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May long weekend in North Cascades NP

Sun, 30 May 2010 15:07:36 -0800

Hello,

Last weekend was the May long weekend in Canada (Monday was a day off). After getting our Nexus cards (similar to Privium in NL) we decided to go to the US. We usually lost 1-2hrs at the border. With Nexus it took us 5 minutes!!.

Below a video of the weekend. Make sure to follow the link to YouTube and view in HD!

Quick overnighter at Mount Seymour

Sun, 16 May 2010 22:32:35 -0800

Hi,

Robin and I (Bas) went for a quick overnighter at Mount Seymour. Snowcamping in shorts and a T-shirt is pretty special ;-)

Summer feeling in Lynn Canyon

Sun, 09 May 2010 22:08:18 -0800

The forecast for today was 18grC and sunny, so we want for a quick walk near the Lynn Canyon suspension bridge. After a 15-20 minute walk you are at natural pool. A very nice spot. See pictures at our Flickr Page, and a video below:

Stevens Lake Regatta

Tue, 13 Apr 2010 07:01:13 -0800

Hello,

Ge-an was competing in the Stevens Lake Regatta in Washington, USA. Like last year we joined her and camped Friday and Saturday night. This year we camped at Wenberg State Park. We dropped Ge-an at 7am in Stevens lake and Robin, Jamie and I went for breakfast in Everett. We then made our way to a nearby state park with a cool playground.

This playground was so much fun that we went back on Sunday ;-)

A video to give you an idea, make sure to click it to jump to Youtube and select HD:

Video of Whistler and Lighthouse park

Sun, 04 Apr 2010 20:15:48 -0800

Below is the first video in a very long time!

I'll hopefully edit a few older videos into one large video in the near future. This video has a trip to Whistler and a visit to Lighthouse park in West Vancouver. Click the embedded video to jump to the Youtube site. Recommended to watch in 720p (HD) video

Halloween and the Tooth Fairy

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 19:52:18 -0800

Just a few pictures

Click to get full images

Winter is here

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:37:14 -0800

Hi,

Noticed that Seymour received a good dump of snow last night. Went up to have a looksie at the end of the day!

Summer Vacation 2009 - Oregon

Sun, 16 Aug 2009 21:30:11 -0800

This vacation started the best possible way. The day before our planned departure date I (Bas) started getting an increasingly painful toothache. Fortunately our dentist had time for me at 8am the next day.

Three hours later (!) I was as good as new and we where on our way....

Dutch Canadians!

Sun, 26 Apr 2009 20:59:23 -0800

A Dutch Update!

Last week Ge-an was rowing in a Ouwetaartenrace close to Seattle. On the way there we passed thru Lynden, where 50% of the population is from Dutch descendants.

To continue in the theme we visited the Tulip Festival today...

Demolition!!!

Sun, 18 Jan 2009 20:48:15 -0800

Just a quick update. We are back from our trip to The Netherlands, more on that in a future update. Full of energy we decided to tackle our next reno project.. A big one!

People who have been in our house will recognize what it is ;-)

We guess it will take another weekend to get it all down, but then we can start with putting drywall back up, painting and all the other fun stuff (like getting rid of the waterfall)

JRGB

New server, new movie

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 09:14:40 -0800

Hi all,

A very quick updates. The old server was having serious issues and needed regular reboots. I've moved to the new server yesterday. But not all websites etc are up. Canablog seems to be OK now ;-)

This post is:
- A test to see if notifications still work
- To let you know our mail has moved to a new server, so if there are issues, that is why
- We have put a new movies up on http://www.brijn.nu -> Video

The video is made using our new HD camera. The preview (DivX web) is down converted to SD resolution. I highly recommend the larger download :)

Bye for now

JRGB

Slowly we turn it into our house

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 20:14:50 -0800

We are not making quick progress with the house renovation. Not a big problem since it's perfectly livable. But once every while we do get inspired and do something...

Three years

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 20:14:48 -0800

No we are not dead, far from that. But six months since the last update is a bit long.

So time for an update, why today you might ask....

December 2007 ....

Tue, 15 Jan 2008 08:40:57 -0800

Is always a time of elving around. But also this year we had a completely different experience. We found out Robin might make a good doctor someday. At least if that’s what he wants we know he will not faint easily. In fact quite the opposite. He complaint about not being able to see what the doctor at the hospital was doing, when they we stitching the top of Jamie’s finger back on.

Piggy’s Big Adventure

Sun, 09 Dec 2007 15:30:46 -0800

Piggy had a friend. His name was Robin. Everywhere Piggy went, Robin went with him. They went to school together and they went on holiday together. But on one of the holidays Piggy stayed behind at the playground and forgot to get back in the car with Robin….. And thus began ‘Piggy’s Big Adventure’......