Friday, November 5, 2010

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

So after the bright lights of the concert I saw in Edmonton on Halloween I packed up the car once again and headed for Saskatoon for the longest visit since I moved away from the 306. In typical fashion of the prairies, I was treated to a spectacular sunrise which kept me awake on the early morning drive.


When I got to town I finally got to see the newest member of my family, Maxwell. He was born about 2 weeks ago and has been a joy ever since (just ask my sister). I also was joined in taking photos of Max with Rylen as well.


I have been able to visit with my family and with friends in the city for the last few days. Most of my days are now spent trying to catch up on the mountain of work that I have accumulated over the last year. I have finally finished compiling all my full resolution panorama photos and converted all my videos from the trip. In the process of this I have found some hidden videos that are randoms and intersting.

This is just another example of what passes (no pun intended) for typical driving habits on Thailand highways. Just watch the oncoming traffic have to swerve out of the way.


This was the second AFL game I ever saw and was the game that cemented my love for the sport and the Fremantle Dockers. The entire second half felt like this video: non-stop edge of your seat excitement.


This is at the future US Open venue of Chambers Bay and this is Riley hitting a monster drive off the elevated 5th tee. Nice to see that his swing has rounded out and is now coming more from the inside compared to the old chopping feel that his swing produced.


I didn't always have awesome seats at AFL games, but even from the upper level you can feel the electricity of a Sunday afternoon game at the Melbourne Cricket Ground with 80,000 fans.


This video was meant to capture the beauty and sound of the Oregon coast, but Kari went ahead and provided some tremendous unintential comedy by awkwardly trying not to be in this video. Love it.


This is just one of the many fire twirlers you will see on any number of beaches in Thailand.


I was sitting on the patio of the bungalow on Koh Mook when I noticed a colony of red ants filing across the clothesline in front of me. It inspired me to take some of the best macro photos I've ever done, and at the same time the best macro video ever.


This video has a race marshal pretend to start taking his clothes off right before the race comes into turns 15 and 16. The back story to this marshal is that I saw him out in the parking lot in the morning. I had a brief conversation with him as he walked into the track. Then later in the day when I'm watching the race, he recognizes me and immediately asks why I'm not in the parking lot. I mention that I do, in fact, get some time off and that I'll see him the next morning (which I did).


While walking through the Swiss hills we encountered many farmers walking their cows down the path towards the lakes. Once we got to the lakes, the cows stopped and allowed me to get up close and personal with this particular moo-cow.


This was during my last round of golf in Montana where I found my drive in the trees on the left side of the 2nd hole. I looked to my right and saw a nice easy way to punch my ball back into play. Not wanting to take the easy way out, I looked towards the green and saw a MUCH smaller opening. I asked my caddie (Kari) which option I should take and she promptly told me to go for it. This video shows me successfully punching the ball through with a 3 iron. The down side was that despite the successful shot, I never saw this ball again. Double bogey.

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