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3/5/2026

Two more Behind the Scenes from the Journey Home

Sinclair Cove

On the way home along the Trans-Canada Hwy through Lake Superior Provincial Park back in 2012, we stopped at Sinclair Cove, where I took the photos of Maya's meltdown....

Finished, and heading back to the RV....

High Falls

High Falls in Wawa, along the Trans Canada in northern Ontario, is a must see every time we are passing by. We had stopped there to take photos back in 2012...

We also stopped by on our trip back home from the west coast in July of 2024. The rock lookout from earlier years was no longer accessible. There was just the lower viewpoint now. So Jan held the dolls on top of the railing.....

...and I took close-ups....

Then that fall we were passing by again, so I took more photos. I wanted to include a horse this time, so we set up the projector stand....

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Behind the Scenes

3/4/2026

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Looking at a few Behind the scenes shots from the Journey Home...

Shell Canyon

Back in 2012 when I first started taking photos for the Quest, we started our trip by heading west through the USA. I was constantly on the lookout for places to photograph the dolls for the story. We were heading down out of the Bighorn Mountains in Wyoming. We stopped at a lookout in Shell Canyon where I stood Aeran on top of one of the railing posts....

Then took close-ups at her eye level, making sure the hairpin road heading down into the canyon didn't show....

the Icefields Centre

A few weeks later we were in Alberta, exploring along the Icefields Parkway in Jasper. it was a beautiful morning and we stopped at a pull-off just north of the Icefields Centre. I used my wire poke-in-the-ground stands to support the dolls....

...and lay down to take the photos....

We had spent the night in the Icefields Centre parking lot (allowed for a fee). In those days there would only be a handful of RVs there overnight. There were still piles of snow along the edges of the parking lot from the storm the previous week, and there were large puddles from the melting snow. I wanted to capture the dolls travelling along the snow ridge with their reflections in the puddles if possible. It meant having to lay down on the asphalt, and so as not to draw attention to myself, I asked Jan to move the RV so it would hide me laying on the ground. Then I positioned the dolls on their wire stands on the snow bank, and lay down to take the photos....

I had to take the photos with the camera right close to the ground in order to capture the doll's reflections....

...and direct Jan to make any adjustments....

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A Homecoming

3/3/2026

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Aeran's grandfather hugged her. "I'm so happy to see you. I really missed you."

"I really missed you too." she replied.

"We found the Heart of the Mountain."

Kyle stepped forward with the chest..

Aeran opened the chest and took out the jewel....

"It's more beautiful than I ever imagined." she said.

"Yes, it is. It's been a very long time since I last laid my eyes on it."

"I was just a young man when I defied my father and paid it as the bride price for your grandmother. She was such a beautiful young woman, and we were desperately in love. I couldn't bear the thought of living without her."

"It passed from hand to hand over the years, until we finally lost track of it." he continued. "You'll have to tell me about where you finally found it."