Last Friday, I participated in a hike to Helen Lake located a little more than an hour from home, along the Icefields Parkway between Lake Louise and Jasper. I had been there several years ago and was pleased to return in the company of some great hiking companions, Julie and Stewart Hamilton, Ann and Ed…
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Bar U Ranch
The Bar U Ranch National Historic Site, located near Longview, Alberta is a preserved ranch that for 70 years was one of the leading ranching operations in Canada. At its peak, the ranch extended over 160,000 acres (65,000 ha) with 30,000 cattle and 1000 Percheron horses. Two of the owners were instrumental in the establishment of the…
Holiday Road
We recently hosted a large contingent of family members, visiting us in celebration of my wife Rolande’s birthday. Decorum and survival dictate that I do not reveal which birthday. Let’s say it was a “meaningful milestone” and leave it at that. Visitors came from far afield including Florida, Louisiana, Quebec, Ontario and British Columbia. It…
Trek to Burstall Pass
This week I participated in a hike to Burstall Pass, located in Peter Lougheed Provincial Park, about 45 km south of Canmore. I met my group at the trailhead, just off the Smith-Dorrien Highway at 9:30 am and soon after we set off to our destination. Burstall Pass is one of more than 1,000 named…
Milky Way from Spray Lake
Astrophotography is a specialized type of photography for recording photos of astronomical objects (the moon, for example), celestial events (eclipses, meteor showers) and areas of the night sky (the Milky Way, constellations). I’ve photographed a little of each and by far, I prefer capturing images of the Milky Way, a galaxy. With a few exceptions, astronomical photography…