welcome to big sky country

Anticrepuscular rays over Great Falls, originally uploaded by footloosiety.

Bald Eagle on Galiano

Bald Eagle on Galiano, originally uploaded by footloosiety.

The tamron 18-250 CAN take some decent shots!
PS this is actually a heavy crop, with some details recovered through post-processing.

A published photo of the Astoria-Megler bridge

Image by footloosiety via Flickr

My photograph of the Astoria-Megler Bridge (picured to the right), was recently featured in an article by Seaport Magazine on the top 10 attractions in Astoria, Oregon! Another photo from the same trip can be found here.

Our new home

Check it out on google maps here!

We finally got everything out of the storage space and moved in. Now we just need some furniture.
Although I'm not thrilled with the color of the outside (or the siding), I must admit its great for our situation.

• It was a good price (almost 10 times cheaper than it would be in Kitsilano!)
• It needs very little work (the kitchen and bathrooms are a bit dated, but what isnt in Great Falls MT?)
• ...which means it wont cost us much additional money.
• It's got a rental suite that pays a significant percent of the mortgage...
• We got a great mortgage rate, considering it has a rental property and we had no US credit history
• ...and compared to a standard Vancouver mortgage, ours looks more like a car loan.

We're happy to give tours to our friends via Skype video, so let us know.

So much to do in MT

Between the Electric City Kennel club dog show across the street, the Augusta Rodeo and the 2010 Lewis and Clark festival going on, we're going to be having a busy weekend!