It's time to start posting pics from another trip! This time, the trip was my honeymoon!
For context:
In early 2017, as Ally and I were planning our wedding, Ally said she'd like to go to Newfoundland for our honeymoon. I was surprised that she'd want to go somewhere cold for our honeymoon, but I was happy that she wanted to go back to my home province, so I set forth planning the honeymoon while Ally planned the wedding itself.
We got married on May 28th, 2017.
My old reliable Canon Rebel XSi (or 450D for those of you in Europe) was 9 years old at that point, and I didn't want to risk it crapping out on my honeymoon, so in June of 2017, I bought a new Canon EOS 80D. I wasn't ready to sink money into a full-frame camera that would need a bunch of new lenses, but I was ready for an upgrade. So, these pics will be the first of my 80D pics that I'll post on Flickr.
Incidentally, this pic was taken on my second iPhone; an iPhone SE, which I got in July of 2016. I don't think I've posted any pics from this phone yet, either.
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On Day 1 (August 15th, 2017), we got up at 5:30am, ate, and left at 6:53am in Ally's car, the old Honda Accord.
We got to the Park N' Fly lot to find it was closed, so we got a voucher for the Valet Lot. We took the shuttle bus to the terminal and self-checked our bags, which was very inefficient, and then went to the gate, where we waited around with other Newfoundlanders.
We got on the plane around 9:40am. We didn't get to sit together because we checked in too late, so Ally sat in the row behind me. It was a bright, sunny day for flying. I read my book, Contact by Carl Sagan, and chatted with an older woman from New York who was about to visit Newfoundland on a tour. We soon landed at Deer Lake airport, and I took this picture as we got off the plane. It was nice to be back in Newfoundland!
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We picked up our bags shortly after getting off the plane (how convenient!), and then picked up our rental car; this Ford Fusion, which was a step up from what we paid for when we booked it. I also got my obligatory Lime Crush, and then we left to pick up a cooler Ally had ordered at Home Hardware.
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After a nice drive along the two-lane highway, we spotted Gros Morne across Bonne Bay. It didn't look that intimidating from so far away. How naive we were!
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Not sure what Ally's pointing at here, but let's just imagine it's a distorted image where she's pointing at the old fishing stage/cabin/whatever that building is. This is part of the ocean, so it's conceivable that it's fishery-related.
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Lots going on for me lately! Work's been busy; going to guitar lessons; bought my first L-series lens; reading books, and in two weeks we're going back to New York City for a short trip, so that should be fun!
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Oh, how naive we were...
Ally points at Gros Morne from the Tablelands; the mountain that we were planning to conquer two days later. Did we do it? Stay tuned to find out!
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