Seattle to Vancouver, Feb 15th to Feb 16th, 2006
Going to the train station...
waiting for the bus stop near my apartment before dawnhttp://www.mackron.com/bctrip_feb2006/vancouver_feb2006/nickerson_before_dawn.jpg
Seattle at dawn, mid week, during a brisk winter dayhttp://www.mackron.com/bctrip_feb2006/vancouver_feb2006/downtown_seattle_at_dawn.jpg
Occidental Avenue just before sunbreak, while the near full moon is settinghttp://www.mackron.com/bctrip_feb2006/vancouver_feb2006/sodo_at_dawn.jpg
Waiting inside the Amtrak Cascades train (to Vancouver) at the King St. Station in downtown Seattle/SoDohttp://www.mackron.com/bctrip_feb2006/vancouver_feb2006/king_st_station.jpg
All aboard...
The Sounder train has arrived, dumping a load of Tacoma commuters, rushing up the escalators to make their way to downtown Seattle for another day's workhttp://www.mackron.com/bctrip_feb2006/vancouver_feb2006/tacoma_commuters.jpg
Zipping past rail cars near Myrtle Edwards park in north downtown Seattlehttp://www.mackron.com/bctrip_feb2006/vancouver_feb2006/myrtle_edwards.jpg
Action shot of Sunset Beach, west of Ballardhttp://www.mackron.com/bctrip_feb2006/vancouver_feb2006/sunset_beach.jpg
Nice jaundiced glow of the Olympic Mountains, not too long after dawnhttp://www.mackron.com/bctrip_feb2006/vancouver_feb2006/olympics_001.jpg
First of many three shots of one of the Steamboat Slough bridges between Everett and Marysvillehttp://www.mackron.com/bctrip_feb2006/vancouver_feb2006/marysville_005.jpg
Two more bridge shots. Note how cold it is, and the residual sublimation of the ice on the waterhttp://www.mackron.com/bctrip_feb2006/vancouver_feb2006/marysville_004.jpghttp://www.mackron.com/bctrip_feb2006/vancouver_feb2006/marysville_003.jpg
A frosted farm in Marysvillehttp://www.mackron.com/bctrip_feb2006/vancouver_feb2006/marysville_001.jpg
Southern Bellingham is always the scenic highlight any train ride between Seattle and Vancouver. Here's one such shot.http://www.mackron.com/bctrip_feb2006/vancouver_feb2006/bellingham_001.jpg
Tiny town of Custer, just south of the Peace Arch i.e. the U.S./Canadian border. Our train was delayed heavily in this area due to the BNSF dispatchers being unsympathic to Amtrak trains, for whatever reason.http://www.mackron.com/bctrip_feb2006/vancouver_feb2006/custer_001.jpg
Finally, after crossing the border, White Rock is the first beachside town one sees. People here can't seem to get enough of waving at the train smiling.http://www.mackron.com/bctrip_feb2006/vancouver_feb2006/whiterock_004.jpghttp://www.mackron.com/bctrip_feb2006/vancouver_feb2006/whiterock_003.jpghttp://www.mackron.com/bctrip_feb2006/vancouver_feb2006/whiterock_002.jpghttp://www.mackron.com/bctrip_feb2006/vancouver_feb2006/whiterock_001.jpg
The Alex Fraser Bridge -- Our train was stuck here for almost an hour, because BNSF dispatchers dictated the train follow a slow freight train -- which ended up breaking down right around here. The bridge is certainly a neat site to gaze at for a while, but not an hour.http://www.mackron.com/bctrip_feb2006/vancouver_feb2006/newwms_fromtrain_008.jpg
A view of the B.C. cascade range in the east while crossing the Pattullo bridge into New Westminsterhttp://www.mackron.com/bctrip_feb2006/vancouver_feb2006/newwms_fromtrain_004.jpg
Going alongside the Skytrain track while in New Westminsterhttp://www.mackron.com/bctrip_feb2006/vancouver_feb2006/newwms_fromtrain_003.jpg
Hello, Vancouver
I grab a Skytrain and head to my hotel, then proceed to head to Gastown. Ooo, commissioned graffiti alley.. well, partiallyhttp://www.mackron.com/bctrip_feb2006/vancouver_feb2006/gastown_graffiti_004.jpghttp://www.mackron.com/bctrip_feb2006/vancouver_feb2006/gastown_graffiti_003.jpghttp://www.mackron.com/bctrip_feb2006/vancouver_feb2006/gastown_graffiti_002.jpghttp://www.mackron.com/bctrip_feb2006/vancouver_feb2006/gastown_graffiti_001.jpg
More of Gastownhttp://www.mackron.com/bctrip_feb2006/vancouver_feb2006/gastown_002.jpghttp://www.mackron.com/bctrip_feb2006/vancouver_feb2006/gastown_001.jpghttp://www.mackron.com/bctrip_feb2006/vancouver_feb2006/thewinethief.jpg
Beat Street records.. the main funnel to where most of my money goes.http://www.mackron.com/bctrip_feb2006/vancouver_feb2006/beatstreet_001.jpg
Some rock action. The Nons are the first band up.http://www.mackron.com/bctrip_feb2006/vancouver_feb2006/nons_004.jpg
Channels 3 + 4 are up nexthttp://www.mackron.com/bctrip_feb2006/vancouver_feb2006/ch34_002.jpg
MIXERCAM.. during LeCoq's great set at the Media Clubhttp://www.mackron.com/bctrip_feb2006/vancouver_feb2006/mixer.jpg
Next day... off to Nanaimo
SAMhttp://www.mackron.com/bctrip_feb2006/vancouver_feb2006/sam.jpg
Waiting for the express bus to Horseshoe Bay -- the West Vancouver terminal where one grabs a ferry to Nanaimo, across the Georgia Strait to Vancouver Island. Right by the bus stop is the Scotiabank tower, which I think is the tallest building in downtown Vancouver.http://www.mackron.com/bctrip_feb2006/vancouver_feb2006/scotiatower.jpg
On the ferry, trying to take photos outside in the clear, windy, biting cold. This is a peak north into the Howe Soundhttp://www.mackron.com/bctrip_feb2006/vancouver_feb2006/horseshoebay_005.jpg
Looking behind at Horseshoe Bayhttp://www.mackron.com/bctrip_feb2006/vancouver_feb2006/horseshoebay_004.jpg
A small island just southwest of the bayhttp://www.mackron.com/bctrip_feb2006/vancouver_feb2006/horseshoebay_003.jpg
A look east towards the end of the bay, a distant downtown Vancouver skyline, and (I think) Mt. Garibaldi behind it.http://www.mackron.com/bctrip_feb2006/vancouver_feb2006/horseshoebay_002.jpg
A look west to Apodaca Provincial Parkhttp://www.mackron.com/bctrip_feb2006/vancouver_feb2006/horseshoebay_001.jpg
Nanaimo, Feb 16th, 2006
B.C. Ferry lands in Departure Bay in Nanaimo in the late afternoon...
A look in the harbor of Departure Bayhttp://www.mackron.com/bctrip_feb2006/nanaimo_feb2006/departurebay.jpg
Here's the ferry that just dropped me offhttp://www.mackron.com/bctrip_feb2006/nanaimo_feb2006/ferry.jpg
After taking a bus ride with a causticly strange busrider to downtown Nanaimo, I walk around to find where I'm supposed to stay. I end up in old town Nanaimo, and see this...http://www.mackron.com/bctrip_feb2006/nanaimo_feb2006/radiators.jpg
Fitzwilliam St., the main street in old town, offers a view looking east.http://www.mackron.com/bctrip_feb2006/nanaimo_feb2006/fitzwilliam_st_002.jpg
The Occidentalhttp://www.mackron.com/bctrip_feb2006/nanaimo_feb2006/occidental_inn_001.jpg
Thee Hostel...
The Cambie Hostelhttp://www.mackron.com/bctrip_feb2006/nanaimo_feb2006/cambie_hostel.jpg
Some ancient markings left from ancestors who once habitated the hostelhttp://www.mackron.com/bctrip_feb2006/nanaimo_feb2006/cambie_hostel_graffiti_003.jpghttp://www.mackron.com/bctrip_feb2006/nanaimo_feb2006/cambie_hostel_graffiti_002.jpghttp://www.mackron.com/bctrip_feb2006/nanaimo_feb2006/cambie_hostel_graffiti_001.jpg
Making things with light, next door to the hostel.http://www.mackron.com/bctrip_feb2006/nanaimo_feb2006/jesussaves.jpg
NOMEANSNO and Removal at the Queen's -- across the street from the hostel.
Removal! "Yoooou aaaaareeee feeeeellliiiiing reeeelllaaaaaaaxxxxeeeed"http://www.mackron.com/bctrip_feb2006/nmn_nanaimo_feb2006/removal_verysleepy_002.jpg
The Wrightshttp://www.mackron.com/bctrip_feb2006/nmn_nanaimo_feb2006/wrights_001.jpg
Rob Wright in mid neck motionhttp://www.mackron.com/bctrip_feb2006/nmn_nanaimo_feb2006/rob_001.jpg
After the show...
Someone apparently either throw a rock or tried to shoot a small bullet into the front door of the hostel since I arrived, as I see this on the way back from the show. It breaks only one layer of the glass. I take a photo from the inside, only to have a woman briskly walk up to me asking me very loudly and politely "EXCUSEMESIRDOYOUHAVEAMATCH?", all within the span of three seconds. Had I only delayed the photo for that long.http://www.mackron.com/bctrip_feb2006/nanaimo_feb2006/bullethole.jpg
Victoria, Feb 17th to Feb 19th, 2006
NOMEANSNO/REMOVAL at Sugar
The band, playing to a large audiencehttp://www.mackron.com/bctrip_feb2006/nmn_vic_feb2006/band_001.jpg
The pit!http://www.mackron.com/bctrip_feb2006/nmn_vic_feb2006/pit_001.jpg
The next day or so walking around town
Parliament Building, downtown Victoria, and the Olympic Mountains (WA, USA) behind themhttp://www.mackron.com/bctrip_feb2006/victoria_feb2006/parliament_olympics.jpg
Delta hotel in Victoria Harbourhttp://www.mackron.com/bctrip_feb2006/victoria_feb2006/esquimalt_hotel.jpg
The Esquimalt Rd. bridgehttp://www.mackron.com/bctrip_feb2006/victoria_feb2006/esquimalt_bridge.jpg
Ah, A.D.... okhttp://www.mackron.com/bctrip_feb2006/victoria_feb2006/erected.jpg
Fat Phege's Fudge Factoryhttp://www.mackron.com/bctrip_feb2006/victoria_feb2006/fatpheges_003.jpghttp://www.mackron.com/bctrip_feb2006/victoria_feb2006/fatpheges_002.jpghttp://www.mackron.com/bctrip_feb2006/victoria_feb2006/fatpheges_001.jpg
De Frieshttp://www.mackron.com/bctrip_feb2006/victoria_feb2006/defries.jpg
The central sculpture in Market Squarehttp://www.mackron.com/bctrip_feb2006/victoria_feb2006/marketsquare.jpg
Johnson St.. ok, lower right.. INSULATED LARK!http://www.mackron.com/bctrip_feb2006/victoria_feb2006/johnson_st_002.jpg
More of Johnson St.http://www.mackron.com/bctrip_feb2006/victoria_feb2006/johnson_st_001.jpg
Chinatown... well, Chinablockhttp://www.mackron.com/bctrip_feb2006/victoria_feb2006/chinatown_002.jpghttp://www.mackron.com/bctrip_feb2006/victoria_feb2006/chinatown_001.jpg
"Four Winds" sculpture. I'm not sure... what.. this means.http://www.mackron.com/bctrip_feb2006/victoria_feb2006/fourwinds.jpg
SAMPOhttp://www.mackron.com/bctrip_feb2006/victoria_feb2006/sampo.jpg
ROPEhttp://www.mackron.com/bctrip_feb2006/victoria_feb2006/rope.jpg
The Cooked Piece Of Cheese Trees in Victoria Harbourhttp://www.mackron.com/bctrip_feb2006/victoria_feb2006/cheesetrees.jpg
The Empresshttp://www.mackron.com/bctrip_feb2006/victoria_feb2006/empress.jpg
frozen hotel pondhttp://www.mackron.com/bctrip_feb2006/victoria_feb2006/frozenpond_hotel_2.jpg
Leaving back to Seattle from Victoria on the Clipper
I catch this near sunset above the west side of Vancouver Islandhttp://www.mackron.com/bctrip_feb2006/victoria_feb2006/vanisle_001.jpg
A plane leaves right behind ushttp://www.mackron.com/bctrip_feb2006/victoria_feb2006/plane.jpg
The sun sets over the north end of the Olympic Mountainshttp://www.mackron.com/bctrip_feb2006/victoria_feb2006/olympics_004.jpg
Mt. Baker glows red on the other side.http://www.mackron.com/bctrip_feb2006/victoria_feb2006/mtbaker_005.jpg
Oh, right
Mission Get Cheap Canadian Whiskey For Really Cheap accomplished... ($12US, duty free, bich)http://www.mackron.com/bctrip_feb2006/victoria_feb2006/canadianclub.jpg
Stay tuned for more adventures!
― Da Na Not! (donut), Tuesday, 21 February 2006 05:16 (nineteen years ago)
Thanks for dropping by our frigid, arctic wasteland of tundra and oxen.
― Freud Junior (Freud Junior), Tuesday, 21 February 2006 05:24 (nineteen years ago)
(haha, omg, the New York Theatre - I saw one of my first small-venue shows there, 1991: The Dream Warriors!)
― rrrobyn (rrrobyn), Tuesday, 21 February 2006 05:56 (nineteen years ago)
― fields of salmon (fieldsofsalmon), Tuesday, 21 February 2006 06:09 (nineteen years ago)
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 21 February 2006 06:09 (nineteen years ago)
* Devo's Shout CD (on Zero Infinity)* Wire's Behind The Curtain comp* Pigbag's "Everybody's Got A Brand New Pigbag" 12" (with Paul Hardcastle cover on flip side)* World Domination Enterprises' "I Can't Live Without My Radio" 12" (Sealed)* Lady L's "Ice Cream Dreams" 12"
...among other things. Thank you, Fascinating Rhythm.
― Da Na Not! (donut), Tuesday, 21 February 2006 06:14 (nineteen years ago)
― fields of salmon (fieldsofsalmon), Tuesday, 21 February 2006 06:45 (nineteen years ago)
I'll grant that the core of the city kinda has that outer-Olympia/Eugene/Aberdeen creepiness to it, especially at night, when all the cracked out shrews are out... but there are definitely cool people in town -- or used to be in town.
― Da Na Not! (donut), Tuesday, 21 February 2006 06:58 (nineteen years ago)
thanks for the pics,donut!
― william harris (drone/a/sore), Wednesday, 22 February 2006 00:02 (nineteen years ago)
― RJG (RJG), Wednesday, 22 February 2006 00:07 (nineteen years ago)
― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Wednesday, 22 February 2006 00:15 (nineteen years ago)
― Freud Junior (Freud Junior), Wednesday, 22 February 2006 01:51 (nineteen years ago)
― lyra (lyra), Wednesday, 22 February 2006 04:12 (nineteen years ago)
― derrick (derrick), Wednesday, 22 February 2006 08:28 (nineteen years ago)
― Da Na Not! (donut), Wednesday, 22 February 2006 21:44 (nineteen years ago)
― Anthony Easton, Thursday, 23 February 2006 02:04 (nineteen years ago)
― Thea (Thea), Thursday, 23 February 2006 03:38 (nineteen years ago)
― Freud Junior (Freud Junior), Thursday, 23 February 2006 05:24 (nineteen years ago)
― gbx (skowly), Thursday, 23 February 2006 06:00 (nineteen years ago)
― Huk-L (Huk-L), Thursday, 23 February 2006 14:59 (nineteen years ago)
― Rufus 3000 (Mr Noodles), Wednesday, 16 August 2006 02:18 (nineteen years ago)
― Huk-L (Huk-L), Wednesday, 16 August 2006 14:01 (nineteen years ago)
― Rufus 3000 (Mr Noodles), Wednesday, 16 August 2006 15:14 (nineteen years ago)
― Huk-L (Huk-L), Wednesday, 16 August 2006 15:29 (nineteen years ago)
― Kim (Kim), Thursday, 17 August 2006 00:15 (nineteen years ago)
― anthony easton (anthony), Thursday, 17 August 2006 01:45 (nineteen years ago)
Huk and Anthony in Vancouvah! And Le Coq! And the Sym Sym! Awwwwwww shit! :)
― wrapped up like a DOUche in the middle of the NUT (donut), Thursday, 17 August 2006 06:30 (nineteen years ago)
But I'll be stuck in Seattle from Sept 11th to Sep 17th. Get this:
Melvins/Big Business: Sept 11thNomeansno: Sept 13thThe Decibel Festival feat. Speedy J, Bola, Thomas Fehlmann, and many others Sept 14 to 17.
:( Kim, you feel like dropping down to Seattle for a little maybe?
― wrapped up like a DOUche in the middle of the NUT (donut), Thursday, 17 August 2006 06:31 (nineteen years ago)
Acid Mothers Temple, Ruins, etc: Sept 7thDandys/Brian Jonestown Massacre: Sept 8thDevo: Sept 9thWolf Eyes, Dead Machines, Double Leopards, etc.: Sept 10th
Maybe you want to come visit Seattle a tad earlier first? :D
― wrapped up like a DOUche in the middle of the NUT (donut), Thursday, 17 August 2006 06:33 (nineteen years ago)
― jergins (jergins), Thursday, 17 August 2006 07:16 (nineteen years ago)
― jergins (jergins), Thursday, 17 August 2006 07:17 (nineteen years ago)
― Rufus 3000 (Mr Noodles), Thursday, 17 August 2006 10:26 (nineteen years ago)
Huk is a chicken obv. bok! bok!
― Kim (Kim), Thursday, 17 August 2006 23:20 (nineteen years ago)
― jergins (jergins), Thursday, 17 August 2006 23:53 (nineteen years ago)
― Sym Sym (sym), Friday, 18 August 2006 00:57 (nineteen years ago)
― Huk-L (Huk-L), Friday, 18 August 2006 18:58 (nineteen years ago)
― Kim (Kim), Saturday, 19 August 2006 15:01 (nineteen years ago)
― Huk-L (Huk-L), Saturday, 19 August 2006 16:16 (nineteen years ago)
we'll be staying at the metropolitan hotel, but i have zero idea where to go for drinks - vancouveriteses pls advise and/or join us.
― Kim (Kim), Saturday, 19 August 2006 16:25 (nineteen years ago)
If only the Luv Affair were still open, you could relive memories of old X-File episodes and that Club Berlin feel in After Hours, what with the chain link fences and leather cage girls. (I was lucky to go to the Luv Affair once, just before it closed. It was awesome.)
― wrapped up like a DOUche in the middle of the NUT (donut), Saturday, 19 August 2006 17:54 (nineteen years ago)
― Kim (Kim), Saturday, 19 August 2006 18:08 (nineteen years ago)
― wrapped up like a DOUche in the middle of the NUT (donut), Saturday, 19 August 2006 18:18 (nineteen years ago)