Nathan Veldhoen

Photos from yesterday for today.  Shots around my house, went for a wonder.  Got some happy shots before it started pissing rain.  Will be adding some pix to our stock digital downloads section on TAPO.

This was the display window @ Champagne and Lace, with some reflection off the street.

Interesting house just down the street from me, the roof is just weird.

The old court house at the end of my street, shot first thing in the morning.

No huge on getting up early on Sundays, but since there was a half marathon race right down the road from me, I thought I better get my ass in gear.  Kept outa trouble Saturday night so I could walk over at 7:15 in the morning and pick up my race package, since I forgot to get it Saturday.  It was a 8am start, and man was it hot out, had to be almost 20.

Had a pretty good run, course was a bit tough with a lot of hills.  It looked like the heat caught the best of a few, but spending the last week working in the sun, it did really phase me.  I would say the overall race was put on very well.  Had a large group of volunteers, as well as a lot of police  blocking roads with perfect signage.  The race had a 5km, 10km, and the half marathon on the 2nd annual of the event which I would think will have a 3rd.

201 people did the half marathon,  close to 500 did 5k, and over 600 did the 10km.  I posted a 1:30 and came 5th overall, pretty happy with the time but under 1:30 would have been nice.  Overall great event and good cause.

“By competing in the Run For Water you are helping villages in Ethiopia aquire the clean drinking water they need.”

Alberta bound started Wednesday morning, I jumped into my truck and left at 9am from Abbotsford.  I filled up with diesel the night before at 82.5  cents a litre and took about 116 litres.(I think my bill was 90 bucks, don’t remember …)  I drive a 2003 gmc 2500HD longbox with a Duramax 6.6 diesel engine, with a performance chip from Edge Products, and a tank that takes 120 litres.

My first stop was Banff, roughly an 8 hour drive with a total of 776kms (google maps).  Generally in the city I get about that in one tank.  I ended up getting into town at 5pm my time with a half a tank left .  So I figure about 50-60 bucks…go figure.  One of the big reasons why my millage was so good was that I used cruise control for about 70-80 percent of the drive.  I have heard that it makes a big difference in millage, more consistency in acceleration and less revving.  So I guess thats my tip for the day, use cruise.

Shot Just after Revy

Dash shot just getting Banff