Category: Travel Photography

  • Le Grand Rassemblement – Overlanding – Trans-Canada ’25 (VIII)

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    June 21st, 2025: Day Seventeen Distance Travelled: 365.7 KMDays in Hotels VS Campgrounds VS Guest: 6/7/3 Camping La Jolie Rochelle, Quebec – Motel camping Metis, Quebec Had a good sleep at Camping La Jolie Rochelle but needed to #2 in the morning. Greeted by what I presume to be the camp kitty cat and went Continue Reading

  • Personal Barriers – Travel Photography – Trans-Canada ’25 (VII)

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    June 19th, 2025: Day Fifteen Distance Travelled: 526KMDays in Hotels VS Campgrounds VS Guest: 5/6/3 Mississauga, Ontario – Ottawa, Ontario Worst day yet. Easily. I may keep this briefer than previous entries because I am exhausted. Plus, I have Topper’s Pizza on the way in 26 minutes… 28 minutes sorry. After saying goodbye to my Continue Reading

  • A Layover – Travel Photography – Trans-Canada ’25 (VI)

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    June 16th, 2025: Day Twelve Distance Travelled: UnknownDays in Hotel/Motel VS Campgrounds: 5/6 Bruce Peninsula National Park, Ontario – Mississauga, Ontario After the less than satisfying hike the night before I was eager to get on the road and head straight to my Aunt and Uncles. Repacking the car for travel-mode has become very routine Continue Reading

  • Chi-Cheemaun Ferry – Road Trip Photography – Trans-Canada ’25 Part (V)

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    June 13th, 2025: Day Nine Distance Travelled: UnknownDays in Hotel/Motel VS Campgrounds: 4/4 Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario My Garmin watch lies to me again and says I had a poor sleep when I felt pretty darn good. Deciding to spend a second day in Sault Ste. Marie was a solid plan. One of the things Continue Reading

  • Pukaskwa National Park – Travel Photography – Trans-Canada ’25 (IV)

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    June 11th, 2025: Day Seven Distance Travelled: 290KM (approx.)Days in Hotel/Motel VS Campgrounds: 3/3 Stop Along The Way Campground (Near Schreiber, Ontario) – Wawa Campground (Wawa, Ontario) At this point I am glad I am keeping a daily journal because everything is starting to bleed together. I woke up this morning at three but was Continue Reading

  • Burying Nostalgia in Ontario – Overlanding – Trans-Canada ’25 (III)

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    June 9th, 2025: Day Five Distance Traveled: 5.9KMDays in Hotel/Motel VS Campgrounds: 2/2 Thunder Bay, Ontario It’s 9am even though my laptop says 7am. I just went to Starbucks and was disappointed to only find a Canada mug and not a Thunder Bay mug. I have two choices before me right now. I can go Continue Reading

  • Thunder Bay, Ontario – Road Trip Photography – Trans-Canada ’25 (II)

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    June 7th, 2025: Day Three Distance Traveled: Approx. 500KM Days in Hotel/Motel VS Campgrounds: 1/1 KOA Journey Campground (Outside Winnipeg, Manitoba) – Davy Lake Campground (Ignace, Ontario) I wanted to make it all the way to Thunder Bay today, but I got tired pretty quick. About halfway there I stopped in a campground in a Continue Reading

  • Travel Photography Reflections and Preparations – Trans-Canada ’25 (I)

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    June 2nd 2025 (T-Minus 3 Days) Calgary, Alberta With just a few days to go things are starting to feel very real. I’m not as nervous as I think I should be. Maybe it’ll hit me all at once. Hopefully not like the rock to my windshield recently. This morning, I took a 3.5KM walk Continue Reading

  • Minimalist Packing: 3 Essential Laws for Road Trip Success

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    When it comes to total weight on everything you’ve packed for a road trip it can be death by 1000 cuts. What seemed like a series of rational choices has now become an overstuffed and cumbersome set of bags. Each time I take a road trip I find myself regretting some of the things I’ve Continue Reading

  • Navigating Unforeseen Challenges Before Your Road Trip

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    As of this post date, I am thirteen days out from leaving Calgary on my cross-Canada road trip. What an appropriate number for this topic. Dealing with setbacks or in other words rolling with the bad luck of planning for a road trip. While my experiences are pretty unique to me perhaps you’ll find some Continue Reading