On Saturday we attended the annual "end of the year" potluck for all the members of the competition team from Calgary Taekwondo Academy. For a few years running, our taekwondo master has reserved a picnic spot (with charcoal BBQ) at Sandy Beach Park, which is fairly centrally located, just north of the Glenmore Reservoir. While …
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March 2012 “12 of 12”
The "12 of 12" was introduced by Chad Darnell in January 2006. He invited his blog's readers to capture a dozen photos defining their daily routine with at least one body part in each of their photos. The goal was to have the submissions show how different people from all over the world live the …
Geocaching in the Weaselhead
The Weaselhead is a natural environment park in southwest Calgary. Whether approaching from the north or the south, you descend to the Elbow River valley bottom until you're just a few meters above the water level of the Glenmore Reservoir. What makes this park unique in Calgary is that it contains a river delta; the …
Nearly Two Years Later: Checking in on Calgary Parks 100th Birthday Geocaches
In early 2010, Calgary Area Cachers (a loose affiliation of geocachers living in and around Calgary) teamed up with the City of Calgary Parks Department to place 100 new geocaches in city parks. Each month, from May through August, twenty-five caches were published on geocaching.com. To make geocaching accessible to families that didn't own a …
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Geocaching Serendipity
During the school year, Mrs. GeoK tries to get out walking with a particular friend once a week. It sounds good in theory, but the reality is that these scheduled walks are often cancelled, due to sick children, volunteer commitments, appointments, or bad weather. All of those things contributed to pushing the first such walk …