CWH Museum on Canada Day

Posted on 2017-07-01 by Ron MacKay

2017-07-01 On Canada Day we rode from Sudbury to Burlington, ON in time to unpack and head out to the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum near Hamilton. There was a planned event that would have the famous Lancaster do a fly-past in Ottawa for Canada Day. My hope was to arrive at the Museum in time to see the Lancaster return and land. We were in luck as I got photos of the Lancaster and B25 Mitchell roaring into the museum taxiway. Just in time to get put away in the museum hangar before the thunderstorm dumped a deluge of rain.
In this album called CWH_Museum_Canada-Day are some photos of some aircraft in the vast collection, although not much time was left in the day.
Also included in the album are some photos of our visit earlier in the week to the Bomber Command Museum in Nanton, AB on our way up to Calgary.

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Canada150 Motorcycle Trip-2

Posted on 2017-06-25 by Ron MacKay

2017-06-25 This is Part-2 of our cross-country motorcyle trip.
This inline album covers the leg going from Calgary-AB to Hamilton (Burlington), ON.
Here again the photos on the road were by Kathy.

This leg includes overnight stops at Swift Current-SK, then Brandon-MB, followed by a very long ride day that ended in long lines of road construction coming into Dryden-ON. Due to forecasts of rain and possible thunderstorms, the next day was a long haul to Wawa, ON. The rain did catch up to us before Wawa but luckily it wasn’t too heavy.
However, for the next two days the rain was on and off, agin with warnings about thunderstorms.
So we did two short hops to Sault-St-Marie, ON one day, then Sudbury the next. Leaving Sudbury we had no rain but fog rolled in and forecasts again were for intermittent rain so the gear stayed on. In the fog and rain the all-weather gear worked great, but as we approached Toronto the sun came out and temps went from +20C to +30C as we navigated the 400-401-QEW.
In the middle of it we got off the highway to switch out of the rain gear. Good thing too as the 401 was a mad-house. Six or more lanes going 110kmh one minute, then dead stop the next, and cars passing all around like a game of hop-scotch.
Finally at the BW Burlington we unpacked and headed out to the CWH Museum near Hamilton.
More about that in the next post since it will have its own album.

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Colorado MC Trip 2017

Posted on 2017-06-19 by Ron MacKay

2017-06-19 This is Part-1 if a set of photo albums showing our cross-country motorcyle trip this summer. Our Harley was shipped by truck to the Mile-High HD dealership in Aurora (Denver) Colorado. We flew to Denver and stayed at the Comfort Inn right next door to the dealership. Up early Monday morning I looked out at the lot, anxiously waiting for 08:30 to get my Harley back. After re-packing the bike, we set off onto various Interstate highways to make our first night on the road at the BW in Rock Springs, WY.
This album Colorado_MC_Trip-2017 shows photos from the first part of our trip from Aurora, CO. The overnight stops were at Rock Springs, WY then Jackson, WY then Gardiner, MT then Kalispell, MT and finally to Calgary, AB.
Kathy took pictures while we rode so they are mixed in the set. My photos also include visits to the Tetons and Yellowstone National Parks.
The Part-2 album will cover the next leg from Calgary, AB back to Cornwall, PEI.

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John & Jenn MacKay Wedding

Posted on 2017-06-17 by Ron MacKay

2017-06-17 On this day my oldest son, John MacKay married Jennifer Whittingham at the Old Mill in New Glasgow, PEI. Family, Friends, and their young son Evan enjoyed the wonderful event. My Wedding photos are in the online album John & Jenn’s Wedding Album.

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Canada’s 911 Ride – Atlantic-2017

Posted on 2017-06-11 by Ron MacKay

2017-06-11 The location for the 2017 “Atlantic Canada’s 911 Ride” was Charlottetown, PEI. It was a very impressive event and I was pleased to be able to photograph the amazing motorcyle display that they put on this day.
The website for this event is Canada’s 911 Ride – Atlantic.
My online album of pictures from the public display is located here:
Canada’s 911 Ride Atlantic 2017.

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VIMY Flight YYG 2017-05

Posted on 2017-05-22 by Ron MacKay

2017-05-22 The strong winds kept the VIMY Flight grounded for awhile but today they made it to the Charlottetown Airport (YYG). The web site for this event is VimyFlight.ca
Going across Canada in 7/8 replica WW1 Bi-planes is quite a challenge. It was exciting to see these amazing planes and pilots up close.
Then came the thrill of a formation Fly-By before they headed off to Moncton.
My online ablum of photos from today is located here: VIMY FLight YYG 2017-05.

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Island Falconry

Posted on 2017-05-21 by Ron MacKay

2017-05-21 Our PEI Photo Club had as its outing, a visit to Island Falconry near Albany PEI.
It began with an informative presentation where we learned about the Falcons and other birds at work there. The online album is called Island Falconry 2017-05.

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2017 Winter Woodlot Tour

Posted on 2017-01-21 by Ron MacKay

2017-01-21 After a couple of cancellations due to bad weather, the 2017 PEI Winter Woodlot Tour finally happened and was a great sucess. A new location near Hazel Grove had lots of in-field parking and there was plenty of snow for walks in the woods. As usual there were a number of interesting displays and activities. The online album is called 2017 Winter Woodlot Tour .

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New Year’s Eve – Canada150

Posted on 2016-12-31 by Ron MacKay

2016-12-31 New Year’s Eve in downtown Charlottetown for a great party in celebration of 2017 the year of #Canada150. A number of local artists performed along with the band supporting Glass Tiger singer Alan Frew.
A real Family event that saw a Fireworks display around 10pm for the kids, and a full-blown display at mid-night. The online album is called Canada150 New Years Eve Charlottetown.

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Do You like Lichens?

Posted on 2016-10-04 by Ron MacKay

2016-10-04 Well I knew a bit about Lichens, have seen them growing on rocks and trees. So when Kathy said we were going on a Nature Walk to learn about Lichens, I figured it was a good time to bring out my Macro lens.
Our expert Guide was Frances Anderson who told us everything we wanted to know about Lichens, and then some.
Thanks to Nature PEI for putting on this event. My Nikon 100mm F4 lens on the D610 was supplemented by an external SB-700 flash for work on the woods near Brookvale PEI.
My Flickr album Do you Like Lichens?.

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