Winter, like any other time of year, is a great season for being out and about in Canmore. The amazing mountain scenery enhances any outdoor activity, whether pond skating, cross-country skiing, fat biking, snowshoeing or simply (Nordic) walking. Heading out on familiar trails, time after time, could be boring. But by choosing to observe the changing of seasons and search out previously unnoticed details, it's possible to enjoy the same trails season after season, and year after year…
For the fifth year in a row, we enjoyed almost two weeks in Canmore over winter break, including Christmas, Boxing Day and New Year. Although it was pretty cold for several days, Mr. GeoK and I went out for several long walks. As always, we carried our cameras and our bear spray (yes, the bears …
Two years into this monthly photo blogging challenge and we still haven't covered all of the seasons - even after everyone shares their winter photographs! I expect that "spring" will eventually come up as a theme (but probably not in 2015). Old Man Winter's preoccupation with eastern North America left the Calgary area enjoying mild …
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Confession time...when I received an email with the subject "May 2-4 Sale" on May 15th, I figured someone messed up or the email had been lost in cyberspace for a couple of weeks, so I simply deleted it. Then when a couple more with similar subject lines hit my inbox I suspected I had become …
We had an almost six-week break from hiking this summer as Mr. GeoK recovered from a mountain biking accident. By Labour Day weekend, his leg had healed to the point that he was ready for a short hike. We opted to try another classic Canmore area hike - to the abandoned, slowly decaying, only ever …
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