The Gatineau Air Show in September is put on by Vintage Wings, where they showcase their entire collection of vintage war planes, most of them flying. This year the RCAF Snowbirds were on hand and it was truly and amazing show!

Avro Lancaster

Hurricane and Spitfire

Mustang and Kittyhawk

The sound of eight Rolls Royce Merlins was sensational!

Corsair in Royal Navy colours

Hurricane on take-off

Intruder bomber

Harvard trainer aerobatic team from southwestern Ontario

Canadair 215 Waterbomber

P-40... the loud end.

P-51 D Mustang

Yaks in formation. One painted in Japanese colours, to look like a Zero.

P-40 office

A pair of Yaks

Corsair pre-flight check

Hawker Hurricane in desert camo

P-40 Kittyhawk

Spit flyby

Unreal Sabre and Spitfire... five years difference in technology.

F-86 Sabre flyby

Spitfire on takeoff

Rare Lysander

P-51 D and a P-40

Spitfire warming up, F-86 Sabre rolling on to the apron, P-40 Kittyhawk to the left, Hawker Hurricane to the right, and in the background, Snowbird Tudor and Harvard Trainers...

Amazing to see a Fairy Swordfish on the tarmac.

Punta Cana Pix

Beach maintenance

You gotta love the Caribbean Sea.

Sun, sand, surf and mountains.

Sunrise

Palapas on their side.

Ma Blonde at la plage.

Ahhhh....

This 'flea market' was about a half hour walk down the beach.

New Year's Day at Mud Lake

With a warmish 3C temperatures and a light, misting rain, Nanc and I decided to bring in 2011 with a hike around Mud Lake, on the south shore of the Ottawa River. Typically with our hikes, we barely saw anyone else, and despite the rain and fog, some decent pix could be taken.

Living up to its name, the mud on the bottom of the lake can be see through the ice.

The forest canopy provided some protection from the drizzle and made for a good wind break too.

We were greeted by a group of black capped chickadees who were tame enough to fly right up to you and even land on your hand.

Two submerged trees.

This erratic boulder is about seven feet tall and amusingly adorned with graffiti.

A chickadee eating out of Nancy's hand while another waits his turn for a bite.

Interesting fungus on a birch tree, about 10 feet off the forest floor.

Low lying fungus on a pine.

We were thrilled to see two different types of woodpeckers on this hike. We saw a hairy wood pecker but he proved too elusive to get a decent shot. However, this pileated woodpecker was going for it on this tree for a good five minutes.