Well, we made it to the end of August with at least one geocache find each day of the month. The folks at geocaching.com reported that more than 25,000 geocaching accounts achieved the same milestone. Congratulations to everyone who did it, especially to those who established a new "longest geocaching streak". Some highlights from our …
Continue reading 31 Days of Geocaching Challenge – Successful Finish
Due to a mountain biking injury in July, Mr. GeoK is sidelined from hiking for several weeks. And he can't workout. And he can only ride easy trails. So he needs something to keep him busy. Solution? Hide some new geocaches!! Just in time for the "31 in 31" challenge, we've hidden nine new geocaches …
I woke up this morning (deadline day) knowing I still had to take at least one more photograph for this month's challenge. I had a couple of possibilities in mind and headed out about 10 o'clock, returning from a scenic ramble with the required image. In reverse chronological order, here are five signs that were …
Continue reading Photo Blogging Challenge – Signs (July 2013)
NOTE: The Ha Ling Trail was upgraded in 2018/19. For a current trail description, check this post from 2020. We've been monitoring Twitter and the Alberta Parks and National Parks websites as areas damaged by the extensive June 2013 floods slowly re-open. The Smith-Dorrien (Highway 742) re-opened Friday (July 12) although it's not yet clear …
One of our favourite all-season walks in Canmore is along Three Sisters Creek, starting just upstream of the Three Sisters Parkway, continuing through the unfinished Three Sisters golf course and Bow Valley Wildland Provincial Park, stopping at what we call "the big falls". It's a short walk, but over the past few years we've learned …
Continue reading Creek Jumping / Rock Hopping Exploration of Three Sisters Creek