Bay of Fundy and Cabot Trail (Cape Breton Island)

Once in awhile (and lately pretty often) we have a day off on Sunday. Then me and my colleague explore Nova Scotia.
A few weeks ago we went to the Bay of Fundy, home to the world’s highest tides. (50 feet in height, that’s approximately 15m) We left early in the morning and we drove to Truro to see the tidal bore. But we forgot about one pretty important detail… They bay is frozen… So we didn’t see any tidal bore, we just saw a huge ice mass moving slowly.
In the afternoon we saw the effects of the vertical low tide. Fishing boats sat high and dry on the ground. At high tide, the same boats are floating alongside the top of the wharf.


A frozen Bay of Fundy






Last weekend we drove to Cape Breton Island. We took a drive on the Cabot Trail. The Cabot Trail, named one of the best road trips in the world by Lonely Planet, is a trail that winds through stunning landscapes, along the Margaree River, a Canadian Heritage Salmon River, and through spectacular rugged highlands of the Cape Breton Highlands National Park of Canada. The best season to visit is in fall because of the autumn colors. The trail is nice but I prefer the Icefields Parkway ;) We also saw a lot of wildlife last weekend. The deer are becoming suicidal… One almost hit the side of my car and they love to give you the creeps with suddenly jumping onto the road… We also saw a coyote and a seal. But unfortunately no moose.











And during the week I work (oh yeah sometimes I also work) I am here for almost 8 weeks. We finished dredging and are ready for the drill and blast. We encountered a few rock spots while dredging the trench so now we are going to blast them. Hopefully we will be finished within 3 weeks and then I return back to Calgary. (finally!)

Waking up early and staying up late

Hello everybody!
What is going on, on the Canadian front? Well still not much to tell really.
I finally got my first, and positive reaction on my resume! So I guess things are looking beter but that doesn't mean I have a job already. I'm still sending resumes at an average pace of 3-5 every few days. Getting a job is harder than I thought. Friends of Chris told me that it's not so much the things that you can do that count, it's the people you know that is important. Hmmmm since I don't know other people besides Chris and Nicole and their friends, I guess I have to rely on them to get me the contacts I need. Anyway, I'll keep you guys posted.
On the other hand, that gives me a lot of spare time on my hands. And guess how I'm killing THAT?! Ofcourse by taking pictures.
Last week I got up at 04.30 (yes in the morning!) and went to the Vermillion Lakes around Banff. It was a beautiful but freaking coooold sunrise! I endured -30˚C just to get some shots I've wanted a few years to make. It was all worth it.


Then I drove to Castle Mountain. I wanted to see what early morning sunlight would do with this mountain. Again, I waited 2 years to do this!


Yesterday I made a new phototrip. This time in uncharted territory. Kananaskis Country. Well we've been to Kananaskis before but not on highway 40. So I left the house around 01.00PM (in the afternoon for you European guys) and went out on a discovery trip. I saw a lot of nice things (my first coyote for example). But a lot of nice landscapes were completely unreachable thanks to the thick snow. I endured wet feet, often I would stand to over my knees in snow, and massive winds (imagine beeing sand blasted by snow particles!). It wasn't fun. But then again, when the sun setted, it all payed off!!!

Farewell party pictures

available here!
Thanks Tom for making these!!!!!