Comments by "" (@michaelformaini7053) on "How VANCOUVER saved the MOUNTAINS!" video.

  1. Hi Mike. Short and sweet this week. Just caught up with your latest after a busy couple of days. Wow! I'm so glad that your City Fathers had such vision to protect the mountain sight lines back in 1989 (which, incidentally, was the time of my first visit to Vancouver). When I landed back on Labor Day Weekend 2018, I was astonished at how much the city had grown since my second visit in 1995. I'm glad you and Joel picked the Cambie/West 10th intersection for that incredible zoom glance at Grouse Mountain. Just so happens I emerged from Broadway/City Hall Station after flying in and saw that magnificent view north along Cambie as my reintroduction to Vancouver after 23 years (I was staying at a B&B in West 11th - The Windsor Guest House at #325). Now here's a suggestion for when you can get outa town again. Commandeer Joel and his magnificent equipment and do a day or two railfanning up the Fraser and Thompson Canyons. That zoom lens will allow some awesome train photography from publicly accessible locations trackside and you could get CP Rail, CN Rail or The Rocky Mountaineer to sponsor you. You might like to get Joel to do a dry run by filming from the front of any of the Skytrain routes (the one from Commercial/Broadway out to Lafarge Lake/Douglas has some awesome views) and Translink.ca may even sponsor you on that. Another suggestion for later in the year at Fall. Do a video around the city of the magnificent fall colours. I've just finished putting my October 2018 photos in the 12th Album of my big trip and they are some of the best I've ever taken. And finally.... I'll get in early and wish you a happy birthday for this weekend. Sunday, if my guess is right and the big 34 (I've just reached double that!) Cheers from Michael downunder in Melbourne.
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