Thursday, March 8, 2012

Embracing Winter by Sking!


Night skiing at Camp Fortune - just 20 minutes away from work!



View from the top of Camp Fortune - Quebec, Canada



Lift to the top!!


On the way up to the top!


Having fun!


Life is good, let's go skiing!



Before.....




After.....Wipe out!




Mont Tremblant!!


Winter snow storm!   And I had no googles!



Mont Tremblant resort




Nothing like a fine meal after a day of skiing!




No ski trip would be complete without eating Poutine...Here is my friend Jenny when we were taking a lunch break skiing at Mont St. Marie.


 
Poutine (play /puːˈtiːn/; Quebec French pronunciation: [put͡sɪn] ( listen)) is a Canadian dish of French fries and fresh cheese curds, covered with brown gravy or sauce. Sometimes additional ingredients are added.[1]
Poutine is a fast food dish that originated in Quebec and can now be found across Canada. It is sold by national and international fast food chains, in small "greasy spoon" type diners (commonly known as "cantines" or "casse-croûtes" in Quebec) and pubs, as well as by roadside chip wagons (commonly known as "cabanes à patates", literally meaning "potato shacks"). International chains like McDonald's,[2] A&W,[3] KFC and Burger King[4] also sell mass-produced poutine in Canada

The dish apparently originated in rural Quebec, Canada, in the late 1950s. Several Québécois communities claim to be the birthplace of poutine, including Drummondville (by Jean-Paul Roy in 1964),[6] Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu,[citation needed] and Victoriaville.[7] One often-cited tale is that of Fernand Lachance, from Warwick, Quebec, which claims that poutine was invented there in 1957;[8] Lachance is said to have exclaimed ça va faire une maudite poutine ("it will make a damn mess"), hence the name. The sauce was allegedly added later, to keep the fries warm longer.









Time for a cold beer after a day of skiing....

 

 Into the woods....





Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Dawn at Perl Beach - from Herbert

Here is a picture of us watching the sunrise at Perl Beach in Australia from my friend and photographer extraordinare Herbert Streit.   For more of his amazing photos, go to his website at:   www.herbertstreit.de


Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Friday, January 6, 2012

New Years Eve - blasting fireworks in the Nevada desert


Getting ready for NewYears Eve Excitement!!


Going to go blow up fireworks in the Nevada Desert!

Blow up pounds of explosives!


Happy New Year!!



Here is the road stop where the blasting will take place.   Ops, is that a petrol tank?


This place sells everything....



Damn, it even has a casino!  and toliets!  gambling, liquor and blastin' stuff!  what else could you want on New Years Eve?

Now...let's take a look at the fireworks!


yep...I'd say they have a few to pick from...


It's Happy Hour!    Wooo-hoooo!!


God Almighty, we are gonna have some fun!!!


Looks like we are not the only ones - these are almost sold out!


This is gonna be totally insane, that's for sure!  


We gonna be bustin' some big balls, that's for sure!  


Gotta be sneaky...not suppose to be taking pictures in here...got yelled at once already, but, that ain't gonna stop me...


Let's do this!


Did I mention that the desert field where we will be setting these off, is right by the petrol station??  



Not bad, for amueturs!



We had some added excitement when some of the crackers backfired and went skidding across the parking lot - we are all diving out of the way!


Off to the bar with my crazy friends in Las Vegas...Happy New Year everyone!

Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Amazing Photos

You must take a look at this website - the photos are amazing!

And...might I add, I am the photographer who took the picture of the photographer for the website logo...

http://www.herbertstreit.de/


Take a look and post comments on what you think!
 
Cheers,
YankeeGal