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Fran and Martin at the Vancouver waterfront - IMG_8695.jpg
Fran in front of the Empress Hotel, Victoria, BC. The Empress is one of a chain of grand hotels built about a hundred years ago by the Canadian Pacific Railway, and is rather more imposing than the BC parliament building next door. - P5221709.jpg
Alex (centre right), her coach Elizabeth (wearing black) and the rest of her synchronized swimming team at our home before the trip. - IMG_8419.JPG
In May 2011 Kurt Mensch and I went on a backcountry ski trip to the Chicago Basin in the San Juans. This was a rematch from the previous year when my ski bindings disintegrated just as we arrived at camp. Access to the area is via the Durango-Silverton railway (or a very long hike from the highway). - IMG_8481.jpg
Kurt Mensch skiing down to our camp in the Chicago Basin - IMG_8433.JPG
Kurt Mensch on the ski in to Chicago Basin. - IMG_8438.JPG
The peaks of Chicago Basin – Sunlight peeking out on the left, Windom in the centre and Jupiter on the right. - IMG_8459.JPG
Kurt Mensch at the saddle between Sunlight and Sunlight Spire; Windom in the background - IMG_0963.jpg
Martin at Chicago Basin, May 2011 - IMG_8471.JPG
Kurt Mensch on Sunlight; Eolus in the background - IMG_8655.jpg
Fran and Martin at Coal Harbour, Vancouver - IMG_8442.JPG
The peaks of Chicago Basin – Sunlight in the centre-left, Sunlight Spire in the centre and Windom on the right (in front of the sun) - P6291721.jpg
Fran and I made a rather rushed day trip to Victoria, BC. Here’s the inner harbour and the BC parliament building. - IMG_8667.jpg
Fran and Karen Woo at Stanley Park, Vancouver - IMG_8485.JPG
We had one good day of skiing at Chicago Basin, but the next day the weather turned against us. We tried to climb Mt. Jupiter (a peak that’s long been on Kurt’s to-do list) but retreated in the face of high winds and white-out conditions. We got back to our camp early in the day, and rather than spending a cold and damp night our tent we decided to make a frantic hike out to the DSRR railway to see if we could catch the afternoon train back to Durango and comfortable hotel room (there’s only one train each day). Here’s a rain-soaked Kurt back at the DSRR stop, happy to have made it back in time for the train. - P6291731.jpg
Here we are doing the most touristy thing possible in Victoria, namely afternoon tea at the Empress Hotel. The sandwiches, scones and cakes were very nice, but the tea, alas, was made from rather ordinary tea-bags. And it’s best not to think of the price. - IMG_8717.JPG
Fran on the ferry from Victoria back to Vancouver, BC. - IMG_8662.jpg
Martin and friends at Coal Harbour, Vancouver. The red figures are part of an installation called “Meeting” by the sculptor Wang Shugang. - IMG_8635.jpg
Sally Mizroch and Fran at the Ballard Farmers’ Market in Seattle - IMG_8682.jpg
Karen Woo and Fran at Coal Harbour, Vancouver - IMG_8638.jpg
Martin, Andrea Joubert and Fran at Andrea and Roy’s house in Issaquah, near Seattle - P7011756.jpg
Martin at Discovery Park, Seattle. - IMG_8674.JPG
Totem poles at Stanley Park, Vancouver - P6051715.jpg
Alex taking care of our lawn before we left home for a week. She was filling in for Rick who had a summer job at Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming. - IMG_8737.jpg
Fran and Martin at Fremont Peak Park, Seattle, with the Olympic Mountains on the horizon. - IMG_8679.jpg
Martin at Stanley Park, Vancouver. We rented bikes and went for a leisurely cycle around the waterfront. - IMG_8629.jpg
On our flight to Seattle we had a nice view of the Liberty Ridge on Mt. Rainier. - IMG_8182.jpg
Simon and Ismo demonstrating their synchronized swimming skills at Webersburg - IMG_8205.jpg
Hannah at Cape Town airport - Copy_of_IMG_8137.JPG
Family gathering at Hannah's house in Melville, Johannesburg - Copy_of_IMG_8139.JPG
Carol, Katie, Nicole, Robin and Lindsay Godfrey - DSC03445.jpg
Jan Hough, Dad, Hannah, Martin, Dave Shipley, Kim Hough and Simon at Webersburg - IMG_8177.jpg
Simon and Ismo in the pool at Webersburg - IMG_8214.jpg
Ismo and Simon in Sea Point - IMG_8216.jpg
Adele McCann on Jacob's Ladder, Table Mountain - DSC03456.jpg
Dad's 80th birthday lunch at 96 Winery Road, near Somerset West - IMG_8222.jpg
Jean (McCallum) Verwey and Lorraine Mathewson at Avontuur Restaurant - IMG_8180.jpg
The kitchen at Webersburg Manor House - IMG_4750.jpg
Hannah, martin and Dad at 96 Winery Road - IMG_8206.jpg
Jack Lotter, Ismo and Simon at Jack's apartment in Sea Point - IMG_8219.jpg
Martin on Jacob's Ladder, Table Mountain - IMG_8165.jpg
Dave Shipley, Jan Hough, Dad and Simon at breakfast at Webersburg - IMG_8159.jpg
Simon at Webersburg - IMG_8148.jpg
Webersburg manor house and the Helderberg, near Somerset West - IMG_8221.JPG
Simon, Martin and Dad at Avontuur Restaurant - IMG_8162.jpg
Webersburg manor house - IMG_8169.jpg
Webersburg Manor House