Rolex boat races at St Frances Yaught Harbor

Well we are back home in San Jose, California.. The Morgan Hill Camera Club had a shoot out at the Rolex Boat Races in San Francisco... We went up on the 26th and 27th of September..Here are some photos from the races:

I was really fun taking photographs of the colorful sailboats.

Sutherlin, Oregon and Lake Siskiyou...On the way Home

We stayed in Sutherlin, Oregon..took a ride looking for covered bridges and found this one:

The next day we went for a ride outside of roseburg, oregon.. up the umpquah river..very pretty ride:

Then we drove to Lake Siskiyou..by the town of Lake Shasta..Here are a few photographs I took in the area:

It was a nice place to spend a couple of days.

Back in the USA and at the Columbia Gorge

Nice to be back in the United States...I really enjoyed our time in Canada... The Canadian people are very friendly.. Here are some photographs of the Columbia Gorge points of interest:(click to enlarge)

Very pretty area and the Oregan campgrounds are beautiful and inexpensive..($24) a night with full hookups..

Lake Louise Area in Alberta, Canada

On September 4th we arrived in Lake Louise, Alberta, Canada..This is a photo of our Campground:

Here are some photographs of Lake Louise and Bow Lake:

Here is a photo of Yvonne Takings photos at Bow Lake:

We took a ride up to Moraine Lake and took a few photographs:

The next day we took a walk up to the Peyto lake viewpoint:

Very pretty and photogenic area

First days in Canada

We crossed over the border and spent labor day weekend at a Thousand Trails Rv Resort in Canada...It is called Cultus Lake.
Very nice campground.. This is the entrance with the beautiful canadian mountains in the background: ( Click photos to enlarge)

This is our campsite:

This is a photo of the Swimming Pool:

We took a ride to the nearest town called " Yarro"

One of the local people told us about a barber who had a barber shop in town for the last 70 years..so I went to see him in his shop.

His name was Pete..He had an old photo from the 40's, with his partner , at the time...

Very nice man..Told me all about the history of his life and the barber shop...He also was nice enough to pose for me

Dow the street from the barber shop was the local water company.

Yvonne, who worked for a water company, in San jose, could not get over how smallness of the water company bldg...so she started taking photographs...the manager came out and we all had a nice chat....I asked him if it was allright if I took his photograph..I took a couple and then while he was talking to Yvonne I took a few more...

I decided to convert it to black and white and change his shirt design:

Fun in Yarro, BC, Ca

 We left on Memorial day and drove half way to alberta, ca..

Here is the view from the back of our campground :

On a Trip to Canada

Left San Jose on August 17th ...First night was spent at the Thousand Trails Russian River camp ground...Then we followed the road up the coast and we arrived yesterday at the Cultus Lake Thousand Trails campground in British Columbia.. Here are a few photos of our trip so far:

These were taken at Bandon Beach, Oregon..

Path to the beach:

Face Rock in evening:

Bandon beach

Close up of the Sand with a design provided by nature:

Bandon Beach light house:

We decided to take a boat trip to the San Juan Islands, off anacordes..On the way we ran into this barn:

Then I converted it to to an oldfashioned photo:

Here are a couple of photos taken from the Ferry:

A Photo Painting

We went to a dance last month..I took a photo of Yvonne because she was dressed up so nice...Today I decided make a painting of it with Corel Painter Essentials,photoshop and some ipad applications..it was fun.. I think it turned out great, and so does she..haha

Here is the original photograph: (click to enlarge)

Here is the Photo Painting: (Click to enlarge)