Summer vacation is over and I’m on my way back to what they like to call the real world. At least I get to take a couple of memories with me. I managed to cram a little bit of everything into just over a week. It was also nice to get to play with my nephew Alex some more before he starts getting too big.

On a nice summer’s evening when the sun was still high in the sky, the rain clouds were no where to be seen and I wasn’t wiped out asleep from being out in the boat all day, I took the time to go down to the water and practice some sunset photography. I did have a hard time convincing my mom that if I didn’t go down during dinner time the sun was not going to wait for me to arrive before starting the show. It was just like being back at home again.

How ya, and there were turkeys there too.

Some photos you just can’t take in the city.

Summer vacation is well on its way. This is the first week off I’ve had since I started at National Defense. I’m taking a brake from my brake on a count of the rain to post a couple of cottage pictures online.

The old man and I put a good weekends worth of elbow-grease into building our camp fire pit. The next week we christened the new fire pit with a shish kabob barbeque and a marshmallow roast.

Everybody needs a weekend getaway even this lazy guy.

So far so good, kayaking yesterday was fun but geocaching was a total bust. I think I’ll be going home with a sun burn by the end of this week. There is a lot more summer to go. With plenty of time for boating, hiking, pool and I hope to do a whole lot of photography.

There I am in total Vacation Mode

This week we tried something a little different out on the trails. Instead of using high tech Global Positioning Satellites to tell us where we were going, we used a paper map and a compass. This was our first try at orienteering and a successful one at that. I enjoyed leaving the GPS at home for once and hiking with just a compass in hand.

Topographical 3D Rendered Map of the Trails we Took

This was the other team we were racing against. We tide ….

Along with that I took time to plant my third GeoCache “The Photographer’s GeoCache“.  This Cache has been placed here specially for all the photographers out there. I know there are lots of GeoCachers that have a GPS in one hand and a camera in the other every time they head out exploring the wilderness.

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