Monday, October 18, 2010

#33 - Go Kayaking with my husband

#33 - Go Kayaking with my husband - 101 things to do in 1001 days

My husband and I spent our one year wedding anniversary at the beautiful Black Rock Oceanfront Resort in Ucluelet. We took a 30 minute drive to Tofino to check out the town and decided last minute to go sea kayaking.
Unfortunately, it was pouring rain when we started getting our gear on to head out, so i opted to leave my camera behind. Of coarse, as soon as we got on the water, the sun came out.
There was 4 couples (including us) in our group, and 3 out of the 4 couples rode in a tandem kayak. The other couple took single kayaks. Overall, i enjoyed our trip but have a few tips.

1. If its your first time kayaking and you having someone you can pair with to take a tandem kayak, do it! The couple that decided to take separate kayaks tipped over 3 times. Two of the times in a rougher area of the sea, and he had a hard time getting back into his kayak.

2. If you get sea sick easily, take something for it before hand. I was fine most of the trip, but for the 30 minute we had to sit in the water waiting for the guy to get back into his kayak, i got super nauseous.

And because i think blog posts are much better with pictures, here is another jumping picture of me on Long Beach in Tofino :)


Update #101 things to do - #30 & #72 complete!!

Finally, after about 6 or 7 years of wanting and trying to get away for a weekend trip to Kelowna, I made it! Which lets me mark off #72 - Go to Kelowna on my 101 things to do in 1001 days.
My husband, myself and 3 other couples shared a beautiful cabin for the weekend. It rained off and on, but made for some beautiful pictures :)

Rain falling onto parts of the Okanagan Lake
Followed by a double rainbow :)

Kelowna has some of the best winery's in the world! So of coarse we decided to take a trip to the amazing Mission Hills Winery (which crossed off #30 on my list - Visit a winery)

The gorgeous grounds of Mission Hill Winery
A beautiful chandelier inside the wine tasting room


Do you think i'm happy to be there?

Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Another baby on the way!

My Uncle and Aunt are expecting a baby boy within the next month and i was excited to photograph my Aunt's beautiful baby belly with the rest of the family.
This will be baby #4 coming into our family in the year 2010!
Enjoy :)



These first two photos melt my heart!