Emma's First Haircut

Doug Smith
wow, Emma May gets her first haircut and looks all grown up. Emma kept getting really bad tangles in the back of her hair.

Strongback for the Freedom

Doug Smith
Holy moly batman, I haven’t updated my blog with canoe stuff for a long long time. Where to begin… Well, I should say something about the strongback.

Operation: Liberty

Doug Smith
No, I’m not referring to some amazingly trumped US army attack in Iraq. What I’m talking about is much more real.

New Kids Stuff

Doug Smith
Grady got his hair cut yesterday and it looks damn sharp. I guess he wanted it cut because he’s joining the forces?

East Kootenay Creek Fishing

Doug Smith
A couple of weeks ago while visiting the folks in Invermere I had the chance to go fishing with my buddy John Z.

fly tying

Doug Smith
I’m thinking about tying some flies, and I put together a page that lists flies I’ve typically used over the last few years.

Apocalypto Now... er, yesterday actually

Doug Smith
I watched Apocalypto last night. It was a pretty disturbing movie, I really was hoping for a lot more. I didn’t know much about the movie prior to watching it, all I knew was the Mayan setting.

The Pygmy Tern 14 Launches

Doug Smith
Well, several months after finish the kayak we finally got it into the water two weekends agp. Such is life when you are busy with little kids!

Kids Galore

Doug Smith
Last Saturday we had a big 4th birthday bash for Grady. It had a little bit of everything: two cakes, scavenger hunt, tons of presents, a bbq, beer and face painting.

Keeping the Nikon S500

Doug Smith
I guess we decided to keep the Nikon Coolpix S500. It is easier to carry around and the picture quality is quite good.