I’ve been playing a little with stop-motion films lately: making some tests; experimenting with the results on the computer… this will be the first I have published here.
For some years now I’ve been making trips by bus across parts of Canada.
I have made a multimedia piece about my experience on my most recent long bus trip: Vancouver to Toronto.
Here it is:
(audio-visual format)
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Beyond talking about my bus trips, it’s also about taking pictures of myself in mirrors in bathrooms. David Parsons: Self Portrait, 2003, Indira Gandhi International Airport( DEL), Delhi, India
My first substantial trip was from Toronto, Ontario to Whitehorse, Yukon in 2002. (This remains my longest in Canada-by land-trip to date, at approximately 86 hours.) The bus makes some stops between Toronto and Whitehorse. For instance:
Wawa, Ontario
White River, Ontario
Wabigoon, Ontario
West Hawk Lake Junction, Manitoba
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Wapella Junction East, Saskatchewan
Whitewood, Saskatchewan
Wolsely Junction East, Saskatchewan
Waldeck Junction, Saskatchewan
Webb Juntion, Saskatchewan
Walsh Junction, Alberta
Whitecourt, Alberta
Wonowon, BC
Watson Lake, Yukon
and, naturally,
Whitehorse, Yukon
My initial trip was followed later that month by 38 hours en route from Whitehorse to Chilliwack via:
Morley River, Yukon
Smart River, BC
Swift River, Yukon
Coal River, BC
Liard River, BC
Toad River Lodge, BC
Prophet River, BC
Buckinghorse River, BC
Salmon River, BC
and:
Iron Creek, Yukon
Contact Creek, Yukon
Dawson Creek, BC
Commotion Creek. BC
Cache Creek, BC
as well as:
Watson Lake, Yukon
Muncho Lake, BC
Summit Lake, BC
Azouzetta Lake, BC
McLeod Lake Lodge, BC
Bear Lake, BC
McLeese Lake, BC
Williams Lake, BC
Lac La Hache, BC
Recent Vancouver-Toronto trip statistics:
60 hours;
Abbotsford, Banff, Calgary, Dryden, Ernfold, Falcon Lake, Golden, Hope, Indian Head, junction after junction, Kamloops, Lake Louise, Medicine Hat, Nipigon, Oak Lake Junction West, Portage la Prarie, Qu Appelle Junction, Regina, Sicamous, Thunder Bay, Upsala, Virden, Winnipeg, Yorkdale.