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10,000 Miles, Photos

Home again home again

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From the San Francisco Bay Area to Halifax, Nova Scotia and back–by train. Incredible 10,000 mile trip! Surreal end to the whole thing while waiting a couple of hours for the shuttle bus in the Martinez Amtrak station. I felt like I was in an R. Crumb comic entitled “Welcome back to the good ol’ USofA.” The entire Canadian experience was quite a contrast.

This was my last shot of the trip–not the best of the last, but THE last. The G11 was packed away for the bus ride, so this shot of the train leaving us behind is from my handy iPhone camera.

10000 miles--the end

[I’ll put together an album of my fave shots of the trip sometime soon.]

iPhone catches the moment.

10,000 Miles, Photos

Mixed bag

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We’re taking a chill day. The long legs on the train without the luxury of having a sleeper are taxing–doable, but it really makes one appreciate the supine position. Anyway, here’s a mixed bag of photos taken sometime during the past week.

En route to Halifax, Maggie snoozing on the train.

Maggie snoozing on the train

Old and new in Montréal.

Old and new, Montreal

Near Lunenburg, Nova Scotia getting artsy fartsy.

Lunenberg, yellow tree reflection

Jazzy mural in Halifax.

Jazz mural, Halifax

Canon G11 mixing it up.

10,000 Miles, Photos

Views from the train

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Backtracking to two contrasting views from the train ride between Vancouver and Toronto. (These photos were taken on a speeding, jostling train through rather dirty windows.)

This was the view of Mt. Robson (the highest peak in the Canadian Rockies).

Mt Robson from the Canadian

And here’s a shot of the Saskatchewan landscape–flat in all directions for hundreds of miles. (Note: this shot was taken in the late afternoon while the train was rolling along at full speed. I used TV mode with the shutter set speed set to 1/640″ to “freeze” the foreground.)

Saskatchewan flatness from the Canadian

Canon G11 looking back at looking out.