“So”, you say, “how could an awesome
trip to the great white north get any
better”??
Well, when you are taking pictures and
video of the beautiful countryside in
Alberta Canada when your 5D Mark II
says “nope, I’m done”. Really 5D…
REALLY??!!!! (1 hr of troubleshooting
later, still no joy – graveyard dead) not to
mention we didn’t have radio/radar
contact with anyone through half that
leg…(another story)
Luckily I had 2 awesome guys in the
airplane that said to me, we’ll heck, this
is an adventure, lets just stop in
Edmonton and find a camera shop. They
were certainly right about an adventure.
We get off the plane at Edmonton
Downtown airport (it’s going to be torn
down in about 6 months to make way
for a shopping mall) and the random
only line guy on duty is a photographer.
What are the odds? He helps us find a
store that carries a camera I can use as
a replacement, lends us the most
awesome beater of a 1970s car to go
retrieve it, and off Mark and I go. (Doug
had to stay back to gas the airplane and
wash the windshield thanks for the
clean view Doug!)
So Mark and I set off for “London Drug”
– yes I had my doubts – and we walk
into the BEST store ever. A simple drug
store, with a high end camera store in
the middle. I was blown away. Camera
HEAVEN – seriously…the heavenly
music was playing. Got what we
needed, amazing people helping us, and
these people know what nice is.
Back to the airport, hop in the Barron,
55min to Whitecourt…and tada, the first
day is over. Wow.
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