by toby | Jun 25, 2015 | Life, Uncategorized
The Twilight Zone- Day ? of #MikeandTobyTravels I didn't know the ferry would end up being something of a twilight zone on our travels. Ketchikan looks like a cute town, but its nine p.m. when we get off the ferry and as usual, the shipping area isn’t the greatest way...
by toby | Jun 23, 2015 | Life
Ferry from Prince Rupert to Juneau—Day 8 #MikeandTobyTravels After the long day taking pictures of eagles and bears, tired and sunburnt, Mike was getting ready for bed when he got a massage that the aurora borealis was possibly visible due to a large solar flare—but...
by toby | Jun 23, 2015 | Life
On day 7 of MikeandTobyTravels, here at Cassiar Cannery, my wildlife count so far: I’ve seen giant fish leaping in the low water of the tidal banks (“shedding the sea lice,” Justine tells me) three bald eagles, an osprey, millions of barn swallows, woodpeckers,...
by toby | Jun 21, 2015 | Life
From where I’m sitting I can see a robin, fat and glossy, his red breast shiny and plump as he hops in a patch of grass starred with tiny yellow daisies. I’m sitting on a weathered silver cedar deck, and stretched out in splendor beyond the spot of grass at the end of...
by toby | Jun 20, 2015 | Life
The thing about adventures is that we don’t just get to have the fun part. Any time we exit our comfort zone, that little rut between where we live and where we otherwise occupy ourselves with the necessities of life, random shit can happen. To be honest, random shit...
by toby | Jun 19, 2015 | Life
Today we left Lillooet at the @ss-crack of dawn and got on the road for Barkerville, a historic gold rush town maintained in total period authenticity. Mike had booked a room in the historic town, and we’d bought a good, old-fashioned map at the Lil’Wat gas station...