Dawn Biking October 10 2008

Had a spontaneous urge to go out in the early morning to enjoy what was left of fall. Cold air and clear sky.

Dawn cycling July 20 2008

I left early one summer morning to bike the 15 miles. Stopped for blueberries and almost got hit by a truck. Exhausting.


Dawn









Empty highway

Bike Behind the Resource Center, July 13 2007

Went for a little trip, met up with a couple of assholes on ATV's, and another in a truck. Overcast, nice and breezy. I stopped by the river and just layed down on the bank to think. That is my favourite thing in the world to do. The setting was perfect.


Surreal scene

Bike Behind the Resource Center, July 2 2007

Got some cool photos, and saw some scat. All in all, a worthwhile journey.


Highway, Cop in the distance


Road


Mineshaft

Bike Behind the Resource Center, August 22 2006

Back in August 2006, I took a ride in the dirt roads behind the Ministry center. This is the day when I got into hobby photography.. Nice summer colours.


Bike & River


August


Contrast


The Beaver Pond

Ride May 18 2006

Back in May 2006, a buddy came by and we went on a tour of a couple dirt jumping/technical riding spots. The first was a ghetto ass trials set up, in the woods off the highway, and the second I'd been many times before, a crazy dirt jumping spot up on the man-made hills of the slime dam.

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Ghetto ass trials




Bedrock spruce forest


The slimes, nice view of the ugly mine site.

Bike to Dugwall Pit, April 17 2006

Back in April of 2006, I took my then-new Giant STP 2 on a 15+ mile trip to a trout lake down the highway. I went to check on the ice, it was mostly intact.

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Arrival at the Pit


The bike and boardwalk


The Porcupine River, 28 miles from it's source on Porcupine Lake.

Bicycle Ride June 16, 2007

Took a few good pictures, really sunny and humid.


Unfortunately they are only old mine tailings, look nice though.








Saw my first fox of the summer on the road, wasn't very afraid of me.

River Camp 4/14/07

Biked a kilometer in, had to stash the bike and walk the rest of the way. Came close to an otter, a lot of chickadees, and a few rabbit tracks. Added a new roof pole and completed about 1/4 of the pine bough thatching.

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Cedar tea


Back wall coming together


Pine bought thatching. Water and wind will run off it

Bike to the River Camp April 11 2007

I went out for a bike ride after supper today, to work a little bit more on the shelter and get some pictures. It took almost an hour each way, so I was only able to make small progress before turning back because of the impeding darkness. A few wildlife encounters, a small bird on a branch let me walk within 4 feet of it before it flew to a larger tree 2 feet away, examined me as i whistled, then left. I was walking up to the river, and was shouting to warn any possible animals to get the hell away, and spooked a family of loons than swam a few metres away and left. The baby was playing in the river while the parents watched. The baby loon doesn't look quite as majestic as an adult. It's flying pretty well already. Saw a few new tracks in the snow.

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Biking along this road for 2.5 km was slightly difficult but better than walking.


The family of Loons. Beautiful picture.


Addition to the bench area. Will add cross lengths and pine boughs on the slants.


Two sets of tracks.


Boreal sunset. Should have left sooner.