Monthly Archives: December 2012

2012 in review

While our travels in 2012 didn’t take us as far afield as 2011, we did have several extended trips in North America. Picasso, our beloved little trailer, was our road home several times. Painting remained the focus for many trips. … Continue reading

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Happy Birthday

Today is Jean’s birthday. Happy  birthday to the love of my life! We have had a lazy day, sleeping late, and taking a leisurely walk along the waterfront to The Empress and back. Today’s weather was not great, but the … Continue reading

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Emily Carr

Today we walked to the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria (they wouldn’t call it lesser Victoria) for an exhibit of Emily Carr’s work. This gallery/museum has one of the largest collections of her work and much is on display until … Continue reading

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Crossing The River Jordan

The first seaplane took off from in front of our condo at 7:45 yesterday. Then it was nonstop for 2-3 hours. A busy airport. After a leisurely morning we explored the west coast a bit, driving to Sooke and up … Continue reading

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Photos from our journey here. Click on the photo to get to a slide show. Arrows are below the photos.

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Victoria British Columbia

Our trip to Tsawwassen was uneventful. We waited about 10 minutes at the border, which shows what traveling at midday on a weekday can do. Weekends can mean an hour or more wait. The Tsawwassen (after a while it rolls … Continue reading

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Victoria Ahead

We’ve had a long spell at home with no travel. I have spent much time painting and posting my finished products on Facebook and my art web site http://www.paulbauck.com  Now it’s time to travel a bit. This week we’re going … Continue reading

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