Many of our favourite hikes are up in the Highwood Pass area of Kananaskis Country: Arethusa Cirque, Pocaterra Cirque/Ridge and Grizzly Ridge, to name a few. The area is closed to vehicles from December 15 through June 15 each year. But it's not closed to bicycles! With our teenage son joining friends for the better …
I had so many ideas for this month's theme. The most ambitious of them involved taking a new roll of film out of its box and loading an old 35 mm camera to take all of this month's photos. Unfortunately, I have a tendency to let day-to-day responsibilities overwhelm grand plans. As a consequence, I …
Continue reading Photo Blogging Challenge – Out of the Box (May 2016)
This month's photo challenge theme made me smile. I'm a generally happy person, always looking for (and usually finding) the silver lining. This post shares photographs of 5 places, people and experiences that make my heart sing!
It's not even the end of March and the Legacy Trail from Canmore to Banff is in excellent shape. With this morning's weather forecast suggesting sunny skies and a high of 17, we applied parental pressure to the point K opted to join us for our first ride of 2015. We got a late start, …
Continue reading Our First Bike Ride of 2015 – Rocky Mountain Legacy Trail
What a difference three years and $2 million makes! Completed in 2013, the 4.4 km stretch of paved pathway that allows cyclists to ride from the Travel Alberta Information Centre in Canmore westward into Banff National Park has really improved the overall Rocky Mountain Legacy Trail riding experience. When we rode the Legacy Trail in …