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POW: Colourful Alleyway in Trinidad, Cuba
DESCRIPTION Trinidad is a small town along the southern coast of Cuba, and was one of our last stops when Hilary and I visited the country. Lots of the buildings in the town are painted these bright colours. We had just watched the sunset from a nearby church...
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Check out my new Gear and Resources Page! I've recently been spending a bunch of time putting together a complete list of all of the main gear, equipment, tools, and resources that I use day to day for adventuring, editing, and of course, picture-taking. My goal is to...
POW: Ice Lantern in Serendipity Cave
DESCRIPTION Serendipity Cave is an ice cave near my hometown of the Crowsnest Pass. It involves a bit of hiking, scrambling, and navigating to be able to find and because the entrance is so small it's even tougher to find without a lot of looking. But this...
New Zealand: Van Life Comes to an End
West Coast to Wanaka: After leaving the Nelson area, we began to slowly make our way towards Wanaka. We decided to drive down the West coast as it's supposed to be a little bit longer but more scenic. It is definitely a beautiful drive and the road follows along the...
POW: Above Gjogv in the Faroe Islands
DESCRIPTION Above the town of Gjogv in the Faroe Islands, there is a small walking trail. It leaves right from the edge of town and takes you along the edge of a farmer's field where you get a great view back down into the small town, as well as out to the sea...
New Zealand: Arriving on the South Island and Exploring Nelson
Nelson: After crossing over from the North Island to the South Island on October 24th, we headed west across the top of the South Island. Before continuing our migration south, we decided to stop for a few days to explore the area around the city of Nelson....
POW: Bad Moon Rising Over Mount Parrish
DESCRIPTION Sometimes there is nothing better than spending a night in the mountains in a tent. That was the plan on the night that I took this photo of the harvest moon rising behind the peak of Parrish Mountain in the Crowsnest Pass. While it looks somewhat...
New Zealand: End of the North Island
End of the North Island: After leaving the Taranaki area of New Zealand, we headed down the west coast to the very bottom of the North Island. We were nearing the end of our time on the North Island at this point, and had already booked our ferry tickets to take us to...
Video: Autumn Colours at Frank Lake
https://youtu.be/pmN-_ytRwfI Video Description: When I left home for New Zealand, it was Autumn and the leaves of the trees had once again turned their vibrant yellow and orange colours. One of the best places around my home of the Crowsnest Pass to see the colours is...
POW: Wall of Mt. Schaffer above Lake O’Hara.
DESCRIPTION On a September trip to Lake O'Hara that Hilary and I made, we woke up one morning to fresh snow. It ended up being quite cold and foggy for most of our time there, but I guess that's the risk that you sometime's take when you spend time in the...
New Zealand: Taranaki, The Pimple of the North Island
Taranaki: After doing the Tongariro Crossing hike, we made our way back to the west coast of the North Island. As there is no direct route back to the coast, we had to go north first and then wrap our way back south again once we had reached the coast. Our next...
POW: Through a Doorway in Fes Morocco.
DESCRIPTION I was walking down the busy medina alleys and streets of Fes when I walked past this doorway. It was like a glimpse into a different world where things were peaceful, quiet, clean, and serene. I had just enough time to take a couple of pictures...
New Zealand: Hiking the Tongariro Alpine Crossing
Tongariro Alpine Crossing: After leaving Hawkes Bay, we made our way back to the Lake Taupo area. We didn't spend much time in the Lake Taupo area, and only stayed one night on the south shore of the lake. Our reason for returning to this area was that there is a...
New Zealand: Sun and Fun on the North Island
Rotorua to Hawkes Bay: We arrived in Rotorua after spending some time further north and spent a few days in the town before moving further south again to Hawkes Bay. At this point, we had been on the road for about two weeks and living out of a van and doing a...
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Keep up to date on the New Zealand Adventure! Read the New Zealand updates here! In case you didn't know, my girlfriend, Hilary, and I recently moved down to New Zealand for a year to work and travel. I've made a page where you can keep up to date on all of our...
Video: Snell’s Beach Sunrise in New Zealand
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7tToB__JVY Video Description: On our very first night after leaving Auckland to begin our New Zealand adventure, we stayed at a place called Snell's Beach. This was our first night out of the city and the start of the real...
New Zealand: From Surf Towns and Waterfalls to the Smelly Rotorua
Piha to Rotorua After exploring Northland, we began to make our way south, past Auckland and into the main body of the North Island. At this point, the main trajectory of our journey was to be south as we zig-zagged our way across the North Island from top to bottom...
POW: Hiking in Tonquin Valley
DESCRIPTION Tonquin Valley is a really cool area in Jasper National Park. I was on a hike with a group of friends for 3 days and two nights, and it was the first time that I had been to this area. We had rain and stormy weather for the majority of the trip and...
Video: Coopers Beach NZ
https://youtu.be/gsMMy9TSl4w Video Description: Near the very tip of the North Island of New Zealand is a beach called Coopers Beach. While Hilary and I were driving through this area while we were exploring the Northland region of New Zealand, we stopped by this...
New Zealand: Beaches, Sunshine, and Adventure in Northland
Northland: After leaving Auckland, we made our way North to explore the small finger of land that sticks out of the top of the North Island. This region is called Northland and is slightly less travelled that many of the other areas of the country. For us, Northland...
POW: Hiking in the Bugaboos
DESCRIPTION The bugaboos are one of those cool areas that makes you feel lucky to be alive when you're there. The weather wasn't great for our trip, but every now and then the fog would part and give you a glimpse of the spires. The spire that you can see in...
New Zealand: The Adventure Begins in Auckland
Leaving Home: On September 28th Hilary and I flew out of Calgary at 6:40 PM with one-way tickets to New Zealand for a year. It's tough to describe the feelings leading up to flying out, and even though it should have been filled with excitement for the adventures to...
POW: Sunburst Mountain Reflection
DESCRIPTION I hiked into Mount Assiniboine Provincial Park with a friend last summer to do some hiking and camping. Even though the main feature of the park is Mount Assiniboine, which you can see in the background, it was Sunburst Mountain that I couldn't take...
Video: Kayaking at Allison Lake
Video Description: There's something about Allison Lake (just outside of the town of Coleman in Alberta) that makes it always seem so peaceful. On the evening that I shot this video of my sister, Jordyn, kayaking on the lake, there was hardly any wind, and as it was...
Video: Biking on Turtle Mountain
Video Description: In the town of the Crowsnest Pass, Alberta, where I grew up, there is a mountain called Turtle Mountain. It's famous for the Frank Slide which is a massive rock slide that covered the town of Frank when about half of the mountain fell and crumbled....
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