My very first impressions of the Olympus M.Zuiko ED 8mm F1.8 Fisheye PRO lens were formed back in 2018, thanks to a Photo Excursion with Peter Baumgarten, My overall conclusion at the time? It's a fun lens - a good match for my quirky side. But I concluded that the option to channel my inner …
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Where will you go? That depends...on a lotta things. We made daytrips to three national parks and a provincial park this month. Highlights = stunning scenery and amazing wildlife.
The Stanley Glacier hike in Kootenay National Park has a lot going for it: 1) less than two hours from Calgary (under an hour from Canmore) it's about the same travel time to/from as many of our favourite hikes deep in Kananaskis; 2) it's pretty easy; 3) fossils; 4) new and old growth forests; 5) Mount Stanley, Mount Storm and Mount Whymper; 6) waterfalls; 7) a hanging valley; and 8) Stanley Glacier! After our second trip up and down the trail, we added Stanley Glacier to our list of all-time favourites hikes.
Parks Canada added a third option to its menu of Burgess Shale guided hikes this summer. We did their Wolcott Quarry hike back in 2009. Five years later, we joined the second (ever) offering of the new guided hike to the Stanley Glacier. It's an easy 10 km hike with lots of appeal: fire, ice, …
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