Trip to Jamaica

Dave & Linda all dressed up by the beach.

"Little George" the crocodile

Y-S Falls

Appleton Rum factory - almost didn't make it out of there!!

Swim-up bar at the resort - that was sooo cool!

Gathering coconuts by the beach.

Sampling coconut milk - ewwwww!

The main lobby at the resort - RIU Tropical Bay.

Locals wandering about on the Black River.

Tips for posting on the blog

When you login you start at a place called Dashboard. Then you click on new post for the Huitema blog. You can also edit previously created posts, or delete any doubles that you make (hummingbird, I deleted your double post). If you save your post without publishing it is saved as a draft. You can then go back and edit it and then post it. You can also clean things up by deleting drafts you have no intention of posting. Finally, Carly and Marianne have admin privileges and go fiddle with anyone's post.

So you are at the page for adding a new post. Write a title. To add pictures there should be a picture icon (mouse over the icons, hold it still for a few seconds and words describing what the button does should pop up). Then you upload your photos.

You can see a tab - one labeled Edit HTML which is where you can directly edit the HTML of the page. The other tab is Compose, this one shows the picture instead of the code for the picture and may be easier to work with. Fianlly, Preview lets you see what the blog would look like, you can't edit this preview, be sure to click Hide Preview so you can save your post and publish it.

Finally, "Labels for this post" are where you can give your posts generally subject information like: humour, trip, Australia, summer, dog etc. If things are tagged consistently (with good general tags) it means you could go and pull out all the posts tagged trip.

Finally, if there are other Huitema's that want in on this blog thing, send me an e-mail (or Marianne) so we can send you an invite. Then you automatically get added to the blog.

Sorry about the doubles. I was trying to figure out how to put text with each pictue and accidently doubled up the posts. Marianne, - your input on correctly posting text would be great - you wouldn't have to see two of everything then and the text would look right.
Stef

Our trip to the Dominican

The swim up bar.

Two birds in the hand are worth four in the bush.

John & Jack - relaxing.

High on a mountain top.

Local residents' front yard.

Recess at the local school.

Just a t-shirt & a hat.

In Puerto Plata.

Snorkeling.

Carriage ride into town.

At the resort - John, Gina & Jack.

Garibaldi Neve Traverse

So last weekend I did the Garibaldi Neve traverse. This was a 45km trail over glaciers and a permanent snowfield (the neve). I went with friends from the UBC outdoor club. We stayed in two huts - Sphinx hut and Elfin Lakes hut. The trip was unbelievable, the views were fantastic and the weather was gorgeous. Here are two skiers skirting the base of Mount Garibaldi before we descend onto the Neve.


Here I am with my pack when we skied out from Elfin Lakes hut. It was a warm day even on the snow and I was working hard, hence the t-shirt.

Helping out @ Drumlin House

Guess this bird.

Guess what this bird is? And it's not a female cardinal.

Our own way down to Texas

Marianne warming up after spending a minus 4 degree night in the trailer. We spent a few hours in the Museum of Appalachia in Tennessee and we couldn't resist warming up at this great fireplace. The weather in Texas has been great with days of 30 degree temperatures with warm breezes.

Carly In Vancouver - horse show and skiing

I entered my very first horse show. There were 5 of us on the two horses and you can tell from the average age it wasn't a very big show. However, I didn't fall off and I even got a flying lead change so it was a good day.


Here's another picture from a morning trip skiing up one of the local mountains. It turned out to be a beautiful day. First we put skins on our skis and went up and then we teleskied down.