Wild Drake Photography

Tag: history

  • Exploring The Saanich Historical Artifacts Society

    Exploring The Saanich Historical Artifacts Society

    There are so many different places to visit and things to see on Vancouver Island that it is easy to put off going to any of them, thinking, I can go there any time.  The Saanich Historical Artifacts Society / Heritage Acres Museum, is easily seen when driving on the main highway towards Victoria International Airport or the ferry to the mainland and has always been one of those places that I kept meaning to go to, so I finally decided to take a trip out there and see what they had to offer.  I am glad that I did.

    SHAS sign and old pumps and equipment
    Heritage Acres Museum has many items on display

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  • Visiting Bucharest – An iPhone Adventure

    My final post in this iPhone photography series is on my all too brief visit to Bucharest.  As I was returning to Canada on a very early flight (actually three connecting flights) from Bucharest, I travelled there the afternoon before and had a little time to see some sights.

    a woman reading a book sits at the base of a giant statue of a man on a horse
    In the Shadow of the Powerful

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  • Camping at a National Historic Site

    It’s been a busy summer, so far, and while I’ve been having a great time, I’ve had less time than usual for photography (and subsequent post-processing).  The good news is that I spent a couple nights at Fort Rodd Hill and Fisgard Lighthouse National Historic Sites, where they have “oTENTiks”.  These are great, as there are only five of them at the site (only two occupied on the nights I was there), and the occupants get to stay and explore the sites after they are closed and everyone else is locked out!

    darkness surrounds oTENTiks at a Parks Canada site
    oTENTiks at Night

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