Longing for the Open Road

I’m getting a bit antsy. Our last big trip was 2016 when we drove to Yukon Territory. We were away for 3 months and drove to the Arctic Circle and back. It was a wonderful, productive trip. When we travel, we work everyday and are constantly moving, exploring and of course taking photos.

Termination Dust, Kluane, YT

Northern Lights, YT

Black Bear at BC-YT border

There is something to be said for sitting in one place and watching the seasons change. We have tried to make the best of this by shooting locally. But I still long for the open road.

Barn Swallow, ON

Yellow Warbler Male, ON

Male American Redstart, ON

Blanding’s Turtle, ON

Crystal Palace, Picton, ON

Sandbanks Provincial Park, ON

Every time I finish a long road trip I think ok, this is the last one. I’m done with this. And then, with time I start to think, maybe we could go to Newfoundland or Jasper in the fall. I haven’t dared start to plan a big trip during the pandemic. Hopefully we will be able to get away somewhere this year. It may not be out of the province but a change of scene would sure help perk up our spirits. This has been a long haul…

Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there some day. -- A.A. Milne

To lose patience is to lose the battle. -- Mahatma Gandhi

When you don’t know where you are going, any road will take you there. -- George Harrison

Spring Wanderings

We have been enjoying the trails around home. There are lots of things to discover. Wildflowers, birds and landscapes take up most of our time these days.

Sandbanks Provincial Park, ON

Picton Courthouse, ON

It always seems to be windy here. It makes shooting flowers a challenge.

Sharp-lobed Hepatica

Red Trillium in Snow

While we walked a trail, a woman told us she was seeing lots of salamanders. It took us awhile but we found a few as well.

Eastern Red-backed Salamander

Warblers are starting to move through. I found Ruby-Crowned Kinglets in the local graveyard.

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

I didn’t get many shots of these frantic little birds. But I did have good luck with a Pileated Woodpecker.

Pileated Woodpecker Male

Pileated Woodpecker Male

It has been cold and wet the last week but we will keep walking the trails and see what we can find.