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I was taking a moment to reflect on a recent trip to the Northwest. You know, you can take dozens if not hundreds of pictures, and hope that a handful comeback worthy of printing.

This was taken in Victoria, specifically Victoria Harbor, on an evening where about 50 thousand folks showed up for a "Sunset Symphony" like event in front of the Parliment Building. Did I tell you the symphony was on a barge in the harbor? Anyway, no clue as to who this nice person was that didn't seem to object to me taking a picture. The focus for me at the time was on the busy harbor, and the thousands of folks sitting in front of the building, looking down into the harbor. Now, as I take a moment to look at this photo, what a contrast, between this uncrowded, one person, enjoying a drink and the ambience, with the huge crowd off in the distance!
My "Rockies" blog has over a hundred pictures in its slide show, there are 10 that I love, and maybe 5 that I will "8 by 10" and hang one day. Here's the site:
http://www.toddintherockies.blogspot.com
As dusk approached, the lights came on for the parliment building, you can better see the crowd that was enjoying the incredible weather, nice music and just overall friendly atmosphere. Victoria, and Victoria Harbor are on the Eastern most tip of Vancouver Island.