Jeff Posted October 8, 2018 Share Posted October 8, 2018 As messed up as some places are these days, Cathy and I do live in a pretty place, went for a drive yesterday and here is a little bit of what we went through, had a nice picnic lunch on the back of my Trailblazer along the way........ looks like winter is on it's way though....... 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinnfb Posted October 8, 2018 Share Posted October 8, 2018 Beautiful indeed Jeff, thank you for sharing. I have to admit , I miss the inland BC a lot. ....... Guuess what is happening in Calgary ? LOL 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MARU 5137 Posted October 8, 2018 Share Posted October 8, 2018 Jeff and Cathy.. STUNNING scenery and WHAT a WONDROUS place you reside in... thank you for sharing your Joy and bringing a huge smile to MY face .. days like this are memorable So dearest Friend ENJOY.... and keep having fun. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Posted October 8, 2018 Author Share Posted October 8, 2018 Martin.............................. do have to guess?? and no worries we will let you back here..... you are always welcome, just bring your bank account, we need the tax base... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinnfb Posted October 8, 2018 Share Posted October 8, 2018 It has been a year since we moved from BC and i am still getting correspondence from BC government urging me to pay this and that, the latest was a fine for unpaid dog licensing fee from Pitt Meadows. LOL Alberta is nothing short of beautiful. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinnfb Posted October 8, 2018 Share Posted October 8, 2018 however.... 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlrwestSiR Posted October 8, 2018 Share Posted October 8, 2018 Great photos Jeff! I've only been to Vancouver so haven't seen anything really of BC. Still trying to make my way through Ontario where I live. Martin, I hear there's more fluffy white stuff headed your way. I think you need one of those Russian tanks with the jet engines mounted on them for snow removal. Then you get to combine all your hobbies in one shot Carl 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomber_County Posted October 8, 2018 Share Posted October 8, 2018 Absolutely stunning Jeff, you’re very lucky man.......... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Posted October 8, 2018 Author Share Posted October 8, 2018 Martin, yes, Alberta is gorgeous, and Cathy and I have traveled nearly every road in Alta, and find is fascinatingly interesting..... here is a couple more from yesterday......................... and one for Carl......when Cathy was here last March.... 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Posted October 8, 2018 Author Share Posted October 8, 2018 Toronto has always been a bit sideways?? LOL!!! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinnfb Posted October 8, 2018 Share Posted October 8, 2018 Curvature of Earth played games again, you should see Sydney these days 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Clunkmeister Posted October 9, 2018 Administrators Share Posted October 9, 2018 Meanwhile in Texas..... 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinnfb Posted October 9, 2018 Share Posted October 9, 2018 one would expect something like this 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivan Ivanovich Posted October 9, 2018 Share Posted October 9, 2018 I'll be heading to Vancouver on Friday, but I'm afraid I won't have any time to further explore the surroundings. Save for the BC Aviation Museum and the Canadian Museum Of Flight - only if time allows. Seems like you're truly blessed with nature's miracles in BC. Our current biosphere - lovely Bliesgau: (early spring) (summer) (locals - mostly harmless) Our future "habitat" (as from January 2019, Governors Bay/Banks Peninsula, NZ: 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Posted October 9, 2018 Author Share Posted October 9, 2018 Ivan................. MAKE time , you won't be disappointed.....when you get to the BC Aviation Museum in Sydney ( Victoria) make sure you check out the Bell 47-D1 Helicopter CF-FZX.... it was the very FIRST Commercial helicopter in British Columbia, it was bought and flown by Carl Agar, founder of Okanagan Helicopters and that machine has an incredible local history, it is the real deal.... it took them 3 years of very hard work to restore that machine, they replaced the front bubble with a full bubble, as it originally had an open cockpit, it was completed in 1988, and actually belongs to the Royal British Columbia Museum, but is on loan to the BC Aviation Museum.....they had to source parts from all over North America, and had to have the old school engineers do the restoration...... she is not to be missed, as she is the REAL deal, and not just nay old '47 painted up to look like it and a vital part of our British Columbia history.............. here is what she looked like when operational back in the 1940's 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Clunkmeister Posted October 9, 2018 Administrators Share Posted October 9, 2018 WOW! That 47D has to be one of the earliest ones still in existence. What a serious time machine! There's plenty of 47s around and even still working for a living, but an early D has to be rare like a decent Trumpeter kit. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Posted October 9, 2018 Author Share Posted October 9, 2018 https://www.bcam.net/the-choppers Ernie, scroll down there she is, and yeah she is the real deal, and yes rare.. I LOVE your analogy ..... ha perfect... "like a decent Trumpeter kit"... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Clunkmeister Posted October 9, 2018 Administrators Share Posted October 9, 2018 Dang! I'd almost display it in it's "as delivered" condition. Covered tail boom, wheels, and an open cockpit,.. sounds like all kinds of bad stuff to make sure it wouldn't be good in Canadian winters. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Posted October 10, 2018 Author Share Posted October 10, 2018 It has quite a history, if you are the least bit interested I can recommend a couple VERY good books about early helicopter stuff here in BC.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GusMac Posted October 11, 2018 Share Posted October 11, 2018 Our local beach on a nice winters day.. And a favourite dog walking route on a more typical winter's day... 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Posted October 12, 2018 Author Share Posted October 12, 2018 Scotland, is GORGEOUS too....... so majestic..... I can almost smell the ocean...... beautiful pics..... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlrwestSiR Posted October 12, 2018 Share Posted October 12, 2018 I agree with Jeff. We were just over in Scotland this past August. My boys had a blast playing on the many beaches we visited including St Andrews. Carl 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GusMac Posted October 12, 2018 Share Posted October 12, 2018 Yeah, I think we sometimes overlook just how nice our landscape is here. When you get the weather there is no place better. Just don't rely on the weather too far ahead! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Posted October 13, 2018 Author Share Posted October 13, 2018 Carl, I'd love to go back to the UK, such beauty and history................ I have a few dead relatives I want to look up................ and yes, Gusmac, the weather is really a factor, I marvel at the fact how the weather on any given day can change the landscape, looks so much different on a sunny day than a day with weather........ and yes we do get lost in the day to day drudgery and not stop to take 5 minutes to look around.... it really is a pretty amazing ( I hate that word ) place we live in.... even in crummy weather........ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinnfb Posted October 14, 2018 Share Posted October 14, 2018 oh deer random life form roaming the streets near SAIT 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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