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Disappears around the bend
My tour guides took me to see the Kinsol Trestle, which is one of the highest railway trestles in the world, coming in at 44m tall. The trestle was operational from 1920 to 1979, and has been recently restored. But for now it’s for feet, not trains: it’s part of the Trans-Canada Trail.
Kinsoll Trestle
near Shawnigan Lake, BC
photographed 4.22.2015
The encroaching forest
As I mentioned the other day, I recently went to British Columbia to meet up with my friend Ehpem. He was an excellent host, showing me non-tourist parts of Victoria, and arranging a trip up the west coast of the island, where’d he planned a stop at this little ocean-front community because he knew I’d like to see (and photograph, endlessly) the remains of the place.
As we were standing there, cameras in hand, he remarked on the difference between what the surroundings looked like compared to what I usually see in West Texas. It was a good point: we have more problems with encroaching dirt than encroaching forests…
Jordan River, British Columbia
photographed 4.22.15
(Here’s a self-portrait that Ehpem made during our Jordan River stop.)
This?
This? Oh, it’s just a little something I found on a wall in Victoria last summer. And that’s absolutely all I’ve got to say, which I realize may come as a shock to some of you.
No, wait – there’s one more thing. I hadn’t really thought about baggy pantyhose in quite a long time. Until now.
Victoria, British Columbia
photographed 8.3.2014
It all started here
The storm drain. It all started with a photo of a storm drain. Then some other things happened, and the storm-drain-photographer and I got to be friends.
Last weekend, that blogger, Ehpem, and I got to meet. Ehpem was kind enough to fetch me at the ferry landing; our first stop was the storm drain. It was good to see it in person. And to get to meet Ehpem, who spent the entire weekend driving me around town so I could see in person the things I’ve been seeing on his blog. And so I could make some photos of my own.
Who, really could have possibly predicted all of this from a blog?!
Victoria, British Columbia
photographed 8.2.2014
One Day | One Image 