the lake itself, where they had a blast playing in the sand on a staggeringly beautiful evening!

August 6th

7pm: Rain again, another wet day in this horrible summer. Cannot wait to head south for warmer climes tomorrow. Yes, holiday time as of 8am tomorrow morning as we drive down to Oregon. I hope it's going to be a LOT warmer & drier than soggy, cold Canmore.

August 5th

9.45pm: The long & winding road, on my way home after a few days in Vancouver - this is the final stretch of the 1 hour drive back from Calgary - I will be home in 3 minutes from here. Always nice to be coming back home to my little family.

August 4th

8pm: A beautifully warm Vancouver evening, after work i went down to Granville Island for a walk. Here we have the magnificent little aquabus service that ferries people across the river right in the heart of downtown. These boats come & go frequently, I am not sure what their real purpose is - tourism or commuting - they are are cool though. Vancouver is such a magnificent city, I am normally immersed in work here & don't get time to observe & record little things like this. Shame.

August 3rd

August 2nd

3pm: We headed down to Quarry Lake today, its only 10 minutes walk from the house - overcast & slightly chilly afternoon with about 10 million mosquitoes to keep us company. The kids love the lake, plenty of scope for getting muddy and wet.

August 1st

11pm: I forgot to take any photos today until late on, i had been practising my guitar so threw together this little shot. Some days are just not meant for fancy photography.