A tour of Kitchener/Waterloo and a portaging trip to Algonquin Provincial Park.
Nice broken display.６４８５５３？川Gotta love the bilingual signage.By chance at the UP train ticket machine I got one of these fancy dollar coins. The coloring looks like enamel.Union Station in Toronto looks pretty neat on the inside.In Soviet Russia, BBQ style Texas.A CRT TV in the hotel, time to set up a Smash Bros. tournament.Falun Gong brochure and 10-year-old investment tips on the bulletin board.Metropolitan United Church.Saint Michael's Cathedral Basilica.Canada flag and Vatican flag.Pool in the middle of Toronto Metropolitan University.Yonge Street.Road and rails being replaced at Church & King.Cathedral Church of St. James.That's interesting, because the placards in most cities say "Don't Litter".See, now this dumpster's got the spirit."FOR 10,000 YEARS THIS WAS THE LOCATION OF LAKE ONTARIO'S SHORELINE."Banksy under perspex.Some kind of shelter for St. Lawrence Market (foreshadowing).Walked to Sugar Beach, and this giant ship, the Federal Welland, was there.Water pouring from the anchor hole.Also look at this chain link fence.A tug boat's love tap.I was not the only one gawking at the ship.The boat pulling out.Walking on the beach. Visible: the Federal Welland.A pirate ship out there too.Public sunscreen dispenser.Tugboat: my work is done here.A nude beach on the Toronto Islands, who knew.Chinatown…Little Italy…Koreatown…Little Canada?!? What?St. James at night.Sparks flying at night.They tried to paint over the "Love" in "Love Hotel", but it shone through when illuminated at night.At the St. Lawrence Market on a Saturday.I was impressed at the many nice street-level flower displays.Berczy Park.Breakfast. (O banana!)Kitty sculpture.Hockey Hall of Fame exterior.Union Station and CN Tower.Somehow I don't think the pun works as well in the French version.A big train!Dedicated car for bikes.You can't paint the wall blue and call it the sky =)A button-based emergency window opener the likes of which I had not seen before.Allez les Jays!Walk around Waterloo Park and uptown.Cross that bridge when you get there.This was said to be a curling facility.A cricket ground with a match happening.Silver Lake in Waterloo Park.Purple coneflowers, Echinacea purpurea.Geese fly in a V but they swim in an I.Champa!Bee-themed grating.Murmuration of birds.Street named for Father David Bauer.Fish-themed grating.More nice flowers.Broken sign.Broken sign.Part of a glow-in-the-dark jigsaw puzzle.It was zodiac-themed.Queen Anne's lace.The foliage and paving stones reminding me of Wisconsin.Blue spruce. (The Colorado state tree, you know.)Wow, this sentiment would not fly in Toronto.Milkweed pods and ladybugs.Iron Horse Trail.Little white asters.Teazel and thistle."Any Israelite or any foreigner residing in Israel who sacrifices any of his children to Molek is to be put to death. The members of the community are to stone him." (Lev. 20:2)High rail bridge.An unknown hieroglyph.There were several such monuments made from old factory parts. "Mobile Infantry made me the man I am today!"HAMILGEAR.Ornaments, they're not just for conifers anymore.An "R" cobbled together from other letters.A "7" turned upside-down to make an "L".Your fear of looking stupid is holding you back!Swans in the park, named Otis and Ophelia.A bicycle built for two, but side-by-side.Every Child Matters painted footprints on the trail.Cicada.Cicada exoskeleton.Crimson King (Acer platanoides).Friedensfest 1871 Denkmal.David St.Gaukel Block.Computer Recycling, part of The Working Centre.Tile mural.The Working Centre.A cafe associated with The Working Centre.Speakers Corner.Anamorphic mirror.Recycle Cycles.Community Fridge.Crkva Božja.Nice scenic overlook.Big chimney.Fish-themed manhole covers.Community flag pole.Fountain in front of Kitchener city hall.Downtown Dollars accepted here.Some weird obstruction around the railroad tracks.Paradise Lost.Groundwater monitoring station.There was smoke in the air from wildfires, which became more apparent as the sun went down.Neat fence.Love!Neat mushroom.Parking lot at Algonquin Park.Old gas pump.Water filler-upper at Canoe Lake.Out on the water! My first real canoe trip.Helpful navigation sign.Wild loon.First portage.Nice wide flat trail for this one.Dam.Cecylia carrying the canoe for this one.Little toad in camp at Tepee Lake.Weird mushroom(?).Cooking quinoa for breakfast.Loaded up for the second day of paddling.Vast fields of lily pads.The portager's-eye view.I was trying to get a picture of a big tadpole here.This sign was at the termini of the portaging trails.Bear bag hanging. This camp was on an island.Soba noodles with miso soup seasoning.Camp at Sunbeam Lake.Swimming hole.Frog kept me company as I filtered water.Instant oatmel + dried cherries + powered peanut butter.The in-canoe view.Baden-Powell Lake!?This log looks like a chameleon.Camp at Burnt Island Lake.BIG spider down by the water! And a smaller buddy.I painted this scene.Seeing what all I could photograph while laying down on the bench.The sun going down.Kitchen setup.My own feet.Tree silhouettes.Hiking companion.Self.This inuksuk reminscent of a tank was waiting at the site.Some golden hour lighting.Launching from the Burnt Island Lake site.This stretch was a river rather than a lake, beautiful underwater grass.I was steering and it was hard.The loon's-eye view.Back at Canoe Lake.Bear carving at the portage shop.Airplane at the gas station, there's something you don't see every day.Webers burger stand.The completed jigsaw puzzle (minus 3 missing pieces).Glowing in the dark.In Soviet Russia, pedestrians yield to traffic.The University of Waterloo building where I gave an invited talk.Injective.Quick Sandwiches with a Cordon Bleu diploma, never seen one of those before.Mm, grilled cheese.MOVABLE FROG.South security checkpoint at DEN closed, end of an era.Bus poetry, "Mosquitoes Misconstrued".This trip was the last hurrah for the Terra 65 pack.
